Wisdom From Grandma

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Basic Pancake Recipe

Filed under: Grandma's Recipes — kthomas at 1:13 am on Friday, September 8, 2006

Today, we use pancake mix, but back in Grandma’s day, they made pancakes from scratch. This recipe is similar to the one she used:

2 cups flour
2 cups milk
2 eggs (beaten)
1/3 cup butter (melted)
2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Makes approximately 8 pancakes

In a large bowl combine flour, milk, beaten eggs, 1/3 cup melted butter, sugar, baking powder and salt until just blended. Preheat lightly greased griddle or frying pan. Pour about 1/4 cup of batter into pan per pancake. Cook until pancakes begin to bubble. Flip once and cook for 1 to 2 minutes longer. Serve with maple syrup, jam or fruit.

* This is a basic, easy pancake recipe you can easily vary. Try adding fresh cut fruit or chocolate chips to the batter for variation.

When you decide you’d like to make pancakes from scratch you’ll want to make sure your kitchen is clean and tidy before you start. One way to help you get organized is by using a kitchen cart. A kitchen cart is a cart on wheels that you can move about your kitchen as you’re preparing food. If you don’t like the idea of a mobile kitchen platform you could always get a kitchen island which is secured to the floor.

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Comment by Carol Fryer

December 11, 2006 @ 1:27 am

Just wanted to thank you for the recipe. This is the perfect basic versatile recipe Ive been looking for.
Heres one for muffins.
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
dash cinnamon
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 Tablespoons melted butter
1 egg
1 cup of milk
Add wet ingredients together, add dry together, then combine, just till blended. You can use this same recipe to make apple muffins, bananna muffins, blackberry, peaches or what ever. Add a couple Tablespoons of honey if you like. …Add to muffin cups. Bake at 375-400 degrees for about 15- 20 minutes.
If you make apple or bananna usually about 2 apples or 2 banannas will do it. I love the blackberry in the summer getting them fresh from the woods.
This same recipe I also use for cake like cobbler. Just put fruit on top of the batter and it will puff up beautifully.

Comment by kthomas

June 13, 2007 @ 11:03 pm

Hi Carol,
You’re welcome and thanks for your recipe. It sounds delicious!
Katelyn

Comment by David Dunn

August 22, 2007 @ 4:55 am

What a good basic recipe. I watered it down a bit and made a pancacke versio of crepes with it. I filled them with fresh chopped strawberries (with a little sugar) and topped them with powdered sugar.

It’s amazing what we forget when we have all of these prepackaged foods available!

David

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