Old Fashioned Buckwheat Griddle Cakes Food

OLD-FASHIONED SOUR BUCKWHEAT PANCAKES

Steps:

• Combine buckwheat and all-purpose flour in a mixing bowl. Add buttermilk and yeast. Stir with a spoon until batter is smooth. Add more buttermilk, 1 tablespoon at a time, if batter is too stiff.
• Cover bowl with a dinner plate and let stand in a draft-free place, 8 hours to overnight.
• Add sugar, baking soda, and salt after the overnight rest. Mix in enough hot water to give batter a thin, pourable consistency.
• Heat a lightly oiled griddle over medium heat. Drop batter by large spoonfuls onto the griddle and cook until bubbles form and the edges are dry, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook until browned on the other side, 2 to 3 minutes. Reserve some batter as a starter for the next batch.

OLD FASHIONED BUCKWHEAT GRIDDLE CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Start at night for cakes in the morning, leaving batter in a warm place.
• 2. Each morning save out a little of the batter to start a batch for the next day. Use a little white flour in mixing the batter after the first batch.
• 3. As the batter grows older, add a little soda as needed, until it becomes neccessary to discard the old sponge and start all over again.

OLD FASHIONED BUCKWHEAT PANCAKES

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water.
• Add cold water.
• sift dry ingredients.
• mix in rest.
• Let the ingredients stand at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
• Heat griddle while mixing the batter the next morning.
• To test sprinkle with drops of water.
• If bubbles"skitter around," heat is just right and cakes will brown immediately.
• Pour batter from tip of a large spoon or from a pitcher, in pools a little apart (for perfectly round cakes).
• If it is necessary grease griddle very lightly.
• Turn pancakes as soon as they are puffed and full of bubbles, but before they break, important for light cakes.
• Turn and brown on the other side.
• Keep pancakes hot for desserts, etc.
• by placing between folds of wax paper in a warm oven.
• Or place pancakes separately on a rack in a very low oven with the door ajar.
• (DO NOT STACK THEM).

PRESTON COUNTY RAISED BUCKWHEAT CAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix 1 cake Fleishman's Yeast or 1 envelope dry yeast and 1 teaspoon salt into one quart lukewarm water. Let stand a few minutes and then add 3 cups, or enough buckwheat flour to make a stiff batter, (may use 2 1/2 cups buckwheat flour and 1/2 cup all purpose flour). Cover and let stand overnight (or at least 4 or 5 hours).
• When ready to bake the cakes, dissolve 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, and 2 teaspoons sugar in 1 cup hot water (may use 1/2 cup milk). Stir into batter, then add about 1 cup or enough warm water to make a thin batter. Bake on a hot, (I use med/high on my electric stove) greased griddle. Use a long thin metal turner to lift edges and check bottom, it should be golden brown and bubbles should form on top, flip a cook on other side till done.
• We usually serve stacks of 2-4 cakes each.
• Save at least 1 cup of the batter for the next baking. (It will keep in the refrigerator for about a week) To renew, add 1 pint lukewarm water, 1/2 teaspoon salt and enough Buckwheat flour to make a stiff batter. Cover and let stand overnight (or at least 4 - 5 hours).

RAISED BUCKWHEAT PANCAKES

Steps:

• Dissolve the yeast in the warm water and set it aside. It should become foamy after five minutes. If it doesn't, discard the yeast and use new yeast.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flours and salt.
• Combine flour mixture with the dissolved yeast mixture, along with 2 cups of cold water. Cover and refrigerate until morning.
• In the morning, before making the pancakes, mix together butter, brown sugar, and dissolved baking soda, and add to the batter you prepared the night before. Use a spoon or spatula to combine, and set aside for 15 minutes.
• Cook pancakes on medium heat on a lightly greased griddle or cast-iron skillet. I like to use a ⅓ cup measuring cup to scoop out the batter (use ¼ cup for smaller cakes).