Skip to main content

Cornmeal Currant Griddle Cakes with Apple Cinnamon

Cornmeal and currants – you gotta try this!

Print
Syrup
  1. 2 cups (500 ml) apple juice
  2. 1/2 cup (125 ml) apple jelly
  3. 3″ (7 1/2 cm) cinnamon stick
Griddle Cakes
  1. 1 cup (250 ml) flour
  2. 1/2 cup (125 ml) cornmeal
  3. 3 Tbsp. (45 ml) sugar
  4. 2 tsp. (10 ml) baking powder
  5. 1 tsp. (5 ml) baking soda
  6. pinch of salt
  7. 1/3 cup (75 ml) currants
  8. 1 1/4 cups (310 ml) plain yogurt
  9. 2 large eggs
  10. 1/4 cup (60 ml) melted butter
Syrup
  1. Put syrup ingredients in a medium size saucepan and gently boil over medium-high heat for 20 minutes(watch carefully last 5 minutes). Reduce to 1 cup (250 ml).
Griddle Cakes
  1. In a large bowl combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir currants into flour mixture. Mix yogurt and eggs together in a small bowl and stir into flour mixture. (This is a very thick batter.) Stir in butter. Heat a lightly greased frying pan or griddle over low heat until hot. Spoon batter in batches forming 1 1/2″ (8 1/2 cm) cakes. Cook about 3 minutes on one side or until bubbles form and bottom is golden. Turn and cook other side until golden. Keep warm while cooking remaining cakes. Serve with warm syrup.
The Best of Bridge https://www.bestofbridge.com/

This recipe is available in the book A Year of the Best.

Leave a Reply