Hominy Croquettes

Original Recipe

To a cupful of cold boiled hominy, add a teaspoonful of melted butter, and stir it well, adding by degrees a cupful of milk, till all is made into a soft, light paste; add a teaspoonful of white sugar, a pinch of salt, and one well-beaten egg. Roll it into oval balls with floured hands, dipped in beaten egg, then rolled in cracker crumbs, and fry in hot lard. The hominy is best boiled the day or morning before using.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cupful of cold boiled hominy
  • 1 teaspoonful of melted butter
  • 1 cupful of milk
  • 1 soft
  • 1 teaspoonful of white sugar
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 10 egg

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Instructions

  1. 1

    To a cupful of cold boiled hominy, add a teaspoonful of melted butter, and stir it well, adding by degrees a cupful of milk, till all is made into a soft, light paste; add a teaspoonful of white sugar, a pinch of salt, and one well-beaten egg.

  2. 2

    Roll it into oval balls with floured hands, dipped in beaten egg, then rolled in cracker crumbs, and fry in hot lard.

  3. 3

    The hominy is best boiled the day or morning before using.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)