Joy's Sourdough Pancakes

Joy’s Sourdough Pancakes

I had this favorite place to go watch the lesbian couples chase their kids—on the corner of Gilman and 10^th in Berkeley. That place had these silver dollar pancakes that were so mind-bogglingly good. Fall on the floor, throw your head back and drool good. I could never figure out what was so amazing about those pancakes. The traffic exhaust? The industrial pollution? Lesbian mother mojo???

Then the other night I was looking for a breakfast recipe with an overnight rest, and stumbled onto this recipe. And.

These are them. *sob*. These are the pancakes I was waiting for my whole life, and I didn’t know they were out there, but I never stopped believing, and—here they are! The texture, the flavor—I know, who’s ever heard of pancake-flavor. These… I wish I were eating them right now. I will never go back to regular old pancakes again. And don’t even DARE say bisquick within earshot...

½ c. warm water

2 ¼ tsp yeast

1 ½ c. warm milk

3 tbsp melted butter

2 c. flour

3 tbsp sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp salt

Whisk together the water and yeast. Let stand 5 minutes. Add the milk and butter, then the flour and sugar.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it rise for one hour. Stir the batter down, cover again, and then let it rise overnight in the fridge.

Let the batter stand at room temperature for 20 minutes. Then stir the batter to deflate, whisk in the eggs and salt.

Cook on a very lightly greased griddle at medium-high heat, ¼ c. or less at a time.

Drool.

Rating: A+ Superlatives, perfects, amazing, will use this and only this recipe for the rest of my life.