Recipe: Pancakes

Based on Alton Brown’s awesome science-y book I’m Just Here For MORE FOOD

Makes twelve 4-inch pancakes, enough for 3 to 4 people

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 tbs sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 4 tbs melted butter, cooled

1. Sift dry ingredients (flour through salt) into a big bowl.
2. Put sugar, eggs, buttermilk, and cooled melted butter into a slightly smaller bowl and combine well with whisk.
3. Dump wet ingredients into dry and stir just enough that there are no more dry floury bits. Lumps are good.
4. Rest batter for 5 minutes for maximum leavening magic.
5. Heat nonstick pan on medium until hot. You’ll know it’s hot enough when water flicked onto the surface does a little sizzly dance. (You are also encouraged to do a little sizzly dance.)
6. Spray pan with PAM and ladle out some pancakes.
7. Flip after 3ish minutes. You’ll know they’re ready when bubbles form and the undersides are golden.
8. Move pancakes to a warm place (or your mouth) and start over again at step 6 until batter is gone.