INGREDIENTS
2 cups flour
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
4 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp baking soda
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Add dry ingredients together in a large bowl and use whisk to combine. Add eggs to a medium bowl and beat well. Add all other wet ingredients to the eggs and mix well with a whisk. Pour the egg mixture into the dry ingredients. Mix lightly until all dry ingredients are wet. Some lumps are ok and desired.
Cook in a large nonstick pan on medium heat, or electric griddle at 350 degrees. Use butter or cooking spray if needed. Flip pancakes when bubbles appear on top. Serve with butter and syrup, or your favorite toppings: chocolate chips, blue berries, bananas, oatmeal, nuts, etc. You can freeze leftovers and reheat in the toaster.
Serves 8.
This recipe was submitted by Deacon Chris Germak, Pastoral Associate at Immaculate Conception Parish, Ravenna.
THE CATHOLIC KITCHEN
A reflection from Deacon Germak
Once, I was preparing a couple for marriage who came from mixed religious backgrounds, and I invited them over to my house for breakfast. I had the coffee made, the breakfast meat cooked, and the orange juice glasses out, but I did not make the pancake batter. I had all the ingredients waiting on the counter. As soon as they arrived, I gave them both aprons and asked them to follow the recipe to make the pancakes. They followed the recipe to combine all the individual ingredients and, together, we enjoyed some traditional comfort food. Then, I shared with them the reason for the exercise.
Just as the ingredients for pancakes blend into something wonderful that appears completely different from the separate components, God also brings family traditions and rituals together in marriages, making something that is different, but wonderful, nonetheless. In so many ways in our lives, in marriages and in friendships, God combines our unique ingredients to form amazing and beautiful relationships. And all of them can be recipes for beautiful encounters with God.
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