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Pancakes

Ingredients:

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 3/4 cups milk, *see note
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Direction:

  1. Beat egg with hand beater until fluffy; beat in remaining ingredients just until smooth. Grease a heated griddle.
  2. Pour about 3 tablespoons batter from tip of large spoon or from pitcher onto hot griddle.
  3. Cook pancakes until puffed and dry around edges (tiny bubbles will begin to form).
  4. Turn and cook other sides until golden brown. Flipping once should be enough. The first pancake isn’t always the best one.
Note: Buttermilk, yogurt, or sour cream may be substituted for some or all of the milk. This may cause the batter to be too thick or too thin; adjust accordingly by adding milk to thin or flour to thicken. When you use a sour ingredient, cut the baking powder by 1/2 tablespoon and add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. If you don’t have buttermilk, you can add powdered buttermilk to the milk (a good thing to have on the shelf).
Makes about 18 four inch pancakes.
Serving Size: 6

In-N-Out Double-Double Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 plain hamburger bun
  • 1/3 pound ground beef
  • a dash of salt
  • 1 tablespoon Kraft thousand island dressing
  • 1 large tomato slice (or 2 small slices)
  • 1 large lettuce leaf
  • 2 slices real American cheese
  • 1 whole onion slice (sliced thin)

Instructions

  1. Preheat a frying pan over medium heat
  2. Lightly toast the both halves of the hamburger bun, face down in the pan. Set aside.
  3. Separate the beef into two even portions, and form each half into a thin patty slightly larger than the bun.
  4. Lightly salt each patty and cook for 2-3 minutes on the first side.
  5. Flip the patties over and immediately place two slices of cheese on each one. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
  6. Assemble the burger in the following stacking order from the bottom up:
  • bottom bun
  • dressing
  • tomato
  • lettuce
  • beef patty with cheese
  • onion slice
  • beef patty with cheese
  • Top bun.


Makes one hamburger

Enjoy

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