Sunday morning at the Hoogterp family reunion means pancakes! And Michigan blueberries are best.
- Antonio's dad
Ingredients
The Basic Recipe
- 1 cup flour
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 cup milk (whatever you have)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp cooking oil
- Butter or oil or spray for griddle (I'm trying NOT to use spray because of packaging AND because it seems to hurt the griddle surface)
- OPTIONAL (but come on...): Lots of blueberries
Nutty Orange Pancakes (if you happen to have OJ but no milk!)
- Substitute orange juice for milk above
- Skip the vanilla
- Add 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Add 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Substitute chopped nuts for blueberries (about 1/2 cup)
NOTE: Yes, there are some very good boxed pancake mix options, but if you keep your kitchen stocked with basic supplies, then you almost always have what you need to serve breakfast You'll also use up the Costco sized flour, sugar, etc. - without creating too much trash.
Equipment
- 2 mixing bowls
- Whisk, wooden spoon, spatula, flipper
- Griddle of some sort (I prefer an electric griddle for more even cooking and larger surface)
- 1/4 cup to use as scoop
- OPTIONAL: Toaster to cook the leftover pancakes the next day (worth doubling the recipe)
Instructions
- In one bowl, stir together the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In the other bowl, combine egg, milk, and cooking oil.
- Add wet stuff to dry ingredients bowl and stir just enough to blend - but leave it lumpy.
- Grease the griddle and heat it up. Pour 1/4 cup cakes onto griddle. Pancake batter should be a little runny, so add more milk (or oj for alternate recipe) if the batter is too muffiny.
- Shape the dough and rise for another hour. LIghtly flour a large piec of parchment paper. Turn the dough out onto it,
- When the cakes have bubbles throughout and the edges stiffen up, then flip and cook the other side. Repeat.
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