Recipe: Visionary Pancakes

November 24, 2007 at 2:16 pm · Filed under Recipes

Dries SMALL BOWL Wets LARGER BOWL

  • 2 cups flour. Wheat is OK. 100% will create a somehwhat grainy, but hearty pancake. The wheat ones are great with rhubarb instead of syrup.

  • 2 TABLEspoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt.

mix dries with a whisker. Be sure to mix thoroughly so you don’t get a bite of baking soda in your pancakes.
  • 2 eggs – beat immediately by themselves.
  • 2 1/4 cups of milk
  • 4 TABLEspoons vegetable oil

This recipe makes enough for a family of 4 for breakfast.

Pour the dries into the wets bowl. DO NOT OVERMIX!!! This is the entire key to fluffy pancakes. Leave lumps in the batter. Try to get the least lumpy batter with the spoon, onto the grill. If some lumps got into the pancake, it’s OK, the bubbles will break apart the lumps. If the lumps are too big, break them up with the spoon, on the griddle.

Use butter or oil to grease the pan. Butter tasks better because it creates a crispy, tasty outer shell on the pancake, but oil is healthier.

Most people know how to get the proper temperature, but I will review for those that don’t know. Use your finger to dabble a bit of water on the grill to test the temp. If it sizzles, it’s hot enough. From there, monitor the color and bubbles of the cooked pancakes to determine the heat. A grill which is the right temperature will cook the pancake evenly, forming bubbles evenly throughout as they cook. One that is too hot will leave the pancakes burnt and too cool leaves the pancake cooked unevenly.

1 Comment »

  1. pd said

    December 11, 2007 @ 2:19 am

    I haven’t put on the apron and cracked the eggs to try my hand at these wonderful cakes but I have eaten my fair share-they are yummy!!

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