Recipe - Ham And Cheese Griddle Cakes

Three fourths cup Yellow cornmeal
Three fourths cup Unbleached all purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 One half cup Buttermilk
3 lg Eggs; separated
4 tablespoon Butter; (about) melted
1/3 cup Crumbled Maytag blue cheese
1/3 cup Finely chopped ham
Maple syrup

Mix first 5 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Whisk buttermilk, egg yolks
and 1 One half tablespoons melted butter in medium bowl to blend. Whisk into dry
ingredients. Mix in cheese and ham. Beat egg whites in another bowl to
stiff peaks. Fold whites into batter in 2 additions.

Heat 1 tablespoon melted butter in large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
Working in batches, pour batter into skillet by One fourth cupfuls. Cook until
cakes are puffed and golden, adding more butter skillet for each batch if
necessary, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to plates. Serve with maple
syrup.

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