Best Pancakes

** Recipe from A Feast for the Eyes **

* 3/4 c. milk
* 2 Tbl. white vinegar (see note*)
* 1 c. flour
* 2 Tbl. sugar (or 3)
* 1 tsp. baking powder
* 1/2 tsp. baking soda
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 1 egg
* 2 Tbl. melted butter
* 1 tsp. vanilla

Combine milk & vinegar in a small bowl for 10 min. to “sour”.  (This is an important step and it is called “soured milk” which is much different that sour milk.  You will NOT taste the vinegar in the final product.) Set aside.  Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. In a smaller bowl, whisk the soured milk, egg, vanilla & melted butter together. Pour into the dry ingredients and whisk until most of the lumps are gone, but don’t over beat.  NOTE: The batter will be thick, don’t add any more liquid. Let the batter sit, undisturbed for about 10 min. After 10 min, you will see bubbles in the batter, DON’T STIR. Gently dip out a ¼ c. of batter and place it on a buttered grill or frying pan. Cook until bubbles appear on the surface of the pancake and then flip with a spatula and brown the other side.

NOTE: This recipe only feeds about 2-3people, but doubles or even triples nicely.
*NOTE: Don’t skip the soured milk part of this recipe, you will not taste the vinegar in the pancakes. The vinegar super-activates the baking soda.