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Plain Griddle Cakes (pancakes from scratch) sift: one cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder one-quarter teaspoon salt (not needed) beat and add: one egg (optional) add: 1 cup milk (scant) stir gradually to make smooth add: 1 teaspoon melted butter or oil cook in a hot frying pan, flip pancakes when they bubble, to brown the other side. Serve with Vermont maple syrup.

These pancakes are sure to be tasty -- if you're watching your sodium intake, you can make them without salt and baking powder, which also contains sodium (as does milk), and they'll probably still be pretty good. We never add salt to anything, but when we omitted the baking powder the pancakes came out a little bit on the glue-ey side.

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Special note: at the time of writing this recipe was the most searched-for page on this entire site. For some people, using this recipe is the first time they have ever cooked anything from scratch. These pancakes are delicious!

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This recipe is based on the pancake recipe in The Settlement Cookbook ("The way to a man's heart") The Settlement Cookbook Company Milwaukee Wisconsin 1903, a book every serious food reader ought to own.