Ployes (griddle cakes)

8 -10 servin

Ingredients

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Directions

1 cup refined buckwheat flour 1 tsp salt ½ cup flour, all purpose 1 cup cold water 1½ cups boiling water 1 tsp baking powder Mix together buckwheat flour, salt, all purpose flour and cold water to form thick paste. Add boiling water and mix well. Add baking powder and continue to mix until smooth. Cook in preheated, medium-hot cast iron pan without butter. Cook in same way as pancakes, but do nut turn ployes over; they are cooked when the surface is covered with small bubbles. They are delicious buttered, and also with melasses.

Traditional from the Madawaska region of New Brunswick.

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