Fluffy Pancakes

This is our family’s FAVORITE pancake recipe.  I found it on allrecipes.com and that’s all we’ve made ever since. I’ve made my own “combining instructions” though because I noticed that they turned out differently when I added (or mixed) the ingredients in different ways. This is the best way I’ve found.

1 ½ cups milk

¼ cup white vinegar

2 cups all-purpose flour (preferably sifted)

¼ cup white sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 eggs

¼ cup melted butter

1.      Combine milk with vinegar in a medium bowl and set aside for 5 minutes to "sour".

2.      Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl.  Pour soured milk into flour mixture and set aside (without mixing).  Whisk eggs in separate bowl, then pour into flour mixture and set aside (without mixing).  Melt butter in separate container, then pour into flour mixture.  Now, gently stir/fold the flour and milk mixture together until combined.  (Mixing/whisking it too roughly will deplete the fluffiness of the pancakes.) 

3.      Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and coat with cooking spray. Pour 1/4 cupfuls of batter onto the skillet, and cook until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip with a spatula, and cook until browned on the other side.

8 servings = 16 pancakes - This is usually enough for a family of 5. We fry eggs to eat with our pancake meal, and that makes it enough food for 6. The baby's a big eater, too. ;)