buttermilk pancakes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup butter

• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a saucepan, stir together the sugar, buttermilk, butter, corn syrup, and baking soda. Bring to a boil, and cook for 7 minutes. Remove from the heat, and stir in the vanilla.

Flakey Buttermilk Biscuits

I really like biscuits, but I hate the drop ones, and sometimes the others are hard or floury tasting, but these were fantastic!  I really think the key is not messing with the dough too much, and they can be a bit sticky when rolling out, but my family really liked them with gravy and with jam.  (recipe from sisterscafe.blogspot.com)

2 cups all-purpose flour (9 ounces)
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces
3/4 cup fat-free buttermilk
3 tablespoons honey

1. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Chill 10 minutes.
3. Combine buttermilk and honey, stirring with a whisk until well blended. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moist.
4. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 4 times. Roll dough into a (1/2-inch-thick) 9 x 5–inch rectangle; dust top of dough with flour. Fold dough crosswise into thirds (as if folding a piece of paper to fit into an envelope). Reroll dough into a (1/2-inch-thick) 9 x 5–inch rectangle; dust top of dough with flour. Fold dough crosswise into thirds; gently roll or pat to a 3/4-inch thickness. Cut dough with a 1 3/4-inch biscuit cutter to form 14 dough rounds. Place dough rounds, 1 inch apart, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 400° for 12 minutes or until golden. Remove from pan; cool 2 minutes on wire racks. Serve warm.

Buttermilk Syrup

1 c. buttermilk
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar

Combine in a 4 qt sauce pan and bring to a boil with whisk. Remove from heat and add:

2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
(it will foam)

I DEFINITELY recommend doubling this one! It is fantastic on waffles,pancakes, French toast,ice cream or off of a spoon in the middle of the day when you are supposed to be dieting.:)

Cornbread

1 c. melted butter
1 ½ c. sugar
2 c. buttermilk
4 eggs
1 tsp salt
1 ¼ c. cornmeal
2 ¾ c. flour
1 ½ tsp soda

Melt butter adding cornmeal and flour last. Stir with spoon or wire wisk. Bake 30-45 min @ 375 degrees.

I usually half this recipe and bake it in a 9x9 pan.