Brown Butter and Powdered Buttermilk Pancake Mix
Brown Butter and Powdered Buttermilk Pancake Mix
The recipe below yields enough base for two batches of 18 pancakes each; keep the extra powdered base in an airtight container as a gift to future you.
Equipment
- sauce pan
Ingredients
- Pancake mix
- ⅔ cup 65 g powdered butter
- 1 cup 145 g powdered buttermilk, divided
- 4 cups 500 g all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 4 tsp. kosher salt
- Pancakes
- 3 cups pancake mix ½ of the total mix above; reserve remainder for another time
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups cold seltzer water
- Vegetable or canola oil for cooking
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, heat the powdered butter and ½ cup powdered buttermilk over medium. Cook, whisking constantly to keep from scorching and turning down burner if needed, until browned and fragrant, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl and let cool slightly.
- Add remaining ½ cup powdered buttermilk, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt to the bowl and whisk together. This is your pancake mix; store at room temperature in an airtight container until ready to use.
- For each batch of pancakes, measure pancake mix into a large bowl. In a medium bowl, beat eggs until smooth. Add seltzer and whisk to combine. Add the wet mixture to the dry and whisk to just combine.
- Heat a large nonstick pan over medium; use a paper towel to rub the surface with a bit of vegetable oil. Working in batches, scoop the pancake batter into the pan using a ¼ cup measure. Cook the pancakes until browned and the bubbles across the surface have popped, about 2 minutes. Flip the pancakes and cook until set through, 1–2 minutes. Continue with the remainder of the batter, adjusting the heat to keep it at medium and re-oiling the pan surface as needed.
Notes
This creative and innovative recipe was fun to make and very good. (To the first reviewer: Dehydrated ingredients are not "processed.") The concept of browning powdered butter is interesting and would probably improve lots of recipes.