Favorite Pancakes
Recipe:
1 Egg
1 cup Buttermilk
2 Tbsp. Shortening, melted, or salad oil
1 cup All-Purpose Flour
1 Tbsp. Sugar
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 tsp. Soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
Beat egg; add remaining ingredients in order listed and beat with rotary
beater until smooth. Grease heated griddle if necessary. To test griddle,
sprinkle with few drops of water. If bubbles skitter around, heat is just
right.
Pour batter from tip of large spoon or from pitcher onto hot griddle. Turn
pancakes as soon as they are puffed and full of bubbles but before bubbles
break. Bake other side until golden brown.
Ten 4-inch Pancakes
*If using self-rising flour, omit baking powder and salt and decrease
soda to 1/4 teaspoon.
Variations
*Apple Pancakes: Decrease buttermilk to 1/2 cup and stir in 1/2 cup
applesauce into batter.
*Blueberry Pancakes: Fold 1/2 cup fresh or well-drained frozen blueberries
(thawed) into batter.
*Buckwheat Pancakes: Decrease flour to 1/2 cup and add 1/2 cup
buckwheat flour.