Newsletter chitchat - March 25, 2025

[Cassel]

Do you have a favorite family recipe for pancakes, crêpes, or waffles?

Here is the recipe I found for the waffles: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20513/classic-waffles/

How about yours?

[Susan Ewart]

I used to buy the pancake mix from the grocery store, then I found one online that I printed out.  The bottom of the page says 6/2/2008, either June 2 or Feb 6 depending how the date is set up.  It's called "Plain Griddle Cakes" and it's the easiest and most yummy pancakes that I've made.  And it's really quick and simple to make.  A paragraph a the bottom of the page reads:  The recipe is based on the pancake recipe in "The Settlement Cookbook ("the Way to a man's heart") by The Settlement Cookbook Company Milwaukee Wisconsin 1903, a book every serious food reader ought to own.

I add cinnamon to the dry mix and use the mix for both pancakes and waffles.  For the record, I like waffles better.  I have never checked to see if that book is still in print, I should do that.

[Clarine]

I don't make waffles much anymore, but if grands ask for them we have fun making home made.  They love measuring, dumping and stirring.  And then of course eating them.  If I end up with a few extras, I freeze them for snack on another day.  I usually heat them a bit and then add peanut butter and my homemade blueberry jam.  (I have a nice blueberry garden.)

I printed your recipe Carole.   I am interested in your crepes recipe if you care to share.  

Thanks much,

Clarine

[Cassel]

  13 hours ago, Clarine said:

I printed your recipe Carole.   I am interested in your crepes recipe if you care to share.  

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Sure. Here it is:

2 eggs

3/4 cup of milk

1/3 cup of flour

Mix everything and cook on a pan. They should be thin enough to be easy to roll on your plate.

One funny story about this recipe is that we have used that exact recipe for years, however, we accidentally discovered that the measuring cup we had was INACCURATE. In fact, it holds 1/2 cup instead of 1/3. So, even though the recipe calls for 1/3 cup of flour, you can use 1/2 cup to get what we get. My guess is that the original recipe with 1/3 cup would make those crepes even thinner.

This recipe makes 3 large crepes.

If you want to double it, you can double the dry ingredients, but only use 3 eggs (not 4).

Let me know how they turn out.