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Old Fashioned American Pancakes
Original recipe yield: 8 servings.
INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 1/4 cups milk
1 egg
3 tablespoons butter, melted
DIRECTIONS:
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and
sugar. Make a well in the centre and pour in the milk, egg and melted
butter; mix until smooth.
Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour
or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for
each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.
Basic
Buttermilk Pancakes
This recipe yields 4 servings
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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1 Tablespoon sugar
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1/4 teaspoon baking soda
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1 beaten egg
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1 cup buttermilk
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2 Tablespoons oil
Mix the dry ingredients together. Mix the egg,
buttermilk and oil together and add all at once to the dry
ingredients.
Stir until slightly lumpy. Cook in a hot non-stick and lightly-greased
or buttered skillet
Banana Walnut
Pancakes
This recipe yields 4 servings
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1 medium banana (the more ripe the better) - mashed
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1 cup flour
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1 cup buttermilk
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1/2 cup crushed walnuts
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1 large egg - beaten
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2 Tablespoons canola oil
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2 teaspoons sugar
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking
powder and salt.
In a separate medium bowl, mix together buttermilk, egg, cooking oil
and vanilla.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well.
Stir in banana until just mixed. Fold in walnuts.
Pour in 1/2 cup portions onto a heated (medium-high), greased griddle
or large fry pan.
Turn the pancake when the visible side starts to show a lot of
bubbles. Turn and cook other side until golden brown.
Serve with butter and syrup, or any other favorite topping.