I have to start this post by saying my grandma made the best pancakes ever ever ever. I was 11 when she passed away but can still remember the smell and taste and texture of these pancakes. You didn’t even need syrup because they were so fluffy and sweet… and that means a lot coming from someone who drowns her food in any sauce and condiment she can get her hands on! Breakfast with grandma’s pancakes was the next best thing to having cupcakes for breakfast!
Some of my fondest memories of food as a child were these pancakes and I miss my grandma and her pancake recipe more than you know! From what I understand, she wrote the recipe down several times, but since she never really measured the ingredients when she made them, no one ever duplicated her recipe exactly and I am beginning to think she must have had some magic touch or something.
Since her passing almost exactly 17 years ago from today, several of her 10 daughters have searched high and low for a recipe similar to the one she used and nothing even tweaked or copied has come close… until now! My aunt Candace emailed me in February saying she has found the closest recipe yet! I have made these pancakes probably 5 times in the last 3 months and though not exactly what I remember them to be, these pancakes are fantastic!
My husband thinks I have this perfect thought in my mind of how the pancakes were and even if this recipe is 100x’s better than my grandma’s, I won’t ever let anything compare!!! … he’s probably right.
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Grandma's are always better – I think so too!
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Jasey
Printed this out. I will try it and try using whole wheat flour…hope it will be as good. Thanks for this!
We have the same thing happening in our family, only it was my grandfather who died when I was 14 robbing us of his incredible apple pies. We've all tried dozens and dozens of apple pie recipes, but non have even come close. Now I don't really even like apple pie. I think maybe your husband is right: it was our love for them and the memories created over that food that make them impossible to recreate.
These look so yummmm I am totally making these! Thanks for the great recipe!
~Morgan
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My sisters and I are constantly trying to re-create what Grandma made. We even have her recipes but can't figure how she tweeked them to make them so good. She had a pie made with saltine crackers that was sooooo good.
And I look forward to trying this recipe. I can't make good pancakes for the life of me. Maybe a sure fire recipe will help.
I was wondering about the recipe card. How did you make it. My recipes are in need of a serious make over and I am not sure where to start.
I just made these this morning and they were DELISH!!! Definitely the best pancakes I've ever had and my entire family LOVED them!!! THANK YOU!!!
Tam, I am so glad you liked them!
Becca-
I made a post about my recipe cards so long ago, its no wonder you didn't see it. The link to that post is right here:
http://www.somewhatsimple.com/2009/11/cute-recipe-cards.html
Good luck!