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Directions
Ingredients:
2 cups flour 3 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt (very important) 1/4
cup sugar 2 eggs (or equivalent egg beaters) 2 tblsp oil 1 cup milk
Sift (I never do) dry ingredients in bowl and stir in liquid
ingredients with wire whisk or spoon until mixed. Do not beat. Rub
griddle or fry pan with oil. Heat until water dropped from your hand
bounces around. Drop about 1/2 ladel/1 large mixing spoon for each
pancake. Cook until bubbled all over the top and brown on bottom.
Flip, cook until brown on other side. Keep you griddle very hot at
all times.
Variations:
1. Substitute 1 cup whole wheat flour for white flour.
2. Substitute buttermilk for whole milk and 1 tsp baking SODA for
1/2 tsp baking powder.
3. Put some pecan or walnut pieces in with your dry ingredients (this
keeps them from sinking). Or put in some blueberries .. also with dry
ingredients.
4. Increase your eggs. This will make them a little more like a
crepe. Top with sliced apples, brown sugar and cinnamon and fold in
half.
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