Kentucky Griddle Cakes Recipes

KENTUCKY GRIDDLE CAKES

Steps:

• Mix together the dry ingredients in one bowl, the wet ingredients in another bowl.
• Stir the wet into the dry using a wooden spoon, mixing just enough to blend- don't overmix; batter should be slightly lumpy.
• Heat a griddle,greased lightly with some additional oil or nonstick spray, over medium to medium-high heat until a drop of water sizzles when dropped onto the pan.
• Stir the batter again briefly (since it will have settled), and drop a scant 1/4 cupful of batter onto the pan for each cake.
• Cook until bubbles form and burst and the bottom is light brown, adjusting heat if needed to keep from burning bottoms.
• Flip over and cook the other side for 1-2 minutes, just until browned (if you touch it with your finger, no imprint will remain).
• NOTE: If batter is too thick, add a little more buttermilk.
• Serve with warm syrup.

CORN GRIDDLE CAKES

Steps:

• Whisk together cornmeal, flour, chili powder, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• In another bowl, whisk together egg, milk, butter and honey. Stir in corn niblets and green onion.
• Stir egg mixture into cornmeal mixture.
• Heat a large nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Lightly oil pan. Scoop portions of 2 tablespoons each, 3 at a time, into pan. Cook until golden, about 1 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining batter.

GRIDDLE CAKES

Steps:

• Lightly grease a heavy nonstick pan (i.e. spray with non-stick cooking spray), and start heating it at medium-high heat.
• Sift together the dry ingredients in one bowl.
• In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, milk, and butter.
• Now combine the dry and wet ingredients together, stirring just enough to moisten the dry ingredients. Do not worry about getting rid of all of the lumps. (It is important to combine the dry and wet ingredients separately, and then combine them together to reduce the amount of time that the gluten in the flour has to toughen up.).
• Pour the batter onto the hot pan in about 4" circles.
• Flip the cakes when they get bubbly on the one side.
• Continue cooking until the bottom browns. I usually peek by pulling up the edge with a spatula.
• If the griddle cakes are cooking too fast, reduce the heat.
• Never flip the griddle cakes more than once as this will make them heavy.
• Serve the griddle cakes immediately even if this means that people have to eat at different times because there are not enough to go around when the first batch comes off of the griddles.

KENTUCKY GRIDDLE CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Mix the cornmeal, flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a medium size bowl.
• 2. Combine the buttermilk, egg and oil in a small bowl.
• 3. Stir the buttermilk mixture into the cornmeal mixture just until well blended (the batter will still be slightly lumpy).
• 4. Lightly oil the griddle or large frying pan. Heat over medium high heat until a drop of water will dance across the surface.
• 5. Stir the batter and drop a test cake (1/4 cup of batter) on the griddle.
• 6. Cook until the bubbles burst on the top surface and the bottom is light brown.
• 7. Turn and cook the other side until it is browned (1-2 minutes).
• 8. (Add more buttermilk to the batter if the first cake does not spread well.)
• 9. Serve the griddle cakes with the warm syrup.

MOM'S OAT GRIDDLE CAKES

Steps:

• Pour the milk over the oats and let stand 5 minutes.
• Stir the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt together.
• Add the beaten eggs to the oat and milk mixture. Add the melted butter.
• Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients just until moistened.
• You may keep this in the refrigerator for several days or make immediately.
• Fry on griddle until brown. These are thick and take a little longer to cook than regular pancakes.
• Serve warm with your favorite toppings.

CINNAMON GRIDDLE CAKES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and cinnamon.
• In another bowl combine whisk together the eggs with milk, corn syrup, melted butter and vanilla; stir into the flour mixture; mix until combined.
• Heat a lightly-oiled frypan or griddle over medium-low heat.
• Scoop about 1/4-cup of batter into the skillet; brown on both sides.
• Serve the pancakes warm with butter and syrup.
• Delicious!