Buttermilk Pancakes

Buttermilk Pancakes

February is pancake month, my favorite is the old fashion buttermilk pancake, but I don't always have buttermilk on hand, or like this morning I had buttermilk but not enough. So I had to substitute. Therefore this is about using milk plus an acid to get the same chemical  reaction that buttermilk gives.

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The Ingredients

1	cup	milk
1	tablespoon	White vinegar
6.5	oz. weight	all purpose flour	1 ½ cups if using measuring cups
½	teaspoon	baking soda
2	teaspoons	baking Powder
1	tablespoon	sugar
1	teaspoon	kosher salt *
1	large	eggs, beaten
2	tablespoons	Canola oil **

1 This is a weight measurement not a volume measurement

* if using table salt or a fine ground sea salt reduce to ½ teaspoon

** any cooking oil will work

The Preparation

Heat a griddle or a large skillet on a medium, or medium low heat.

Combine the milk a vinegar, and stir well.

In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, and salt.  Mix all of the dry ingredients together.  Add milk with vinegar, egg and oil.  Stir until thoroughly mixed, but do not attempt to make the batter smooth, it may still have a few lumps.  

Heat the cooking surface to 375° the temperature will be correct when a drop of water dropped on the hot surface dances and evaporates almost immediately. Pour batter on to heated pan using a ⅓ cup measuring cup for uniform pancake sizes. Cook until the edges start to dry and set. Flip over when the bottom is a dark golden brown, and cook on the other side until brown.  The first pancake goes to the cook.  Tear it in half be sure it is cooked in the center, if it is cooked through. Taste it to be sure it is not dry.  You may have to adjust the temperature.  If the outside is too dark, but the inside is under-cooked your temperature is too hot.  If the pancake has the correct color but is very dry it is overcooked turn the temperature up just a little, so that it will cook quicker before drying inside.

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