I love this recipe although I have to admit, I have doctored it a bit based on my family's tastes.
I use buttermilk and I think it makes the pancakes a little softer than regular milk. I switched to buttermilk powder because it has a little less of the tang of buttermilk and my family doesn't like that.
I also vary the thickness depending on what I am doing. If I am making plain, round pancakes then I use the given amount of liquid but sometimes I make them in Star Wars character molds and they are too stiff so I started using a little more liquid. It's really hard to get the batter into Yoda's ears otherwise.
I also make extra as these freeze and thaw nicely. I usually thaw them in the toaster and from one batch I can have three breakfasts for my kids.
Finally, I've seen some people talking about using a pastry bag or even a regular plastic bag to put batter in shapes or into the above mentioned Star Wars molds but I've yet to try it. Has anyone else done that?
Thanks
The star wars molds sound like lots of fun. May the force be with you always. ~Amy
August 16, 2011 at 1:36pm