VIDEO: 1800's (or earlier) recipe for Buttermilk Pancakes

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I thought I would make my first substantive post here something very personal. From my family to you. An 1800's or Earlier Recipe for Buttermilk Pancakes - YouTube This was my Great Grandmother's recipe given to her by her mother. I've made hundreds and hundreds of these over campfires all over the US. I do videos because a pictures speaks a thousand words. How many must a video speak?
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That was cool getting your daughter involved in the vid, thanks for the recipe.
 
Those are my favorite kind of pancakes! My grandfather gave me basically the same recipe. the only thing we do different is we make it the night before and let the batter bubble until the next morning then give it a good stirring in the morning right before we start making them. the pancakes turn out a little more crepe like and are delicious!! My uncle holds the family record at 21! :D Thanks for the post...gotta go get some buttermilk now.
 
Uncle J said:
Those are my favorite kind of pancakes! My grandfather gave me basically the same recipe. the only thing we do different is we make it the night before and let the batter bubble until the next morning then give it a good stirring in the morning right before we start making them. the pancakes turn out a little more crepe like and are delicious!!
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I've been known to make them up the night before and let them 'sour' a little bit. If I start making up the batter I have to do it after the kids go to bed because if they see the batter it is instant nonstop begging.

The way this recipe got passed down is a little interesting. My great grandmother was always famous for her pancakes but she was the type of cook who didn't write anything down. So if you asked her for a recipe she would say 'there isn't one.' Well anyway one day my aunt went up to the farm and while my GG'mother was making pancakes she would have her stop and measure what she was putting in. My GG'mother may have had a somewhat inconsistent recipe as far as ingredient amounts but she adjusted the amount of flour to make thin pancakes that weren't too bready. The recipe that my aunt came back with made thicker pancakes than we were used to eating so I dropped 1/2 cup of flour. I think the difference was that my GG'mother was likely using actual 'butter milk' or the supernatant left after mixing cream into butter, and we were using cultured buttermilk, which is thicker.
 
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