Recipe Courtesy of Paula DeenThese hoecakes have always been one of my signature dishes.
Servings: 16 hoecakes (give or take)
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Difficulty: Easy
Oil, butter, or clarified margarine, for frying
1/4 cup vegetable oil or bacon grease
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon water
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup self-rising cornmeal, or from a mix (recommended: Aunt Jemima’s)
1 cup self-rising flour
Mix all ingredients together, except for the frying oil, 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; turn 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.
Chef’s Note: Leftover batter will keep in refrigerator for up to 2 days.
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
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butter my butt and call me a biscuit this is this recipe for HOECACKS are good:-)
By Sarah on November 12, 2011
Are these the same corn cakes I would get in Nashville? I had them at a restaurant called Rippy's with their pulled pork and fell in love and have been trying to figure out where to get a recipe. Are these similar?
By Denae on October 11, 2011
I love your hoecake recipe its great. Experimenting I use some buttermilk, but I also add your vadilia onion with peppercorn sauce in instead all of the bacon grease and using alittle more meal. It gives it a flavor beyond words. I love all your sauces. I'm adding your sauces to everything. Sudden Pasta is better with your sauce added instead of oil.
By Terri Gray on August 23, 2011
Hi Donna, Here is the recipe you're looking for: http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/recipe_view/the_lady_and_sons_cheese_biscuits/
By Jonathan Able on June 30, 2011
My husband and I travel to Florida every January and stop at the Lady and Sons for dinner. You serve the very best biscuits I have ever had and I was wondering if you would share that recipe with me? I have several of your cookbooks and have made many of your recipes and everyone I cook them for think they are wonderful. Thanks so much.
By Donna Fenner on June 14, 2011
Hello Paula I am a great fan of yours I love watching you and your family cook. I myself love to cook my family tells me that I should open my own restaurant I like seeing people happy and eat. This is why I love to watch your show you are always happy and smiling. You just know how to cook I hope to meet you one day I work at a facility with juvenile girls we cook all the time this makes them happy I would love it if you could come and visit with us I know that you are a busy lady. We still look at your cooking show you inspire us a whole lot. Thank you Teresa M.
By Teresa McGowan on June 03, 2011
love love ladies@sons paula i wanna cook with you i'm from louisianalove seafood its kind of hard here in tx to find what you want oh anyways can i have your gumbo recipe thanks
By debra on March 21, 2011
Went to Lady & Sons in Savannah on March 3, 2011. Took my sister there for her 50th Birthday. They served us cheese biscuts & hoecakes with our drinks. I have never had anything as wonderful in my mouth than the hot fresh hoecake I was served. It was "Heaven in my mouth good!". I enjoyed everything I ate. They brought my sister a lit candle in her dessert, and a wonderful employee sang a beautiful "Happy Birthday" to her. Thank you for helping us make it special.
By Kathleen Ware on March 07, 2011
This is one of my newest loves! I ate this at the Paula Deen buffet at Harrah's Casino Tunica,MS. I thought these were pancakes for breakfast but they can be eaten anytime. Eat them like you would a piece of bread or roll with a meal. They are the best thing I have ever eaten.
By kalamazoo on November 23, 2010
I never tried making homemade pancakes, but this was great. If you want it sweeter you can add a little more sugar.
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By Anonymous on September 13, 2010
I always called these corn cakes but love them. If I wanted cornbread but didn't have the time I fixed these. If you like them sweeter you can always add more sugar to the batter.
By Anonymous on September 03, 2010
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By Anonymous on May 18, 2010
This is absolutely the best hoe cake I have ever eaten. I cooked a low country boil & fixed these to go with it & everyone raved over how good they are. Yum! Yum!
By Anonymous on April 22, 2010
Outstanding. I had been looking for this recipe based on a description my husband had given me. He loved them! He ate them with syrup and then used the rest as bread. Thanks Paula.
By Anonymous on March 15, 2010
These are sinfully delicious! We enjoyed lunch at The Lady and Sons today and the hoecakes, along with the entire buffet, was a real treat. I will make them at home and hope they are as good as the ones we had at Paula's restaurant.
By Anonymous on February 24, 2010
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