Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes ala Betty Crocker

Daughter Stefani and her family are here for a week.  It's a perfect week, weather wise although today a thunderstorm blew through.  It was gone in less than an hour.

This morning I made pancakes and it occurred to me that I haven't used a pancake mix for many years...making homemade pancakes is so easy and you almost always have everything you need in your pantry.

This is from the good old Betty Crocker cookbook that I've had for more than twenty years.  It's a winner.  So....I thought I'd just share it with whoever likes pancakes.  And if you don't....well, just skip this post - ha!

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So...here's the recipe:

FAVORITE PANCAKES

Makes 20 4-inch pancakes

1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons shortening, melted or salad oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt.

Beat egg; add remaining ingredients in order listed and beat with rotary beater (I told you this was an old cookbook) until smooth.  Grease heated griddle, if necessary.

Pour batter from tip of large spoon or from pitcher onto hot griddle.  Turn pancakes as soon as they are puffed and full of bubbles but before bubbles break.  Bake other side until golden brown.

 NOTES:
 1)  I use powdered buttermilk which I keep in the freezer and mix up just before I make the recipe.

2)  A wire whisk is my implement of choice for mixing these up.  I do have my grandmother's rotary beater, though.  Works great.

There are a number of variations ... don't believe I've tried any of them but I just might.  One that looks interesting is for Cheese Pancakes where you omit the sugar and stir 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese into the batter.   I'm trying to decide how you'd use these or what you'd serve with them.

Another is for Apple Pancakes...decrease buttermilk to 1/2 cup and stir 1/2 cup applesauce into the batter.  I'll bet you could also chop up some apple and throw that in as well.

It's been a busy week with the family here.  Lots of fun but not a lot of time for blogging.  I hope you are all having a (fun/productive/relaxing/perfect...insert adjective of choice)  week.