We Don' Need No Stinking Mixes!

I have been a bit of a slacker lately, but it's mostly due to exhaustion and health issues...so, there you go. I've been a lot stressed out, so I'm required to cut back the baking to manageable levels. I'm also trying to spend more time with my adorable kiddos! So I thought in between the other recipes I haven't had a chance to post yet, and until I'm feeling better, I will try to post a What I Made Today recipe.

Today I made pancakes. It's my favorite basic pancake recipe from a super old-timey Betty Crocker cookbook that my sister picked up at the local second hand shop. It's made from soured milk, which is just milk that you add a little vinegar to...I suspect this is a brilliant fix from back in the depression era or some such when you couldn't always get buttermilk. (Put 1 tablespoon white or apple cider vinegar in a measuring cup and add enough milk to make one cup. Let stand for 5 minutes.) But if you have buttermilk, that works too.

These are mostly the instructions it came with. I've swapped out the shortening for canola oil. It's a one bowl recipe, so I whisk mine together in a big (4 cup size) glass measuring cup with a spout so I can just pour them on the griddle.

Favorite Pancakes

Beat:
1 egg

Add and Beat Well:
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 and 1/4 cups soured milk or buttermilk

Add and Beat Until
mostly smooth:
1 and 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 teaspoon salt

~Cook on a hot griddle (350-375).
~Turn the pancakes when they are puffed and full of bubbles.
~Cook the other side until golden brown.