Yes - this is very important! Just mix until moistened or blended.
Just made this recipe today for the first time after hearing SIL rave and rave about it:
http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/01/ed...ream-pancakes/
SIL makes it with yogurt - I happened to have sour cream so I used it. SIL uses vanilla yogurt and omits the vanilla. The recipe was SO easy and the pancakes were super moist and fluffy.
ETA: Yeah, we can't keep boxed or single bagged grains in our pantry closet either. Everything has to be in a jar or double bagged. Much of it is in the fridge or freezer, though. Learned that the hard way!
mama to 2 lovely and loving DDs
OK, to further add to your list of ickie-skeevies, I once encountered a bunch of moth-like flying creatures when opening a new box of instant oatmeal packets. I know what you mean becuase it turned me permanently to buying whole, bulk oats.
BTW, is there a smilie for being skeeved out? 'Cause I looked for it and couldn't find it!
MC
Fair Queen-Ruler of the House of Boys
Mom to DS 3/06
DS 2 6/12
and a 12 year old (boy) min pin
If you follow this recipe (I swap whole wheat flour 1:1 for the white flour in the recipe), trust me, it is foolproof. You have to shake the pan a bit when you put the batter in to cook (its quite thick), but other than that, foolproof.
Melissa
DD#1: April 2004
DD#2: January 2007
"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world." Jack Layton 1950 - 2011
Oh, and I replace my baking powder and baking soda at least yearly, usually ever 6m, regardless of if it is finished or not (I don't toss the baking soda, I just use it for cleaning). I can't remember how to do it, but you can add stuff to them to see if they are still "good".
Melissa
DD#1: April 2004
DD#2: January 2007
"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world." Jack Layton 1950 - 2011
Ok, i'm trying to ignore the "bug talk", ick.
Here's a pancake recipe that has never failed me and my baking powder has been fairly old, not from the 1900's old , but at least 1-2 years.
2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3 tbs sugar (optional, I omit most of it, I just toss in maybe a tsp)
3 eggs beaten
1/3 cup oil (I use canola)
2 cups milk
Sift together dry ingredients, mix eggs, oil and milk and stir in until just blended.
I usually cut the recipe in 1/3 or 2/3 (b/c of # of eggs) because it is quite a lot of pancake batter.
I've also used the following egg substitute and it still comes out fluffy:
1.5 TBS oil
1.5 TBS water
1 tsp baking powder
for EACH egg...
Awesome recipes, thank you!
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