Recipe Time

Even the most hard core political blogs have recipes these days, so here's mine. These pancakes are loved by all and have double the eggs and non-fat dried milk to up the protein and calcium.

Frank's Good and Good-for-you Pancakes (makes 6-8 pancakes)

Preheat a frying pan or (better) a griddle on medium-low heat

Mix in a bowl:

2/3 cup unbleached flour (feel free to make some of this whole wheat)
1 1/2 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup non-fat dried milk

In another bowl (I actually use a measuring cup) mix:

2 eggs
1/2 cup of milk (works fine with lowfat or fortified skim)
1 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil

Pour liquid ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix until the the dry stuff is moistened- the less mixing, the more tender the pancake.

Brush butter onto griddle, which should be just hot enough to make the butter sizzle.
Ladle out pancakes. It should take about 3 minutes for the first side and 2 minutes for the second. These pancakes have a nice golden color because of the extra egg, and they're best when they're cooked to light brown. Feel free to add some bits of fruit or nuts to the pancakes (I do this after they're on the griddle).

Enjoy!