Johnny Cakes: Buttery Soft Pillowy and Fried to Golden Perfection

Ingredients

• 600 g bread flour (21 1/4 ounces; 4 1/4 cups), plus more for dusting
• 3 tablespoons fine yellow cornmeal (1 1/4 ounces; 23g)
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar (1 1/3 ounces; 38g)
• 1 tablespoon baking powder plus 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volume
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups (355 ml) water
• 2 quarts (1.9L) canola or other neutral oil, for frying

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