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American Style Buttermilk Pancakes with Pecans

From: The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Cooking
Servings: Makes 6-8 servings
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Ronnie's Notes

These tender flapjacks are puffy and absorb syrup delightfully. My suggestion: use a Grade B, dark maple syrup for best flavor.

Prep time: less than 15 minutes

Region: Midwest

Ingredients

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1

Melt the butter and set it aside to cool.

2

Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl.

3

Combine the egg, buttermilk and melted, cooled butter in a second bowl.

4

Beat the liquid ingredients to form a uniformly colored mixture.

5

Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ones and stir only until all the flour is moist.

6

Fold in the pecans.

7

Preheat a griddle or large skillet over moderate heat.

8

Lightly butter the pan before you make each batch of pancakes.

9

Pour out enough batter to make circles in the pan, leaving some space between each one.

10

Make circles either silver dollar size or 3-inches in diameter or pan size.

11

Cook the pancakes or until tiny bubbles begin to appear on the surface.

12

Flip the pancakes with a rigid spatula and cook them another or until bottom side looks golden brown.

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