Light-as-a-feather Pancakes

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• shortening
• maple syrup or fruit-flavored syrup or powdered sugar, if you like
• fresh raspberries or fresh strawberries or fresh blueberries, if you like

Recipe

• 1 put flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl. stir with a wooden spoon to mix. save until step 3.
• 2 crack the egg into another mixing bowl. beat with a wire whisk or fork until yolk and are mixed. add buttermilk and oil to egg. beat with the wire whisk until ingredients are well mixed.
• 3 add egg mixture to flour mixture. stir with the wooden spoon until dry ingredients are wet. (the batter should be somewhat lunpy, not smooth.).
• 4 grease an unheated griddle or large skillet with the shortening. put the griddle or large skillet on a burner. turn heat to medium and let griddle or skillet get hot. (to check if the griddle or skillet is ready, carefully sprinkle a few drops of water on the surface. the water will dance across the surface when the griddle is hot enough.).
• 5 for each pancake, pour about 1/4 cup batter onto the got griddle or skillet. cook over medium heat until pancakes have slightly bubbly surfaces and the edges are slightly dry. (this will take about 2 minutes.).
• 6 turn the pancake over with a pancake turner. cook until bottoms are golden brown. (about 2 minutes more). remove pancakes from griddle or skillet and put on a serving plate. cover with foil to keep warm. repeat until all the batter is used. turn off burner. remove griddle or skillet from the burner.
• 7 stir it in: if plain flapjackes aren't your favorite, jazz 'em up by stirring 3/4 cup blueberries or raspberries or 1/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate pieces, peanut butter-flavored pieces, butterscotch pieces, chopped peanuts, or miniature candy-coated semisweet chocolate pieces into the pancake batter. candy-coated chocolate pieces will color the batter a bit.