Thick Stackin' Pancakes

It's been a backwards day. We had pie for breakfast and pancakes for desert. The 2 year old had a long day, and his nap was postponed until 4pm. Turns out a late nap = early bedtime. Poor boy didn't even wake up for pancake supper. Don't worry, I saved him some!

I discovered today's recipe a few months ago, and I think it's our second favorite (only due to the lack of chocolate). It never makes quite enough, so today I doubled the batch with the help of the KitchenAid. Turns out it wasn't much help. I couldn't tell a taste or texture difference between hand-mixed and mixer-mixed; but since you have to dirty a mixing bowl anyway, I guess you'd might as well let the machine do the work.

Ingredients:
Makes about 15 small or 6 large pancakes

1.5 cups milk
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) melted butter





Equipment:

Fork or whisk
Measuring cup/spoons
Large mixing bowl (or mixer bowl and beater paddle)
Small bowl
Skillet
Spatula

Directions:

• Combine milk & vinegar in the small bowl and let sit (sour) for 5 minutes
• Combine the dry ingredients in the large mixing bowl
• Whisk the egg & butter into the soured milk

• Pour the liquid mixture into the mixing bowl and beat until lumps are gone. I used setting 2 and it took less than 60 seconds.

•   Cook in the skillet on medium heat. I found cooking spray kept the pancake from browning correctly so I only used it on this first one.

In honor of Superbowl Sunday, I made the 2 year old a football (or possibly a squished baseball) pancake for tomorrow's breakfast.


Tips & Variations:

• Add nutmeg or a dash of other spices to the batter. Cinnamon maybe? 
• Cook until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip with a spatula, and cook until browned on the other side. 
• Lay metal cookie cutters in the bottom of the pan and pour the batter inside to make shapes (or free-hand it like my foot/base ball)
• Make your own syrup. Easy and amazing: 1c packed brown sugar, 1/2 c water, 2 tablespoons butter, 1/2 teaspoon of your favorite extract (I used rum). Cook until sugar is dissolved. You could make this in the microwave in a matter of seconds.

Cost:

flour	$0.29
milk	$0.34
vinegar	$0.02
sugar	$0.04
eggs	$0.25
butter	$0.33
	$0.94