Jalapeno Hush Puppies
1½
cup White Cornmeal
½
cup Flour [sifted]
2½
tsp Baking Powder
1½
tsp Salt
½
tsp Pepper
1
cup Milk
1
Egg [beaten]
3
tbl Vegetable oil
¼
cup Onion [finely chopped]
¼
cup Jalapeno Peppers [finely chopped]
Combine dry ingredients. Add remaining ingredients and stir until blended.
Using a fork, drop heaping portions of the mixture into hot, deep fat (350°).
Fry each hush puppy approximately 3 minutes, or until golden brown.
Turn once during cooking. Drain on absorbent paper towel.
Makes approximately 30 hush
puppies.