Simple Pancakes

Yummy! I like to keep a bunch on hand to nibble, especially since 4 3-inch pancakes contain around only 200 calories.

Makes about 16 3-inch pancakes

Ingredients: 

• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (optional)
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 table spoons sugar

Substitutions:

I only buy 1% milk, so I use 1 cup of that and a 1/4 cup of half and half. That's just my personal preference and the recipe should work fine with any type of milk. 

Directions:

1. Beat eggs, milk, vanilla and melted butter until light and foamy.
2. Gently but quickly add salt, sugar, baking powder and flour. 
3. Allow batter to relax/thicken while heating pan/griddle. 
4. Grease and preheat the pan/griddle. It's ready when a drop of water will skitter across the surface, evaporation immediately.
5. Spoon batter onto pan/griddle to desired size.
6. Cook on one side until bubbles begin to form and break, then turn the pancakes and cook the other side until brown. Flip only once. 
7. Serve!

Adapted from: The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion