Oh, yum! I'm going to share a recipe with you that has been handed down for generations. This recipe was made anytime a special birthday or holiday visited our home. It happened to be the most requested recipe with five small children under foot. Since it must be started the night before, mother always insured she made mashed potatoes that evening so that the potato water could be used for the starter.
If you like sourdough bread, you will just adore these pancakes. Light and fluffy with a gentle chewiness that delights the palate will greet you the morning they're made.
Starter:
2 cups potato water
2 tab. sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. yeast
Boil potatoes the night before with skins attached. Remove skins and make mashed potatoes. Save one good size potato and puree into potato water to make two cups. Add rest of ingredients and stir briskly. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit overnight. Mixture will begin to bubble.
In the Morning Add:
3 cups of flour
1 packet yeast
3 cups water
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
4 tab. molasses
Stir briskly and let this mixture stand one hour before cooking, covered. Then with one final stir, begin ladling pancakes out onto griddle. Cook on medium heat allowing pancakes to cook to golden on each side. Make sure the pan has enough butter to prevent sticking. Batter should be a little " Runny" if it seems to "watery" to you, add just a tad of flour. Serve with syrup.
If you like sourdough bread, you will just adore these pancakes. Light and fluffy with a gentle chewiness that delights the palate will greet you the morning they're made.
Starter:
2 cups potato water
2 tab. sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. yeast
Boil potatoes the night before with skins attached. Remove skins and make mashed potatoes. Save one good size potato and puree into potato water to make two cups. Add rest of ingredients and stir briskly. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit overnight. Mixture will begin to bubble.
In the Morning Add:
3 cups of flour
1 packet yeast
3 cups water
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
4 tab. molasses
Stir briskly and let this mixture stand one hour before cooking, covered. Then with one final stir, begin ladling pancakes out onto griddle. Cook on medium heat allowing pancakes to cook to golden on each side. Make sure the pan has enough butter to prevent sticking. Batter should be a little " Runny" if it seems to "watery" to you, add just a tad of flour. Serve with syrup.
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