On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 10:45:19 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 5:52:21 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On 2016-09-14 3:12 PM, Gary wrote:
> > > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> 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.
> > > >>
> > > >> Normally, I don't buy pancake mix, since the second ingredient is sugar. I only hope that wasn't the case at the diner.
> > > >
> > > > 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
> >
> > Second ingredient by weight, sure. Sugar is heavy. A teaspoon of
> > sugar is 4 grams. If I did the math right (in my head), a teaspoon of
> > flour is 2.5 grams. I imagine that baking powder is about as dense
> > as flour, or maybe just a little more.
> >
> > Here's a typical American pancake recipe:
> >
> > 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
> > 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
> > 1 teaspoon salt
> > 1 tablespoon white sugar
> >
> > So by volume, more baking powder than sugar, but by mass, more
> > sugar than baking powder.
>
> You forgot the egg, milk, oil.

I was just interested in the dry ingredients, to illustrate how
there could be more sugar by weight than baking powder.

> Here's mine that works well:
> - 1 cup all-purpose flour
> - 1 egg
> - 3 teaspoons baking powder
> - 1/2 teaspoon salt
> - 1 tablespoon sugar
> - 2 tablespoon oil
> - 3/4 cup milk (and I always add almost twice that. Like them thin)
>
> This (above) is the old Betty Crocker recipe.

I'll take your word for it. I don't like pancakes all that well; I
prefer waffles. Pancakes OR waffles, having them for breakfast
leaves me bloated and sleepy. I prefer a bowl of oatmeal, and
if I'm going to do hard labor, a side of scrambled eggs. Or
egg, if I think I'm going to be bending over a lot and don't
want to eat very much.

Cindy Hamilton