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Light as Clouds Pancakes

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These are the lightest, fluffiest, most delightful pancakes you will ever eat. And they’re so easy to make. The ingredient amounts may seem wrong, but they aren’t. Try these. You won’t be sorry.

Ingredients

  • ⅞ cups All-purpose Flour
  • 2 Tablespoons Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 1 whole Egg
  • 2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil

Preparation

Place the dry ingredients in a bowl and stir lightly to combine.

Place the wet ingredients in another bowl and stir them well.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix completely. The person I got this recipe from 50 years ago said to mix them well—no lumps. So, I do and they turn out great.

Drop by spoonfuls on a hot griddle, flipping when the first side is covered with bubbles. Let them cook about a minute on the second side.

Serve while hot with butter and warm maple syrup.

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firesong44 on 1.8.2011

I used this recipe this morning. I got it from another site a while back and just cooked them this morning. It is the same except it calls for a whole cup of flour. They were the fluffiest pancakes ever. I think using less of the flour as in this recipe would have made them even better.

They were a little salty though. I think next time I will go lighter on the salt and maybe add a little vanilla extract.

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llawton11 on 12.26.2010

I’m going to hold off on rating this recipe until I’ve had a chance to make this again. I made these pancakes exactly as written, using a skillet over medium heat. Although the pancakes turned out fluffy and golden on the outside, the insides were not done at all. Had I left the pancakes on the skillet until the insides were cooked, I would have ended up with burnt pancakes. Next time, I will definitely use low heat and hopefully the outsides and insides will cook more evenly. (Side note: I was amazed at how fluffy the batter was! The baking powder really thickens things up!)

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Adriane on 9.25.2010

It is 7/8 of a cup which is 2 tbsp shy of a full cup.

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ahinkey on 9.24.2010

Is the flour quantity in this recipe 7/3 of a cup?

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Elisa on 1.31.2011

Our new Saturday morning staple! I leave the recipe out and my husband, whose idea of cooking is hamburger helper, makes them in the morning. Easy and SO good! Love that you can’t over-beat them like most pancakes. My only complaint… making a double batch every Saturday, we’ve been seriously going through the baking powder!

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kkd555 on 12.2.2010

These were really good…I think that you need to let the batter sit for several minutes to thicken on its own before cooking, Will try again hoping for the big fluffy ones.

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beckyann on 11.22.2010

I have to admit, if it wasn’t for all the great reviews, I probably would not have tried this recipe–2 TBSP baking powder, wow! But, like everybody else, I tried them and they are great! I made a double recipe and everyone gobbled them up, my 4 year old asked for them again the next day! It’s definitely replacing my old standby!

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ltcutler on 11.7.2010

These were delicious, added some Wild Maine Blueberries to half of the recipe. Both kinds vanished quickly!

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catie27 on 10.29.2010

Absolutely fabulous. I really had to be PATIENT (not my strong suit) when flipping, so wait until the bubbles come – not just at the edges. Fluffy, light, delicious. Thank you!

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