Oh, those look good, Annie! I copied and printed that recipe out yesterda, thanks for the heads up on the extra flour. I'll write that on my copy.

Might make these for tomorrow's breakfast! Thanks again, Beth!

Linda

Boy, thanks for the report & pictures, Annie. I'm planning on making them tomorrow.

And thanks again to Beth for sharing with us!

I made a half batch for my dinner last night (Max was out) but I used the whole egg since I didn't want to mess with trying to divide it. They were more like your first batch Annie, but they were delicious with butter and warmed maple syrup. I convinced myself that I needed to try a test batch before making them tomorrow morning. I think in my dry climate the recipe as written, using one egg to the full amounts of the other ingredients, should work perfectly. If they don't look like your second batch I'll add an extra spoon of flour.

Thanks Beth, I liked the recipe a lot.

Lee

Thanks for the photos Annie! I'm going to make them tomorrow so it's great to see how they worked out for you.

Sue

Someone forgot to wake me up for breakfast! YUM, lucky Cooper!

David

Annie & Lee,

Thanks for taking the time to post your experiences and thanks, Annie, for your photos. I'm so glad you tweaked it with the additional flour...and the photos of your second batch look like my cakes.

I'm so pleased you and Lee liked them, and that you'll be cooking this recipe again. It brings a huge smile to my face.

And, I'm so glad you used the heated maple syrup....I totally forgot to tell everyone to heat their maple syrup.

My family is from Colorado, so this recipe has mostly been made in a dry climate, 5,000 feet altitude. However, I've made this recipe wherever I've lived, and my job took me to the south, the east coast, the Midwest, and I never changed the recipe for the location...I followed the recipe, and adjusted with additional flour if I needed to, based on what the test cake told me.

Thanks for giving me such a huge smile!

Beth, I put the leftovers in the fridge, I intend to see how they reheat too.

Your Grandpa sure knew how to make a pancake...

Annie

Annie, thanks for the reports. The second batch looks almost like my sourdough pancakes so I know hubby and little man will like it. Looking forward to make some of these in the future. By the way, Cooper got real lucky! LOL

Al

They're good, delicate and light. :0 And it was so dry here that I didn't need to add flour.

I made them this morning for DS. They were very good. I did add a bit more flour. But they are a very nice pancake.

I made the recipe as written this morning - I had to add more milk. Our flour is VERY DRY! But thanks to the test run last night and Annies notes, I knew what I was looking for. They were thin, tender, golden brown and delicious. I think I will try 5 T of flour next time - maybe I heaped mine too much.

BTW Beth, we're at 5400' in Boulder.

Lee

Annie -- I have to laugh, but you and my husband would get along swimmingly. In his opinion, the only way to eat pancakes is with eggs sandwiched in between. Grosses me out! LOL

Beth -- I am definitely going to try these. Pancakes are my favorite restaurant breakfast, but I'm usually disappointed because I pick up that fake vanilla taste. Blech. I haven't had much success in making them at home, but I'm definitely trying these out. Also, just the fact that they were your Grandpa's makes me love them already. Food is so much more than just a bunch of ingredients thrown together. Being able to add those stories and memories into the mix makes everything taste even better.

Tamara, I just can't help myself. (grin) Grandpa told me that we had to have some protein with all that "starch". I didn't point out the number of eggs already in the batter!

Annie

Tamara, I'm with you on the eggs. DH can't eat pancakes (diabetic) so he gives me his if we are eating at Denny's/Perkins. He knows better that to give them to me if they have "touched" the eggs on his plate.

I never would have thought of doing the egg thing, either, but I've never been one to be able to keep the stuff on my plate separate, anyway, and everything ends up together on my fork, so I just might try sandwiching an egg between the pancakes next time I make pancakes.

Sally

As an addendum, I warmed a couple in the microwave and spread them with some of Gina's cranberry/grapefruit marmalade and they were sooooo good. Cooper kept begging for another bite, another bite, and I was loathe to share!

Annie

Boy that marmalade sounds good! I would be begging too.

I saved the batter for tomorrow; should I have cooked and saved the pancakes instead?

I've done it both ways, and prefer to save the batter and make fresh the next day. While warming them up in the microwave isn't my personal favorite, they still taste better than other pancakes, in my opinion.

I love the reports you are giving on Grandfather's pancakes, and have sent the links to both threads to my dad (his son, and the only other pancake-maker in our family), and Dad is getting a kick out of reading your reports. Thank you all for making my family's week!

No, thank you for sharing and your grandpa his recipe! I posted my morning results on Annie's thread.