Recipe Fail (Sorta)

I really wanted to like the pancakes.  "My father was a master pancake maker."  He of the "father" in "my father's daughter."  The recipe calls for 6 eggs, 3 cups of buttermilk and 3 cups of flour and requires sitting overnight.  This recipe demands a level of commitment not found in most pancake recipes.  Heck, I wanted to love these pancakes.  I pictured having friends and neighbors over for breakfast - the recipe yields 3 dozen (!) pancakes, afterall.  A perfect vehicle for the highly sought after 3 Fs:  food, folks and fun.


By now, you know it's coming.  I kinda did give it away in the title.  The pancakes were not that great.  It was a lesser swedish pancake.  Dense but not chewy enough.  Mine looked nothing like the picture in the cookbook.  And not to brag but mine usually do look like the pictures in the cookbook.

Mine on the left; GP's on the right

John said that they reminded him of crepes and a lightbulb went off in my head.  I thinned out the batter and tada!  Buttermilk crepes!  Success!

My Go To Pancake Recipe


1 cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg
2 tablespoon butter


Mix dry ingredients.  Mix wet ingredients.  Mix dry ingredients to wet ingredients.  Don't over mix.  Overmixing makes for a tough pancake and you want them light and fluffy.