Robie's Buttermilk Flapjacks

By CheeseDiva

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tbsp. granulated sugar
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. fine salt
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 4 tbsp. melted butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 beaten eggs

Details

Servings 4
Adapted from saveur.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Put flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl and whisk to combine; set aside. 2. Whisk together buttermilk, butter, vanilla, and eggs in a medium bowl. Pour the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture and whisk together until just combined to make a thick batter. (For tenderer flapjacks, don't overmix the batter.) 3. Heat an 8" nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 1 tbsp. butter and heat until the butter's foam subsides. Ladle in about 1⁄2 cup of the batter. Cook the flapjack, turning once, until deep golden brown on both sides, about 5 minutes total. Transfer to a large plate; keep warm. Repeat process with additional butter and remaining batter to make 8 flapjacks in all. Serve hot, topped with butter and maple syrup and a dusting of confectioners' sugar. I didn't have any butermilk, so I used 2 cups of reg %3 milk and I added a small container of regular plain yogurt, the richer the better (like a Balkan plain yogurt), it really adds a sourness to balance the sugar (in the recipe) and maple syrup I add later, and gives the pancake a light and better texture. Best pancake recipe. I sour 2 cups of milk(whole) with 2 tablespoons white vinegar, let sit while you assemble the rest of the ingredients. Use 1 cup cake flour&1 cup whole wheat flour, have also added blueberries, and on another occasion, 2 grated apples(squeezed of juice)stirred in. We eat them all week. I make these for all my visiting company including the grandchildren and they all think I am the best cook ever.thanks to Robie for sharing his recipe! Tonight I was browsing your site after doing my eBay and selling some first editions on line and thought these and did a search for the best pancakes and there they were! So guess what we had for dinner?! And I also add blueberries to top each before I flip. I wait a while to cook thoroughly on high heat til I see bubbles in pancakes. They make up very thick. When you can fully sub in whole wheat flour and the jacks are still GREAT, that is a goooood recipe. guiltfree! absolutely fantastic! i've made pancakes all my life and have finally found the recipe that i will use for the rest of my life. the texture was slightly crisp, very fluffy, just melt in your mouth.delicious, perfect, filling, but i can't stop eating them!

crispy with super fluff.

eat only when freshly made. the leftover pancake is not as good.

My favorite and only pancake recipe now! I made these for my widowed boyfriend's 3 year old: the 3 year old asked me to be his mother. =) I add lemon or lime to the quantity of milk for my buttermilk (I rarely plan breakfast in advance and buttermilk is not a staple in my home). I will also add fresh blueberries to the batter. Depending on the humidity, the amount of the liquid mix to the dry mix varies.