Light & Fluffy Pancakes

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup milk (plus a tbs. or so extra if batter is too thick)
• 1 large egg, separated
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 whisk dry ingredients in medium bowl. pour buttermilk and milk into a 2 cup pyrex measuring cup. whisk egg into milk mixture. mix egg yolk with melted butter, and then stir into milk mixture. dump wet ingredients into dry ingredients all at once; whisk until just mixed.
• 2 meanwhile, heat griddle or a large skillet over medium-high heat coated with cooking spray. pour batter, about ¼ cup at a time, onto griddle, making sure not to overcrowd. when pancake bottoms are brown and top surface starts to bubble, 2 to 3 minutes, flip cakes and cook until remaining side has browned, 1 to 2 minutes longer.
• 3 variation: blueberry pancakes - follow recipe for light and fluffy pancakes, pouring a little less than ¼ cup batter at a time onto the griddle. starting with ½ cup blueberries, drop about seven blueberries on top of each pancake. proceed as directed in master recipe.
• 4 variation: whole wheat pancakes - follow recipe for light and fluffy pancakes, substituting ½ cup whole wheat flour for ½ cup of the all-purpose flour.