Earle's Pancakes
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Buttermilk pancakes the Earl way;
Ingredients(listed by quantity)
Flour, Buttermilk, Water, Eggs, Baking Soda, Salt, Oil(I recommend Walnut, Safflour, or Grapeseed)
The night before you want to make pancakes, mix the flour, water, and the buttermilk together in a bowl. Cover the bowl with a lid or plate and let sit overnight in a warm place to ferment. During this time the lactobacilli in the buttermilk will break down enzyme inhibitors in the flour. You can also do this process several days ahead of time and just keep the fermented dough in the fridge until you are ready to use it.
When you are ready to make pancakes just sprinkle in a bit of baking soda and salt and stir in plenty of eggs. The dough should be really gooey and resemble the texture of homemade yogurt. Do not store this mixture for very long as it contains raw eggs.
Then you just heat up a cast iron pan. When it is warm sprinkle in a little cooking oil and wipe it around with a piece of terry cloth. You do not want to have the oil puddled in the pan as it will alter the texture of the pancakes in undesireable ways. After flipping spread some butter on the pancake while it is still hot. Never allow the oil to smoke. If the oil smokes rinse out the pan and start with new oil. Never let the pan sit empty over flame as this will cause the oil to burn. Burned oil is very carcinogenic and tastes bad!
