1970s BISQUICK APPLE PANCAKES AND CIDER SYRUP

This is a recipe I got on a Bisquick flyer in 1971, so it is older than my two youngest children.

2 cups Bisquick baking mix
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 egg
1 1/3 cup milk
3/4 cup grated apple

Beat the baking mix, cinnamon, egg, and milk with a rotary beater until smooth (Remember the handheld rotary beaters?  Being a leftie, I hated them; they were hard to use!)  Fold in the apple.

Heat a griddle or skillet to hot (grease if necessary) and pour batter by 1/4 cupsful onto the hot griddle.  Cook until bubbles appear.  Turn and cook on other side until golden brown.  Serve with whipped butter and warm maple or cider (recipe below) syrup.

This makes about 18 pancakes.

Cider Syrup:
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
2 cups apple cider
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cup butter

In a saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and pumpkin pie spice until well blended.  Stir in the cider and juice while stirring.  Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and boils for 1 minute.  Remove from the heat and blend in the butter.

CHIFFON PANCAKES

This is another old recipe from my days growing up in Indiana.

1 1/2 cups milk
1 egg
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tbsp sugar
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup cooking oil

Heat the milk to lukewarm. Beat the egg with a rotary mixer until soft peaks form. Stir in the warm milk. Sift the dry ingredients together; fold into the egg mixture adding in three additions. Fold oil slightly into the mixture. Drop from the tip of the spoon onto hot, lightly greased griddle. When pancakes puff to a half-inch thickness and bubbles begin to break the surface, turn and cook on the other side. Serve with butter and warm syrup.

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BREAD CRUMB PANCAKES

This recipe is from the Marshall Township PTA 1955 cookbook mentioned in an earlier post.  Housewives were very frugal and used up everything including stale bread.  This recipe is listed without a name in the Pancake - Waffles - Muffins section of the book.  I am thinking we could make this into a more modern recipe by using whole-grain bread crumbs and using whole-wheat flour for half the flour called for. 

1 cup dry bread crumbs
3 tbsp. melted butter or margarine
2 tbsp. brown sugar
1 cup sifted all purpose flour
2 cups milk
3 eggs, separated
1 tsp. cinnamon (optional)
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Combine bread crumbs, butter or margarine, sugar and cinnamon.  Blend thoroughly.  Brown in oven or by stirring constantly in saucepan.  Pour 1 cup milk over the mixture.  Let stand until milk is absorbed.  Beat egg yolks.  Add remaining milk.  Blend thoroughly.  Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.  Add to the egg mixture.  Beat until smooth.  Add to the crumb mixture.  Blend thoroughly.  Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.  Bake on lightly oiled griddle.

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SAUSAGE OVEN PANCAKE

This recipe clipping appears to have been cut from some type of community-type newsletter. Otherwise, I have no idea where it came from. It was in my late mother's recipe collection.

8-oz pkg brown 'n serve type sausage links
1 cup pancake mix
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/2 cup chopped apple

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Brown sausages according to the package directions. In a mixing bowl, combine pancake mix, cinnamon, nutmeg, milk and egg. Mix the batter until smooth. Lightly toss apple in mixture. Pour into a well-greased 10x6x1 1/2-inch baking dish. Arrange sausages on top. Bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve hot with maple syrup.

Yield: 5 servings

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HAPPY HINTS

This is from the back of a package of Godchaux sugar my late mother cut out many years ago. The first is how to sugar doughnuts and the second is an orange mixture to put over pancakes. You can click on the picture to enlarge for easier reading.

RICH BUTTERMILK WAFFLES

This is another old recipe from my late mother's box of recipe clippings.  I believe this is a clipping from her local newspaper during the 1960s.

3 eggs
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 3/4 sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 cup melted margarine
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Heat waffle baker.  Beat eggs until light and lemon colored.  Beat in buttermilk.  Mix and sift baking soda flour, baking powder and salt.  Beat in.  Stir in melted butter.  Beat well until well blended and smooth.  This makes a thin batter. Bake in hot waffle iron.  Makes 8 waffles.

1971 GENERAL MILLS PUMPKIN PUFF PANCAKES RECIPE

This is another recipe from the large collection of my late mother.  This little General Mills flyer was dated 1971.  Since it is Fall, the time of year traditionally thought of "Pumpkin Time," I thought this would be the appropriate time to share it.  Remember, however, that pumpkin is very healthy and should be part of your diet year-round!

 

Click on the picture and it will enlarge so you can read it.

CINNAMON RICE BRAN PANCAKES

For those of you who can't have wheat flour, here is a recipe for old-fashion pancakes using rice flour.

1 cup rice flour (all-purpose may be substituted)
3/4 cup rice bran
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon*
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
3 egg whites, beaten
cooking oil
butter for serving
fresh fruit and or syrup for serving

Into a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, bran, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda.

In a small mixing bowl combine the buttermilk and egg whites.  Add this mixture to the flour mixture, stirring just until smooth.

Heat a griddle or large skillet and pour a small amount of oil, just to coat.  When oiled surface is hot, pour batter, 1/4 of a cup at a time, onto the griddle.  Cook over medium heat until the batter begins to bubble and the underside is lightly browned.  Turn pancakes to brown the second side.

Butter pancakes and serve with fruit and or syrup.

*Omit cinnamon for regular pancakes.

EASY HOMEMADE WAFFLES

I remember when my dad gave my mom a waffle iron.  Electricy only came through our county the year I was born, so there weren't many electrical appliances.  Dad loved buying new gadgets for mom so she was usually the first in the community to get the "new-fangled gadgets."  One of my favorites was the big old waffle iron.  She could take the plates out, turn them over and make grilled cheese sandwiches, etc.  See, folks, paninis aren't all that new!

2 eggs, separated
1 cup milk
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup melted shortening (canola oil, please!)

Preheat the waffle iron according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.

In a mixing bowl, blend the egg yolks, milk, flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.  Add the shortening but do not overmix.  Fold in the egg whites and mix well with a fork or lightly with a whisk.

Very lightly grease the waffle iron and pour in about a half cup of batter.  Close lid and cook according to your iron's instructions.  Repeat until you have used all the batter.

Serve with butter, your favorite syrup, fresh fruit, etc to suit your diet and taste.  We always had them with butter and the Log Cabin Syrup that came in a little log cabin shaped tin.  Yummy!