Eva's Pancakes and a Pancake Mix

Eva Escamilla made the best pancakes in the world. When you look at this recipe you can see why. It's a classic. I miss being on the phone with her for hours or sitting and drinking loads of coffee together. She's truly missed by so many of us. Anyways, I'm happy to have found this email from her.

Eva's Pancakes

3 cups flour
6 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
6 TBS sugar
6 TBS melted butter
3/4 cup dry milk
2 1/2 cups water
6 eggs separated

Beat egg whites until fluffy. Mix together in order and cook.

Make A Mix cookery books are amazing if you can find them. If you can, I highly recommend getting them because they help out so much. Here's a pancake mix recipe if you eat a lot of pancakes and don't want to eat the fillers the store mixes have in them. 

10 cups flour

2 1/2 cups dry milk

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup Baking Powder

2 TBS salt

Makes 13 cups mix. Store in good tupperware, don't forget to date it with the date you made this. It's good for up to 4 months. 

Pancakes:

1 1/2 cups mix 

3 TBS veg oil

1 egg

1 cup water

Pancakes without a mix and Faux Maple Syrup

Pancakes

Mix 1:

1 1/2 cup flour

3 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

3/4 tsp salt

3 TBS sugar

Mix 2:

1 egg

3 TBS melted crisco

1 cup milk

Add the dry (mix 1) to the wet (mix 2)

Bake on hot greased griddle. Pour a bit onto griddle. When bubbles start to form, flip it. Let bake a few seconds more then remove quickly from griddle. 

Homemade Maple Syrup 

1 1/2 cups clear corn syrup

1/4 cup dark brown sugar

2 TBS water
1 TBS butter

1 tsp maple flavor

1/2 tsp vanilla

Boil corn syrup, water, butter and brown sugar for 2 minutes. Add maple and vanilla. Pour into syrup dispenser and keep cold.

Syrup #2

3/4 cup water
2 cups brown sugar
1 TBS butter
1/2 tsp maple flavor

Boil water. Lower heat. Add sugar, butter and stir until dissolved. Add maple flavor.

(To clean pan, just fill it with hot water. Let sit until after you are done eating, then it should scrub easily)