Pancakes

Combine Dry Ingredients

1.5 cups of All-Purpose Flour
3 Tbs Sugar
1.5 Tsp Baking Soda
0.5 tsp kosher salt

Combine Wet Ingredients Separately. Whisk Well.

1.5 cups milk
2 large eggs
3 tbs melted butter (unsalted)
0.5 tsp Vanilla extract

Turn on your griddle or skillet or whatever. Med-high usually works for me, on my stove, but results may vary. When it's hot, swab it with butter, then wipe with a paper towel.

I've been told that you can do nifty tricks with water droplets to make sure that you've got the temperature right, but damned if I know. I've just made enough pancakes that I know about where to set the temp and then I don't mess with it.

Dump wet ingredients into dry. Whisk vigorously for TEN SECONDS. STOP. I mean it. Stop. There are lumps, ignore them. Any more mixing at this point will only make flat pancakes.

Ladle on the batter. Wait until there are firm bubbles throughout the pancake. Flip. Wait a couple minutes. Done.

If you're adding fruit or chocolate chips or something, DO NOT add it to the batter. It will compromise batter integrity. Instead, after ladling the batter onto the skillet, distribute your additives over the surface of the batter.