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Bahamian baked johnnycake
Johnny Cake · Bahamian johnny cake · Bahamian johnnycake
A soft, butter-rich Bahamian-style baked johnnycake made from flour, baking powder, sugar, butter and milk. The dough rests briefly in a square pan before baking.
A baked johnnycake from a Bahamian recipe collection
The Nassau Paradise Island Bahamian recipe book includes a baked Johnny Cake in its starters and sides section. This formula uses flour, cold butter, milk and baking powder, then bakes the rested dough in a square pan. It is kept separate from johnnycake traditions that use other grains or fry the dough.
The source gives a serving range of 9–12 and identifies the pan size and bake schedule, but it does not specify flour type or a precise yield. Its doneness cue is light golden colour at the edges; the source provides no internal-temperature measurement.
Sources for this section
History
A Johnny Cake recipe appears in the Nassau Paradise Island Bahamian recipe book. This version is documented as a contemporary source formula; the source does not give a historical account or claim one formula represents every Bahamian household.
Ingredients
Scaling: source batch only
Flour
710 mL3 cup as recorded
The source does not specify the flour type.15 mL1 tbsp as recorded
4.9 mL1 tsp as recorded
59 mL¼ cup as recorded
ButterKeep cold and cut into small cubes.
118 mL½ cup as recorded
158 mL⅔ cup as recorded
Method
Risks and precautions · Standard risk
Raw flour and milk dough
The uncooked dough contains flour and dairy before it is baked.
Hazard sourceUse pasteurized milk and clean handling, then bake the dough in the pan as directed. The source gives edge browning but no measured internal-temperature limit.
Control sourceDo not taste the raw dough. The recipe source gives edge browning as its bake cue but no measured internal-temperature limit.
- Heat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Grease a 9-by-9-inch pan.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl.
- Cut the cold butter into the dry ingredients with a pastry cutter or your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add the milk and mix until a soft dough forms. Knead it on a floured surface until smooth.
- Let the dough rest for 10 minutes, then place it in the greased pan.
- Bake for 20–25 minutes, until the edges begin to turn light golden brown. Cool on a wire rack before serving.
Conditions
Temperature177°C
Places
The Bahamas
Modern adaptation · Country evidenceThe formula appears in a Bahamas-focused recipe collection; this is a country-level contemporary association, not a claim of origin.
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Sources
Nassau Paradise IslandMethod · Geography
Bahama Bites: Bahamian Recipe BookThe Johnny Cake section lists flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, cold butter and milk; it says the recipe serves 9–12.
The source instructs cutting butter into the dry mixture, adding milk, kneading, resting 10 minutes in a greased 9-by-9-inch pan and baking at 350°F for 20–25 minutes until the edges turn light golden.
Cited in: A baked johnnycake from a Bahamian recipe collection