Pancakes

[NY Home Cook]

I cut this recipe out of Bon Apetit magazine (I think) about 5 years ago and it's the only one I've used since... I have modified the procedure slightly to the way I make them. The ingredients are same as published but you can cut back on the sugar and/or butter slightly if you'd like. Play around once you have done it this way.

3 lg eggs
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 stick butter, melted and cooled
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk

butter (or clarified butter) for pan
warm maple syrup for serving

Preheat oven or toaster oven to 250F.
Sift dry ingredients together into a med bowl and set aside.
Whisk eggs, sugar, and melted butter together in another medium bowl until blended. Add dry ingredients and milk alternately in 3 additions, whisking just until blended after each addition.
Melt enough whole butter in heavy medium non-stick skillet over medium heat just to coat bottom. Ladle enough batter into the pan to spread to the size pancake you prefer. (Immediately rotate the skillet or gently use the back of your ladle to spread the batter.) Cook until bubbles form on surface and bottom is brown, about 1 minute. Turn pancake and cook until bottom is brown and pancake is cooked through, about 1 minute.
Transfer to baking sheet or toaster oven pan and place into oven to keep warm while cooking the remaining pancakes.
Serve with warm maple syrup.

Don't leave them in the oven too long in a single layer or they will dry out. Try tenting them very loosely with aluminum foil or turn the oven off after adding the first batch.
Alternately, if the pancakes get a bit soft from condensation while stacked in the oven waiting for the rest of the batch, I flip them in the hot skillet with the heat off to dry them.

These are so tasty (probably from the sugar) that any other pancakes are no comparison. Good luck; any questions, e-mail me.

[chefboy2160]

Hey folks i can honestly say i have cooked a Gazillion Pancakes in my time . I worked for 2 1/2 years at The Little Nugget Diner in downtown Reno where one of our specials was a pancake sandwich for 99 cents . I used to go through 10 to 15 gallons of pancake batter on weekdays (every day & thats just day shift ) and 20 to 25 gallons on weekends , not to mention the egg on top of the cakes . And Im not talking little cakes either , we used a Pancake Gun which gave us an 9 inch cake on a 10 inch plate .
So here is how we did it . We used Krusteaze Pancake mix and we used our mixer with the whip . Follow the directions on the bag and as Shawty has allready stated , DONT OVERMIX ........
Now something else I like to do is let my batter rest in the walk in for at least a 1/2 hour before use . Also I never used day old batter as it goes flat . To cook on a grill I use a 325 degree grill and i put just a little pan and grill oil on it and then wipe it off so you just have a nice oiled grill . Put your batter on using whatever means you have at your disposal ( I really suggest a pancake gun for volume and consistency ) . Do not touch the pancake untill the batter has formed little bubble holes all over the top . Flip the cake smoothly and gently and watch it fluff , do not touch the cake at all as in pressing it down while it is rising . We are making pancakes and not tortillas here . About 1 1/2 minutes on this side and your ready to plate . I never like to stack my pancakes more than 3 high as it tends to smush the lower ones . Trust ne this method is bulletproof , of course this is just my opinion . Doug

[Pinarello]

I love pancakes!
I have made lots of pancakes,.
early had some problems but not for a lng time.
How do you like your pancakes, a little bit fluffy, or giant fluffy, maybe silver doller pancakes!
Make the batter from scratch, there is maybe 1000 variations, let it rest like crepe batter for 20 min, must be nice and thick, use butter to cook with, only flip once, good pan is suggested but also not necissary.
try a few different recipes out.
My sister makes her pancakes fro a moosewwod cookbook and there real nice too, use's jogurt and buttermilk.
goodluck.