Corn Recipe #4- Corn Dodgers
Corn Dodgers
3 cups corn meal
3 cups boiling water
1 teaspoon salt
1-2 tablespoons sugar
Oil-if you are frying.
In a bowl, combine corn meal, salt and sugar. Stir to blend. Bring water to boil. While still boiling, pour water into corn meal mixture, stirring as you do. When completed, if the mixture looks grainy, you need more hot water. When cool enough to work with (helps dipping your hands in ice cold water), shape the dough into 3” long “ropes” about 2 inches in diameter. You can either bake these on a greased cookie sheet (400 °F until golden ~12 to 15 minutes), pan fry them, or drop them in simmering soup as dumplings (good on chili). Very versatile. I have made patties of them and used like an English muffin, eaten like a pancake, used like bread with dinner, taken on the Range while hunting Lucky Ned Pepper, etc.