Hushpuppies

Ingredients

• 1 cup stone-ground yellow cornmeal
• ¹/₂ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 ¹/₄ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¹/₄ teaspoon cayenne
• 1 ¹/₄ cup butter milk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 scallions, finely chopped
• cooking oil

Cooking Instructions

1. Mix the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cayenne, buttermilk, egg and scallions into a batter
2. Put cooking oil in frying pan for. There should be an inch of oil. Heat up the oil.
3. Put spoonfulls of batter into the oil and fry until golden.
4. Place hushpuppies on towels to absorb excess oil.
5. Sprinkle with salt before serving.