Absolutely the Best Pancakes Ever

I’ve been searching for the perfect pancake recipe literally for years, hoping to create a deliciously fluffy-yet-hearty pancake that is both good to eat… and good for me! I’ve tried Oat & Yogurt Pancakes, Oat Flour Pancakes, and even an oven-baked pancake, among others.

All of those were very good, but none of them were exactly what I was looking for: the quintessential pancake enjoyed by generations without the benefit of a boxed mix.

Finally, I found a great traditional recipe from one of my favorite vintage cookbooks, the Fannie Farmer Cookbook. I tweaked a few things here and there, and was fairly satisfied with my tweaks thus far, until… until I tried it with flour freshly ground from my new Wondermill grain mill.

Oh. My. Word.

Pancake perfection. Seriously. It’s everything a good pancake should be: fluffy, flavorful, hearty, and just a tiny bit sweet. I usually eat two pancakes for breakfast. This time? Um. I ate four.

And I am never making pancakes with any other kind of flour again!

Absolutely the Best Pancakes Ever

1 cup freshly ground hard white wheat flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup yogurt

2 TBSP. melted butter

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 TBSP. honey

Whisk together the dry ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. 

Stir the liquid ingredients together separately, then pour into the dry ingredients. Stir just until combined.

Add more milk or flour to achieve your desired thickness. 

Heat a cast iron pan over moderate heat. I like to melt a little pat of butter or bacon grease on it before I fry up the first pancake. Fry 1/4 cup of batter at a time, flipping when the top is full of bubbles.

Enjoy!