Hush Puppies

After a year of searching, cooking, throwing out and starting over, I do believe I have found the secret to those hush puppies you get at the catfish place. I'm not sure if it was sheer determination or what, but I played with different recipes and this is what I have.

2 cups of Sunflower White Self-Rising Cornbread Mix (any cornbread mix will work, this is just what I had)

1 tablespoon corn startch

2 tablespoons water

1 med. size onion minced

2 tablespoons minced garlic

1 can of sweentened condensed milk

3 tablespoons water (this is approximate)

Put 2 cups of cornbread mix in a bowl.  Add your onion and garlic.  In a separate bowl, mix together the cornstartch and water, add to the cornbread mix.  Add the milk and mix.  Add the water, one teaspoon at a time until it is just mixed.  The batter will be very, very thick.  Heat oil or shortening in a pot. Keep the heat at a med-low temp. Add the batter. I use a cookie scoop.  Make sure the balls are small, they expand when they cook.  If you cook them at a high heat, the outside will get done before the inside. So keeping the temperature low will, yes, take longer, but they will get done on the inside.

That's it.  Nothing fancy, but oh they are so good.  I plan on cooking up another batch in the near future and I will add photos.  My camera is dead right now. :(

Happy cooking!