Flannel Cakes

Ingredients:

•  Eggs
•  Flour
•  Milk
•  Yeast
•  Salt
•  Butter

Directions:

1. Sift 2 pounds of flour into a bowl.
2.  Mix a teaspoon of salt to the flour.
3. Warm your milk in the microwave after measuring out a pint into a bowl.  Have it in the microwave for 30 second intervals, checking it between to make sure it doesn't get too hot or curdle.
4. Stir the warm milk into the flour/salt mix to begin making the batter.
5. Beat the four eggs and add them to 3 tablespoons of yeast in a cup.
6. Add the egg/yeast mix to the batter.  Make sure they are well mixed.
7. If the mixture isn't runny by this point, heat up a cup of milk in the microwave and slowly add that to the batter.  You do not need to use the full cup of milk, add only until the batter is runny.
8. Grab a pan and grab your butter (about a tablespoon). 
9. Use the butter to grease up the pan.
10. Place the greased up pan onto the stove top.
11. Turn on the stove (not too high, try to keep temperature about midway) and begin cooking!
12. Pour about a cup of batter onto the pan. Heat until the top is bubbling before flip to other side with a spatula. Cook till it is done.  You can check with spatula.

Source-Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Kaitlyn Coughlin

Louisiana Anthology

6/10/2019