On 2016-09-14 3:12 PM, Gary wrote:
> wrote:
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>> On a hunch, when I saw a dented/discounted box of Aunt Jemima mix yesterday, I bought it and used it this morning. That texture is similar, but a little more dense than the diner pancakes.
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>> Normally, I don't buy pancake mix, since the second ingredient is sugar. I only hope that wasn't the case at the diner.
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> Don't buy any pancake mix. It's so cheap and easy to make from scratch.
> Use the old Betty Crocker recipe and just add a bit more milk for the
> best you'll ever eat.
I find it hard to believe that the second ingredient in a pancake mix
would be sugar because pancakes usually have only a very small amount of
sugar in them. I will have to check, but I would be really surprised if
they had more sugar than baking powder, fats or milk powder.
I am with you about mixes. Most of them require the addition of milk,
eggs and oil, which are the expensive ingredients. I always make them
from scratch. In fact, I very rarely order pancakes in restaurants, and
especially not in pancake specialty restaurants, because they are
usually made from a mix and taste like crap. Pancakes are too easy to
make and use only basic kitchen staple ingredients. FWIW, I prefer them
with buttermilk, and if I do not have buttermilk I use milk with a bit
if vinegar added to it.