noun
- a cornmeal cake or bread, typically fried or baked, made from cornmeal, water or milk, and salt
Usage: also spelled 'jonny cake' or 'johnny cake'; regional, especially in the Southern United States and Mid-Atlantic regions
Examples
- She made johnnycakes for breakfast by frying cornmeal batter in a cast-iron skillet.
- Johnnycakes are a traditional dish in Southern cuisine.
- The recipe called for cornmeal, salt, and hot water to make the johnnycake batter.
- He served the johnnycakes warm with butter and honey.
- Johnnycakes have been part of American cooking since colonial times.