Thursday, February 14, 2013

Pancakes

I was recently asked to share my pancake recipe.  It's not really mine, of course.  It's from Cook's Illustrated.

I keep thinking I'll tinker with it and make a mix out of it to make it easier to make pancakes on a moment's notice, but it really doesn't take that long to pull out the ingredients.

Enjoy!

This is a very large batch, because I make enough for six of us, plus extras to freeze.  That amount lasts us about a week.  Scary how much these kiddos eat!

4 Tbsp lemon juice
8 cups milk
(you can substitute 8 cups buttermilk for these first two ingredients)
8 cups flour
8 Tbsp sugar
8 tsp baking powder
8 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
4 large eggs
12 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly

Whisk lemon juice and milk together, let sit while you get everything else together.  Whisk all dry ingredients into a bowl to combine.

Whisk egg and melted butter until combine.  Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour in milk mixture and whisk gently til combined (a few lumps is fine).  Don't overmix.

Enjoy!

We add blueberries sometimes. If you use frozen, rinse well and pat dry so they don't turn everything blue.  :-)