Curaçao-Style Johnny Cake

Information

Johnny Cake is a beloved traditional food in Curaçao and throughout the Caribbean. This Curaçao-style fried bread is golden and slightly crisp on the outside while remaining soft and flavorful inside. Enjoy Johnny Cakes warm on their own or split them open and fill them with cheese, ham, meat, chicken, or your favorite filling. They make a delicious breakfast, snack, or addition to a Caribbean-style meal.

Ingredients

• 2 Cups of all purpose flour
• 4 teaspoon of baking powder
• 2 teaspoon of salt
• 3 tablespoon of sugar
• 2 tablespoon of melted butter or margarine. (Can use Crisco Shortening)
• 1 cup of milk
• Oil for frying

Preparation

1. In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt together.
2. With a wooden spoon, mix them as best as you can.
3. Now add the sugar and mix them together
4. While mixing the content in the bowl, slowly poor the milk into the bowl and keep mixing. 
   If you have a mixer with a dough attachment, you can use this also , but keep speed at low speed.
5. On a clean table, prep the area by sprinkling some flour on top of the table
6. Now Knead the though and add more flour if dough is too sticky. Be carefull not to add too much flour which will result in throwing off the ratio of the ingredients.
7. When the dough becomes elastic, create 10 equal size dough balls, cover them with a towel and let them sit for about 10 minutes
8. With a roller, flat out the balls with a height of 1/3 to 1/2 inch high
9. Let them sit for about 30 minutes to rise.
10. Put the oil on about medium high heat in a frying pan. Oil needs to be deep enough so the cakes will not touch bottom of the pan while frying.
11. When Johnny cakes tur golden brown, you can flip them
12. When both sides are golden brown, takes them out and put them on kitchen towel paper so it can drain the oil.
13. Now the are ready to eat. You can add cheese or any other kind of deli meat to it. Enjoy