Savory Onion-Scallion Corn Cakes

• 1 cup unbleached white flour
• 1/2 cup stone-ground yellow cornmeal (or 1/4 cup each stone-ground yellow cornmeal and masa harina)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
• 3 scallions, trimmed, white and green portions thinly sliced
• Kernels cut from 3 ears of fresh corn (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 1/2 to 1 green chile, finely minced (with seeds for heat, without for mildness)
• Vegetable oil cooking spray

1. Combine the flour, cornmeal or cornmeal and masa harina, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl, stirring well.
2. Set aside.
3. Combine the buttermilk, egg, and sugar in a second, smaller bowl, whisking together.
4. Set aside.
5. Combine the onion, scallion, corn, and chile in a third bowl.
6. Set aside.
7. Using as few strokes as possible, stir the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture until the two are barely smoothed out.
8. Then stir in all the vegetables.
9. Spray a heavy nonstick skillet with oil, then place over medium-high heat.
10. When its hot, ladle on the batter; using a 1/4-cup ladle will yield about 12 good-size pancakes, which will make 4 Mexi-Stacks, see below (a slightly smaller size is good for these when youre using them as a side dish).
11. Flip the cakes when the tops have plenty of bubbles and the sides look done, 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 minutes.
12. The second side takes 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.
13. Serve hot from the griddle.
14. Variation: Mexi-Stacks
15. Make the masa variation of the cakes.
16. Open a can (15 ounces) of black beans and pour the contents, juice and all, into a small saucepan.
17. Heat the beans through while you assemble the following on a tray:
18. 1 cup grated sharp Cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese
19. 2 or 3 ripe Hass avocados, peeled, pitted, and coarsely mashed in a small bowl with the juice of 1/2 lemon and a little salt
20. Homemade or bottled salsa
21. Dairy or tofu sour cream (optional)
22. Chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
23. Have 4 heated plates ready.
24. As the cakes come off the skillet, lay 1 in the center of each plate.
25. Spoon the hot black beans over them, dividing equally.
26. Sprinkle the grated cheese over the beans, and top with a second cake.
27. Quickly spread the mashed avocado over the second cake layers, and top with a third cake.
28. Spoon the salsa on top, add a dab of sour cream and a snowfall of cilantro, if using, and serve immediatelyto many wows.

unbleached white flour, stoneground yellow cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, salt, buttermilk, egg, sugar, onion, scallions, corn, green chile, vegetable oil cooking spray

Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/savory-onion-scallion-corn-cakes (may not work)