American

Johnnycakes

Name: Johnnycakes
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1.5 cups cornmeal; 1.5 cups boiling water; 1/2 cup milk; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp granulated sugar; 2 tbsp butter; 1/3 cup maple syrup

Paul @paul_northshore

Johnnycakes is American home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

25 min Easy Vegetarian Pescatarian Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 cups cornmeal
1.5 cups boiling water
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp granulated sugar
2 tbsp butter
1/3 cup maple syrup

How to cook it

Whisk the cornmeal and salt in a bowl, then pour in the boiling water, stirring constantly, until a thick, smooth batter forms; let sit 5 minutes.
Stir in the milk and sugar until the batter loosens to a thick pancake consistency.
Heat a griddle or skillet over medium heat and butter it lightly.
Drop spoonfuls of batter onto the griddle and cook until the edges are crisp and golden, about 4 minutes, then flip and cook the other side, another 3 minutes.
Serve hot with butter and maple syrup.

Watch how to cook Johnnycakes

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Johnnycakes carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Johnnycakes
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 350 kcal
Protein: 6 g
Carbs: 61 g
Fat: 9 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 18 g
Sodium: 330 mg
Saturated fat: 5 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Johnnycakes takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.