Old-fashioned Johnny Cake

1 cup cake and pastry flour (sifted first, then measured *see Note 1 for using all purpose flour)

4 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon fine salt

⅓ cup brown sugar (light or dark, lightly packed)

1 cup yellow cornmeal

⅞ cup milk (¾ cup + 2 Tbsp)

1 large egg

½ teaspoon vanilla

3 Tablespoons shortening (melted and slightly cooled or same amount of vegetable/canola oil)

Preheat oven to 400F (not convection bake). Grease an 8x8-inch baking pan and set aside.
Sift the flour and then measure. Sift together with the baking powder and salt into a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix in the brown sugar and cornmeal.
In a small bowl, beat together the milk, egg, vanilla and melted shortening. (Shortening may solidify a bit, but that's ok). Add this mixture all at once to the flour mixture and mix just until well combined.
Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until lightly golden and the edges have pulled away from the sides of the pan.
Cut into squares and serve hot with maple syrup and butter.

Course🍰Dessert

Diets🥕Vegetarian...

Category🎂Cake

Cuisine🇺🇸American

Occasions🍳Breakfast📆Everyday🍿Snack

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyEasy ⏰ 30m