Thursday, April 26, 2007

Homemade Pancake Mix


Tonight was "breakfast for dinner" night at our house and I had a chance to try out something new: homemade pancake mix. I've made pancakes from scratch before but we usually purchase boxed pancake mix because my husband is the weekend breakfast maker and he likes having a mix to work from. When we ran out recently I decided to just mix up my own.

I used this recipe from Cooks.com:

12 c. flour
4 c. dry instant powdered milk
3/4 c. baking powder
3/4 c. sugar
2 T. salt

The receipe for pancake batter is:

1- 1/2 c. of the above mix
1 c. water
1 egg
2 T. oil

I'm happy to report that it made fabulous pancakes! And I can store the mix in a gallon sized Ziploc with the recipe written on the front for my husband. (I would recommend, however, mixing it first in a large bowl. My original plan was to combine the ingredients in the bag and give it a shake but the bag was much too full to do that!)

Related Link:

How to Make Homemade Pancake Mix

7 comments:

Bianca Bizarro said...

I love this idea! I,too, like breakfast for dinner, and if a mix is available after a long day at work, even better.

Deb said...

Great idea!
Debbie

Krystal said...

I'm just curious...

how many pancakes do you get from 1 1/2 cups mix plus the water and egg? Is it about the same for the mix you purchase at the store?

serpah said...

If you'd like to have other ideas for mixes, I suggest you check out the hillbilly housewife page for recipes. There are some great ones there! http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/recipeindex.htm

What Works For Us said...

Very cool idea. Thanks!!

Hilda said...

I'm totally making this mix. It looks easy and simple and I have most of the ingredients already. Thanks!

The Family CEO said...

You're welcome, Hilda! Let me know how you like it.