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Monday, February 9, 2009

Buttermilk Pancakes

These are yummy pancakes. They always come out light and fluffy. We love to make these on a relaxing Saturday morning. The kids love them with chocolate chips or you can try blueberries or nuts instead. Plain or otherwise, add your favorite syrup or other toppings for a delicious breakfast. I usually triple the original recipe and freeze all the extras for those mornings when we don't have a lot of time (so you can easily make 1/3 the recipe for about 20 pancakes). I can put them straight into the microwave or toaster oven for easy morning prep.

Recipe
Yields about 55 pancakes, depending on the size
Adapted from Foodnetwork.com

6 cups flour
6 3/4 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
6 eggs
6 cups buttermilk
3/4 cup melted butter
Optional: additives ( such as 1 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup chocolate chips or chopped nuts)

Directions
Combine dry ingredients in one bowl and mix to distribute. Combine wet ingredients in another bowl and mix together. Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and combine. Fold in any additional items.

Note: Just mix until the batter comes together. It will still be lumpy. Do not overmix or the pancakes will be heavy.

The batter is mixed.


The chocolate chips were folded in.



Pancakes cooking.


The final product - chocolate chip pancakes. You could use mini chips for less chocolate also.

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