Mattie ball's hush puppies

36 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups White Cornmeal
(Stone-Ground)
½ cup Flour
3 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Sugar
½ medium Onion -- grated
2 Egg Yolks
2 tablespoons Butter Or Shortening --
Melted
½ cup Milk
Vegetable Oil -- for
Deep-frying

Directions

Combine the dry ingredients with the onion. Mix in the eggs, shortening, and enough milk to make a spongy dough. Mix only briefly.

Drop by teaspoons into deep hot fat, as for French fries.

Serve with fish, or with toothpicks as an hors d'oeuvre at your next cocktail party.

Recipe By : An American Folklife Cookbook - ISBN 0-8052-3914-6 From: Dan Klepach Date: 05-15-95 (159) Fido: Cooking

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