Best Johnnie Cake Aka Sweet Corn Bread Recipes

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PA'S OLD-FASHIONED JOHNNY CAKE / CORNBREAD



Pa's Old-Fashioned Johnny Cake / Cornbread image

The plain version was a staple during my dad's Depression-years childhood; but we rarely had it when I was growing up. My children expect this at least once a month as a regular feature on our Saturday morning breakfast menu OR when we have breakfast-for-supper. Prepare the optional sausage and hard-boiled eggs ahead of time, and it goes together quicker-n-anything!

Provided by Debber

Categories     Quick Breads

Time 32m

Yield 1 large cake pan, 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups cornmeal, yellow
4 eggs
2 cups milk
1 cup oil

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 425; grease a 13x9 pan.
  • Add dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl, stir through, make a well in the center.
  • In another bowl, add eggs, milk, and oil all at once; blend well.
  • Add wet to dry ingredients, stir until moistened (don't over-mix or you'll be sorry!).
  • Fold in optional ingredients. Sausage should be in crumbles or bite-size pieces.
  • Pour into prepared pan; rap pan on counter-top several times to bounce out the air-bubbles.
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes--top will be golden-brown.
  • Serve with butter and maple syrup.
  • OPTION #1: Add 1 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese.
  • OPTION #2: Add 1/2 - 1 cup of sweet corn (plain kernels); adds a neat "chewy" texture to the 'cake.'
  • OPTION #3: Add 6 hard-boiled, chopped eggs.
  • OPTION #4: Add 1 pound fried & drained pork sausage (crumbled) or links (bite-size).
  • TIME-SAVING HINT: Gather a handful of 1-quart zipper bags, fill with DRY ingredients, and store in your cupboard. At meal-time, add wet ingredients as described.

JOHNNIE CAKE (AKA SWEET CORN BREAD)



Johnnie Cake (Aka Sweet corn bread) image

Growing up, Corn bread was a staple at our house. But Johnnie cake was a real treat, especially slathered in real butter. We even ate the leftovers for breakfast, crumbled in milk.

Provided by Kathy Schroeder @majamom

Categories     Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup - self rising yellow corn meal
2 cups - self rising flour
1/4-1/2 cup(s) sugar (the recipe calls for 1/2, i use 1/4)
1 cup - milk
2 large - eggs, beaten
1/2 stick - butter, melted
2 Tb. - fat melted (bacon, butter, or oil, your choice)

Steps:

  • Pre Heat oven to 350. Mix the dry ingredients, then add the melted butter, stir. Then add milk and beaten eggs. Stir just until everything is moist.(batter should be lumpy.)
  • Grease the skillet, then pour batter into it.
  • Place in the oven, and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until golden brown, and a toothpick comes out clean when tested.
  • Take from oven, let sit 10 minutes, then cut, and enjoy!

JOHNNY CAKE



Johnny Cake image

My sister couldn't eat enough of this cake. This is her favorite.

Provided by Carol

Categories     Desserts     Cakes

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup cornmeal
½ cup milk
½ cup shortening
½ cup white sugar
1 ⅓ cups cake flour
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease thoroughly an 8 inch square cake pan.
  • Combine cornmeal and milk. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir together the egg and milk.
  • Cream shortening, and blend in sugar. Stir flour mixture and egg mixture alternately into creamed mixture alternately. Blend in cornmeal mixture.
  • Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Serve hot, with maple syrup.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 223.9 calories, Carbohydrate 30.3 g, Cholesterol 17.9 mg, Fat 10.1 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 317.6 mg, Sugar 9.9 g

SWEET CORNBREAD CAKE



Sweet Cornbread Cake image

This is a thick, sweet cornbread that tastes like you are eating cake. This is a no-fail recipe, you can't go wrong! If there are any leftovers, we have the cornbread the next day for breakfast served with honey and butter.

Provided by myfoursonsks

Categories     Bread     Quick Bread Recipes     Cornbread Recipes

Time 55m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 cup cornmeal
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 ⅓ cups white sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
⅔ cup vegetable oil
⅓ cup melted butter
2 tablespoons honey
4 eggs, beaten
2 ½ cups whole milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
  • Stir together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Pour in the vegetable oil, melted butter, honey, beaten eggs, and milk, and stir just to moisten.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, until the top of the cornbread starts to brown and show cracks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 460.7 calories, Carbohydrate 61.1 g, Cholesterol 80.6 mg, Fat 21 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 7.9 g, SaturatedFat 6.7 g, Sodium 519.1 mg, Sugar 27.8 g

GREAT-GRANDMOTHER STEINBECK'S JOHNNYCAKE (CORNBREAD)



Great-Grandmother Steinbeck's Johnnycake (Cornbread) image

This recipe is out of my great-grandmother Bertha Iva Steinbeck's recipe box. She really was John Steinbeck's aunt. She lived in Hollister, California, and died in the '30s. I've been making this since I was about 5 years old when my grandmother, Agnes Steinbeck Bowman decided I was old enough to learn to cook. It was actually the second thing I learned to cook...she wanted to see how I handled scrambled eggs before she introduced me to something that demanded some technique! I've never tasted better cornbread in my 47 years.

Provided by Charles D. Kemp

Categories     Bread     Quick Bread Recipes     Cornbread Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup white cornmeal
¼ cup white sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
¼ cup corn oil
1 egg

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8 inch glass baking dish.
  • Sift the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, corn oil and egg. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and mix just until blended. Pour into the prepared pan, and shake gently to level it out.
  • Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean and the top is golden brown. Serve hot. Just with butter will do, it is plenty sweet enough!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 383.1 calories, Carbohydrate 52 g, Cholesterol 49 mg, Fat 16.4 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 8.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 1052.7 mg, Sugar 15.7 g

MOIST JOHNNY CAKE



Moist Johnny Cake image

A favorite recipe from my Grandmother's recipe box. Raised in western Micjigan, I always thought that cornbread should be sweet. I found, when I settled in the South, that it 'taint always so. But I still like it better that way!

Provided by Recipewrestler

Categories     Quick Breads

Time 35m

Yield 12 muffins

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
3 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons cooking oil

Steps:

  • Sift together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
  • Beat egg.
  • Add sugar.
  • Heat milk to lukewarm.
  • Add honey to milk.
  • Add the beaten egg and oil.
  • Add the dry ingredients; mix until smooth.
  • Bake in greased muffin pan at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
  • Can also be baked in a 9x9" pan.

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