Kittencal's Hush Puppies

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt or 1/2 teaspoon white salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper (or to taste)
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup milk (might need a little more)
• 3 tablespoons melted lard or 2 tablespoons shortening
• 1 (12 ounce) canned corn kernels, drained and coarsely chopped
• oil (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 pour enough oil in a large cast-iron skillet (or a heavy skillet) to about 1-1/2-inches or a little more.
• 2 heat oil over medium-high until hot (to test the oil drop a spoonful of batter into hot oil if it sizzles it is ready).
• 3 in a bowl mix together flour, cornmeal baking powder, seasoned salt, and cayenne pepper and sugar.
• 4 in another bowl beat together egg, milk and melted lard or shortening until combined; add into the flour mixture; mix to combined (if the mixture seems to dry then add in a little more milk.
• 5 mix in the chopped corn kernels.
• 6 drop the batter by teaspoonfuls into hot oil and fry until golden turning once (these will not take long to brown).
• 7 drain well on paper towels.
• 8 delicious.