{"id":99847,"date":"2020-05-18T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=99847"},"modified":"2020-05-17T19:20:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T23:20:41","slug":"its-still-chilly-enough-for-pancakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=99847","title":{"rendered":"It’s Still Chilly Enough for Pancakes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As much as I love pancakes, my curiosity was awakened some time back when I found my mother’s 1952 Better Homes & Gardens cookbook in a box of old books. Comparing that to my more modern version, which I bought in 2009, I found a slight difference in ingredients, but not a lot. (No, I’m not moving the Thursday Cooking to Monday. This is a freebie!.)<\/p>\n

I had bought and used a box mix for buttermilk pancakes, and it was not particularly satisfactory. The pancakes did not cook evenly on a cast iron griddle, and they were tough in the middle and around the edges.\u00a0 And unfortunately, the flavor that you get from real buttermilk pancakes just was not there.<\/p>\n

I was disappointed, especially since I usually only indulge in this culinary delight in cold weather, which we’re still having here in my kingdom. It’s mid-May and the tress are barely leafed out, and I still have the furnace running. We may have a burst of warm air, but that cranky loop in the jet stream continues to bring us cold air from the heavy ice pack up in the Barents Sea in the Great Frozen North.<\/p>\n

I ran a test today on the 1952 recipe, just to find out if there is a difference, and there is a real, and very distinct, difference between the box mix and the pancakes made from scratch.<\/p>\n

And here’s the 1952 BH&G recipe. While it has minor differences from the more recent recipe (which I haven’t tried yet), I will say that this one works nicely, even if you are using modern ingredients.<\/p>\n

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Better Homes & Gardens 1952 Pancakes recipe, including the buttermilk part<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

1 1\/4 cups of sifted all-purpose flour<\/p>\n

3 teaspoons of baking powder (Clabber Girl is still available)<\/p>\n

1 tablespoon of sugar<\/p>\n

1\/2 teaspoon of salt<\/p>\n

1 beaten egg<\/p>\n

1 cup of milk (note: in 1952, 2% milk was not available; use whole milk if you are not making buttermilk pancakes)<\/p>\n

2 tablespoons of salad oil (corn oil or olive oil) or melted shortening or bacon fat. I used olive oil; canola oil does not work for this.<\/p>\n

For buttermilk pancakes, follow these substitutions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Substitute bnttermilk for whole milk<\/p>\n

Add 1\/2 teaspoon of baking soda and cut the baking powder to 2 teaspoonfuls<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sift together the flour, baking soda and baking powder, sugar, and salt. Give the dry ingredients a good stir to mix them.<\/p>\n

Combine beaten egg, milk (or buttermilk), and oil and stir thoroughly. Add to the dry ingredients and stir just until the flour mixture is moistened. The batter will be very lumpy.<\/p>\n

Cooking directions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Bake on a hot griddle (yes, that is verbatim).\u00a0 Makes about 12 dollar-sized or 8 four-inch pancakes.<\/p>\n

Note: Make sure you grease the griddle with something like olive oil, or the pancakes will stick. I used olive oil on one batch and bacon grease on another. Both work quite well, and we have to remember than in the 1950s, a lot of things that go into the trash now were recycled and re-purposed, including bacon grease.<\/p>\n

I made six pancakes out of it.\u00a0 The batter is quite thick and lumpy, and stuck like crazy to the dipper that I used, but when cooked, the lumps disappear and these real buttermilk pancakes have excellent flavor, requiring nothing more than butter and good maple syrup, and maybe some J’ville sausages or nice, crispy bacon. They are not tough at all, and hold up well, despite the age of the recipe. In the photo up top, the plate is a standard sized salad plate, which should give you an idea of the size of that pancake.<\/p>\n

Just glad I found that old cookbook. I will keep it next to my more modern BH&G version and occasionally use the old recipes.<\/p>\n

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