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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Pancakes from scratch

2 cups of flour, sifted 2 eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (only if using buttermilk) dash salt 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups plain whole milk or whole milk butterm

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 11, 2020November 11, 2020

How hard is it to make pancakes? Not very.

I’ve been looking at cookbooks and articles about making pancakes. Everyone seems to treat it as though it is some kind of rocket science, unobtainable to regular folks without detailed, involved

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 11, 2020October 11, 2020

My banana pancakes

Take some flour and sift it with a little baking powder and a dash of salt and half as much sugar as flour. For 6 pancakes I used about 1/2 heaping cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and about 1/

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