Recipe 1840 Farm Pancakes

[NC Susan]

http://food52.com/recipes/10430-184...8884&cjevent=522f469ac20011e883ee015f0a240611

1840 Farm Pancakes
by 1840 Farm

Author Notes: This pancake base has been a family favorite for years. We typically dress them with banana slices or blueberries grown on our farm, but they would be delicious topped with your favorite pancake companion. —1840 Farm

Serves: 6-8

2 cups white wheat flour
5 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 ounces plain whole milk yogurt
15 ounces skim millk
1 ounce apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

*Pancake add in (blueberries, bananas, etc.)
Butter
Maple syrup

Lightly coat a griddle or cast iron skillet with oil
Heat griddle or cast iron skillet over medium high heat.
Meanwhile, combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Beat eggs in a medium bowl before adding yogurt, milk, vinegar, and vanilla extract.
Whisk until smooth.
Make a well in the center of dry ingredients and add the prepared liquid ingredients.
Gently whisk until the mixture is well combined and no lumps appear.
Add batter to griddle or skillet using ladle.
Allow bubbles to appear throughout the pancake before adding your chosen pancake add in.
Turn pancake and cook on second side until lightly browned.
Top pancakes with butter and maple syrup.
Serve warm.

 

[Melodi]

These look really good, but I suspect the original recipe was with sour or "clotted" milk; yogurt just wasn't a very popular item in the US or Europe at least not by that name; but naturally soured or clotted milk was a constant and used for all sorts of baked goods; the natural bacteria helping to raise the yeast and later soda raised back goods of the 18th and 19th centuries

Yogurt is probably easier for most people, natural buttermilk should work too as a substitution.