Priscilla requested a recipe for "starter for buck wheat pancakes". We had several responses. If you have a variation of this recipe that you would like to share with our readers, send them to us at recipes@tias.com Be sure to also check out this weeks recipe request, below. -- Old Fashion Buckwheat Pancake Starter
STARTER:
1½ cups flour ½ cup pure buckwheat flour 1 package dry yeast (softened in lukewarm water) 1/3 cup sugar
Mix the above ingredients with enough water to make a thick sponge. Cover tightly and set in a warm place four or five days, stirring sponge down once or twice daily.
TO MAKE PANCAKES WITH STARTER: To the starter add 1 cup white flour and 1/3 cup pure buckwheat flour the night before you plan to have the pancakes. Cover lightly with cloth. Next morning, combine ¼ teaspoon soda, ½ teaspoon salt, 3 teaspoons of sugar in a cup and fill with lukewarm water. Stir into batter. Bake pancakes on hot griddle. Always have approximately two cups batter left from one day to the next for the starter. Using this as the starter, repeat the above directions. Can be used as long as two weeks. ---- Did you know TIAS merchants have over 1000 vintage cookbooks for sale online? They make great gifts. Take a http://www.tias.com/cookbooks
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