Pancakes in the Morning
Ran into Stop and Shop at midnight on the way home to grab some milk, and also bought a quart of buttermilk while I was there because, ironically, Stop and Shop stocks better buttermilk than Whole Foods.
“What are you going to do with the buttermilk?” asked the cashier, who was lonely and at the end of her shift.
“Pancakes, of course.”
“I wish I had time to make pancakes in the morning!”
I forbore to suggest that she find a nice fellow (gender to taste) who would get up a little early and make her some pancakes. Instead, I gave her the party line, that cooking doesn’t really take much time.
It seems to me that the right way to do this, if you’re not a morning person, is to mix your dry ingredients the night before.
- 3/4 c flour
- 1/2t salt
- 1T sugar
- 3/4 t baking powder
- 1/2 t baking soda
- a handful of crushed pecans if you like them
Then in the morning, all you have to do is heat some butter in the pan. While it's heating, start the coffee. Then you throw in
- 3/4c buttermilk
- 1 egg
and you stir it a few times with a wooden spoon. You don't have to get the lumps out or anything—just get everything mixed together. Spoon it out into the hot pan. Flip. Eat.