noun
- flat cornmeal cakes cooked on a griddle, traditionally eaten in New England and the American South
Usage: regional
Examples
- Grandmother made johnnycakes for breakfast every Sunday morning.
- The Rhode Island diner served traditional johnnycakes with maple syrup.
- She learned to make johnnycakes from her great-grandmother’s recipe.
- The johnnycakes were crispy on the outside and tender inside.
- Colonial settlers often ate johnnycakes as a staple food.
- The restaurant’s johnnycakes were made with stone-ground cornmeal.