Buttermilk Pancakes

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When we were first dating we would often spend our Sundays together — one of us grading and the other building websites. We have worked hard over the past few years, however, to take less and less home and to maintain more of a work-life balance.  We have succeeded to a degree — although we both understand that sometimes, the larger part of a Sunday will have to be sacrificed to the work gods.

Now, on days when we’re both feeling a need to maximize work-time, Buttermilk Pancakes may not sound like the breakfast you make — but as a result of having had some frequent pancake-cravings and a mutual desire for efficiency, we have found that they are actually a pretty good solution.  Make the batter the night before and you have a quick job of frying ’em up in the morning. We like to think that with a satisfying breakfast you will be able to tackle anything.

Buttermilk Pancakes

(Can’t beat The Joy of Cooking, for which we owe this Sunday staple)

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

3 tbsp sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

½ tsp baking soda

1 ½ cups buttermilk

3 tbsp butter (melted)

2 eggs

½ tsp vanilla extract

Melt the butter and set aside to cool.  Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda into a large bowl.  In a separate bowl beat the eggs, add the vanilla, the buttermilk and then add the butter.  Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix, but only lightly.  Cover and refrigerate.  Get some good sleep.

Wake up on Sunday morning, pour yourself a cup of coffee or OJ, take out the batter and fry it up.  Heat a frying pan over medium heat — “they say” that you know the pan is hot enough if you can splash a few drops of water on it and they sort of sizzle and dance around (i.e. if it just sits on the pan then it’s not hot enough, and if they evaporate immediately then it’s probably too hot). You don’t need to use any butter or oil in the pan, just scoop out a ¼ cup of batter at a time and we think you will like the results (goes well with or without work).

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