Easy Pancakes

Help!  I'm trapped in a house with people who love Bisquick pancakes smothered with Log Cabin syrup.  Not that there's anything wrong with good old fashioned pancake mix pancakes and maple flavored syrups --- it's just that there are fluffier, more flavorful pancakes and REAL maple syrups that are sooo much better.  

I've made dozens of different recipes for homemade pancakes and in my not-so-humble opinion, they blow those box mix pancakes out of the water and my family STILL prefers the Bisquick version.   And don't even get me started on the fact that they absolutely refuse to eat pancakes with REAL maple syrup.  

I may never be able to convince these devoted Bisquick eaters that homemade pancakes are better but I'll never give up the fight to try and convert them.  I will continue to serve them really awesome homemade pancakes - even if they insist on drowning them in maple flavored syrup.  ;)

These pancakes are almost as easy to make as their box mix counterparts but they taste WAY better.  

Easy Pancakes
2 cups flour
3 Tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/4 cup + 1 teaspoon oil
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. 

Whisk together eggs and 1/4 c. oil. 

Whisk milk and vanilla into egg mixture. 

Add egg mixture to flour mixture and stir gently to combine. 

Let batter sit 10 minutes. Heat 1/2 t. oil in skillet.  Wipe with paper towels. Drop 1/4 cupfuls of batter onto hot skillet.  Cook 2-3 minutes. 

Flip and continue to cook 1-2 minutes longer.  Repeat with remaining oil and batter. ​

Around here - we do pancake dinners on Sunday night.  I love it when we can top them with the fresh strawberries or blueberries.  That is just the icing on the cake - or maybe I should say the icing on the pancake.  

​Ciao!

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