Buttermilk Pancakes

My husband is on a "pancake" kick lately.  Today he asked if I could make him buttermilk pancakes for his breakfast tomorrow.  Now do you REALLY think I am going to run to the store and buy Aunt Jemina Buttermilk Pancake mix???  Seriously!!!

Looking at my growing library of cookbooks, I knew one of them HAD to have a good buttermilk pancake recipe.  We have already tried Martha, so I wanted to try someone new but WHO would have a great buttermilk pancake recipe.  Then the "Recipe Gods" spoke and I knew who I could turn to - Paula Dean!!  And in her Southern Cooking Bible I found what I was looking for . . . a recipe for Buttermilk Pancakes.  Oh my . . . it was so easy!!!  And, fortunately, I had all the ingredients including the buttermilk!!  So it was meant to be!

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 3/4 cup buttermilk
4 T butter, melted
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

Grease a griddle or a large nonstick skillet with butter, oil or cooking spray.  Place on a burner over medium heat.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.

In a separate bowl, mix together the buttermilk, eggs, melted butter and vanilla extract.

Using a rubber spatula, fold in the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture until just combined - you will have lumps!

Using a 1/3 measuring cup, scoop up the batter and drop into the hot skillet.

Cook until light brown (or you see bubbles appearing in the batter), flip and cook for an additional 2 to 3 minutes.

Repeat with the remaining batter.

Serve with maple syrup - YUM!!!

Entire Recipe:

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 3/4 cup buttermilk
4 T butter, melted
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

Grease a griddle or a large nonstick skillet with butter, oil or cooking spray.  Place on a burner over medium heat.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.

In a separate bowl, mix together the buttermilk, eggs, melted butter and vanilla extract.

Using a rubber spatula, fold in the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture until just combined - you will have lumps!

Using a 1/3 measuring cup, scoop up the batter and drop into the hot skillet.

Cook until light brown (or you see bubbles appearing in the batter), flip and cook for an additional 2 to 3 minutes.

Repeat with the remaining batter. 

Enjoy!!

VERDICT:

This is DEFINITELY a keeper recipe!! The pancakes are nice and fluffy even the day after I made them.  Sorry Aunt Jemina - you can't make this kind of pancake from a box.  Oh these were so good!!