Corn Dodgers
Ingredients
Directions
In a bowl, combine cornmeal, salt, and lard.
Scald the mixture with boiling water and beat vigorously for a few minutes.
Drop spoonfuls of the batter into a well-greased pan.
Ensure the batter is thick enough to flatten on the bottom, leaving them high.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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