Ingredients

• 1 cup self-rising cornmeal, or from a mix, such as Aunt Jemima's
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil or bacon grease
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 eggs
• Oil, butter or clarified margarine, for frying

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Instructions

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2. Mix together the cornmeal, flour, buttermilk, vegetable oil, 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon water, sugar and eggs in a bowl until well combined. Heat the frying oil or butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Drop the batter into the hot skillet. Use about 2 tablespoons of batter per hoecake. Fry each hoecake until brown and crisp; flip each hoecake with a spatula, and then brown the other side. With a slotted spoon, remove each hoecake to drain on a paper-towel-lined plate.