Grandma Kiser's Sourdough Pancakes
Some 50 years ago my Grandma Kiser made her own sourdough starter, and since then has been happily making some of the best bread and other things sourdough. Being that she lives in Colorado and does not have the naturally occuring bacteria that occurs in San Francisco, her sourdough bread is much milder than that found in San Francisco. Nevertheless, time spent at Grandma's ranch would not be the same without regular doses of her bread and sourdough pancakes.
Grandma Kiser had a stroke this past year towards the end of June/ start of July. One of the first things she did was to make sure that my Mom prepared a large batch of sourdough pancake batter for the local LDS 4th of July breakfast. Below is the recipe that I received from my GMa several years ago. It is a bit different than that of my Mom's, which can be found here.
Prepare your Sponge
The night before, in a plastic or glass bowl, mix your reserved starter with
3 C Water
3 C All-purpose flour
Mix well until only small lumps are left. Incorporate as much air as you can into the mixture. I cover mine loosely with plastic wrap to prevent crusting over.
Pancake Batter
The next morning beat down the spnge and remove your starter reserve (equal amount as to what you put in the previous night) and return reserve to the refrigerator.
To the remaining sponge (about 4 Cups) add:
2 Eggs, beaten
3 Tbsp Oil
Mix this well. Let rest.
In a seperate bowl combine the following:
3 Tbsp Sugar
1 Tsp Salt
1 Tsp Baking Soda
Sprinkle the sugar mixture over the batter and then fold in trying to incorporate as much air as possible. Let rest for at least 15 minutes. The batter is ready when the batter is begins to inflate and is filled with tiny air bubbles.
Cook over a hot griddle (350° - 400° F)
Serve with butter and your favorite syrup. I like mine with 100% pure maple syrup. Jen likes her's with only butter.
My Mom's recipe is slightly different as it uses powdered milk, less suger and salt, and more oil. Both are equally good, but I prefer the recipe above, as do my kids (though they love sourdough bread, they much prefer "regular" pancakes to sourdough pancakes).
:: Posted by mark on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 9:53 am
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