Pancakes

Today I’m Making… Pancakes

Sometimes I forget that everything can be made from scratch. I have grown up with the box of pancake mix, in my head all pancakes come from a box. Last night I was thinking about it and realized it was probably like cake mix… you are just buying a bag of pre-mixed dry ingredients with preservatives to make them last, it almost always turns out better if you do it yourself (and it only takes about 2 minutes longer). Also, if you ever bake you probably have all the ingredients already in your pantry. So I decided to try out scratch made pancakes this morning. They ended up being super fluffy and everyone loved them, even my super picky 2 year old! No more boxed pancakes for our family! *The next morning when we asked my son what he wanted for breakfast his response was "moms pancakes!"... a good sign for this recipe.

Recipe:

1. Mix ¾ cup of milk with 2 tablespoons of White vinegar… I know what you are thinking, but I swear you can’t taste the vinegar and this is what makes the pancakes so fluffy. Let this mixture sit for 5 minutes.
2. In another bowl mix 1 cup of flour, 2 tablespoons white sugar, 1 teaspoon Baking powder, ½ teaspoon Baking Soda, ½ teaspoon salt
3. Add 1 Egg to the milk mixture- whisk it
4. Mix everything together until all the lumps are gone- cook it up.

Review:

These pancakes are super fluffy. They are of course best right out of the pan. Usually you see the pancakes are ready to flip when they start to form little bubbles… that didn’t happen for me with this recipe. I flipped when one side was brown, just don’t have the pan too hot or they won’t cook all the way through. This is a basic recipe, in the future I will try them out with some add-ins. I'll post if I come up with anything good!