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Jonnycake (also spelled "johnnycake," johnny cake, and "journey cake") is a cornmeal flatbread, and was an American pioneer staple food. The dough was set on a wooden board or barrel stave and placed at an angle in front of an open fire to bake.Vogel, "Hoe Life in Early Indiana", p. 9: "This pan was also used for baking pancakes, sometimes called 'flap-jacks,' and bread, too, was frequently made on it. Johnny cake was baked on a board made for this purpose, about ten inches wide and fifteen inches long and rounding at the top. The thick corn dough was placed on the board which was set against a chunk of wood near the fire. After one side had been baked to a nice brown, the other side was treated the same way. The resulting cake was often delicious. If a johnny-cake board was not at hand, a hoe, without a handle, was cleaned and greased with bear's oil. The dough was baked on this metal surface and was called a hoe-cake." The dough, made of cornmeal, salt, and water, was seldom sweetened because sugar was expensive and in short supply in early colonial America and on the frontier.
[edit] Ingredients
1 |
cup sour cream |
1 |
teaspoon soda |
1 |
teaspoon baking powder |
⅓ |
cup sugar |
|
1 egg |
2 |
tablespoons shortening |
1 |
cup flour |
½ |
cup cornmeal |
[edit] Preparation
Step 1 |
Beat egg. Add shortening, sugar and flour. Mix until smooth. Add sour cream and cornmeal. Dissolve soda in small amount water. Bake 350 degrees. This makes a nice pie plate of Johnny cake. |
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