Hush Puppies

Ingredients

1 cup yellow corn meal
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsps granulated sugar
2 tsps baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup milk
2 Tbsp plus 2 cups vegetable oil, divided
minced onion, to taste

Instructions

In a bowl, mix together, cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat the eggs. Beat in the milk and 2 Tbsp of the vegetable oil. Stir in the flour mixture, then the onions. In a deep pot, add the remaining oil and heat over medium/high heat (375F-400F) until very hot. The oil must be hot or the hush puppies will absorb oil and they will be heavy and oily. Drop the prepared batter by rounded 2 Tbsp into the hot oil. Fry until golden brown, turning them as they brown. Make sure the the heat is just right and the hush puppies cook all of the way through, just not brown on the outside. Drain on paper towels and keep warm until all of the batter has been used. Jan