Awesome Buttermilk Pancakes

Here they are . . . our Best Buttermilk Pancakes! From Martha Stewart, of course.

If this was your last batch of pancakes in life, you'd be happy you chose these!!

O says the tiny one is in honor of our "Baby Moosey."

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons sugar

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

3 cups buttermilk

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus 1/2 teaspoon for griddle

1 cup fresh blueberries (optional)

Directions

Step 1: Heat griddle to 375 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a medium bowl. Add eggs, buttermilk, and 4 tablespoons butter; whisk to combine. Batter should have small to medium lumps.

Step 2: Heat oven to 175 degrees. Test griddle by sprinkling a few drops of water on it. If water bounces and spatters off griddle, it is hot enough. Using a pastry brush, brush remaining 1/2 teaspoon of butter or reserved bacon fat onto griddle. Wipe off excess.

Step 3: Using a 4-ounce ladle, about 1/2 cup, pour pancake batter, in pools 2 inches away from one other. Scatter with berries, if using. When pancakes have bubbles on top and are slightly dry around edges, about 2 1/2 minutes, flip over. Cook until golden on bottom, about 1 minute.

Step 4: Repeat with remaining batter, keeping finished pancakes on a heatproof plate in oven. Serve warm.

Since finding affordable, fresh, organic blueberries on a frigid February morning would be Herculean feat, we used Trader Joe's frozen wild blueberries. . . Mmmmmm . . . We also substituted Rapadura (a healthier, unrefined, whole cane sugar) for white sugar. Our pancakes came out fluffy, light and buttery.

We could have had another family of four over to help us eat all of these! Luckily, leftovers were excellent when warmed (in tin foil) in the oven on Monday.


Endnote: Need motivation for cooking from scratch on a supposedly lazy Sunday morning? I just read in a winter newsletter from Vineyard Nutrition that an average American is spending 4 hours a day in front of a screen! Yikes! It makes me hope I am not one of them. I do find when I power down and make cooking my meditation, my family time, my chance to do something that's good for my body, I feel better for it. :)