
My youngest son had a sleepover last night. Usually his breakfast of choice is poached eggs, and he is usually the chef. But, he and his friend were involved in a videogame battle when I can downstairs, so breakfast wasn't yet a thought. I started the bacon, and asked what they'd like for breakfast, the friend asked for pancakes. Great! But, I had no pancake mix, not great. My friend, Lynne, and her family, always makes her pancakes from scratch (stems back to when her son had a milk allergy and this recipe worked for him). When her husband has made these for me, they were the lightest, fluffiest pancakes ever. But when I try them myself, they just don't work. So, I went (not too optimistically) to allrecipes.com this morning. I found a recipe that started with self-rising flour, which I don't keep in, so I searched for how to make my own self-rising flour (very easy, in fact, for each cup of all-purpose flour, add 1½ t baking powder and 1 t salt—thus the measurements below). Then I made a few pancakes, the batter was a little thick to work with, so I added a little more buttermilk (the original used just milk, but I love buttermilk pancakes). They also needed a little sugar. The resulting pancake recipe appears below. Really, it wasn't much more work than a traditional pancake mix (yes, more work than the "just add water" ones). I would usually add blueberries or chocolate chips while they're cooking, but I was out of blueberries and we used up the chocolate chips in cookies last night—gotta love the eating that goes on at sleepovers! Buttermilk pancakes
1 c flourCombine flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar, and set aside. Beat eggs, oil, and milk together, and add to flour. Stir until just combined, pancake batter should always be a little lumpy. Heat a greased griddle until drops of water sprinkled on it evaporate noisily. Pour 1/8 to 1/4 cup batter onto the griddle. Turn over with a metal spatula when bubbles begin to form on top. Cook second side to a golden brown color.
1½ t baking powder
1 t salt
1-2 t sugar
1-1¼ c buttermilk*
1 egg
2 T vegetable oil
*If you do not have buttermilk available, you can combine 1 c milk and 1 T white vinegar and let stand for 10 minutes.
Is there anything more perfect than making breakfast for a couple of happy ten year olds?
ReplyDeleteSomeone else making breakfast for you:) Maybe going out to the diner for French Toast! But I do relish the Saturday mornings we are home for breakfast, not rushing out to one event or another.
ReplyDeleteWe love to make pancakes from scratch.
ReplyDeleteI use a recipe like the one you posted but I add about 1/2 cup of uncooked oatmeal. If it is Brad he adds honey.