REV’ EV’S PANCAKES

REV’ EV’S PANCAKES
Joe Evans and the Weekly Scholarly Men’s Prayer Breakfast and Bible Study
Joe Evans joined my staff as the Associate Pastor and early on I took him to a restaurant near the church for what I promised to be the best pancakes he would ever eat.  They were so good that Rev’ Ev’, as we called him, felt the Spirit of the Lord to move him to organize the Weekly Scholarly Men’s Prayer Breakfast and Bible Study.  We met at that restaurant each week.  We would start with fellowship, then when the waitress came and took everyone’s order, we would begin a Bible Study.  When the first dish came to the table, the Bible Study was finished.  It was Rev’ Ev’s way of making sure he had a reason to eat those wonderful pancakes.  Everyone knew this was how the Bible Study got started and we often referred to breakfast as Rev’ Ev’s Pancakes.  When I left the church to move onto another, the men of the group gave me a recipe which they said came from the cook.  They told me it was a secret and that I should not tell anyone, but I never promised him I wouldn’t share it.  Still, this should be kept secret, just between you and me.
INCREDIENTS:

·        ½ cup, or one stick, of unsalted butter

·        2 eggs, separated

·        2 ½ cups buttermilk

·        2 tablespoons of sugar

·        1 teaspoon vanilla extract

·        2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

·        1 teaspoon baking powder

·        1 teaspoon baking soda

·        ½ teaspoon salt

·        2 teaspoon vegetable oil

DIRECTIONS:

1.     Heat up the oven to 275 degrees.

2.     Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat.

3.     Let butter cool to room temperature.

4.     In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks, buttermilk, sugar and vanilla.

5.     In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

6.     Pour the buttermilk mix into the flour mix and stir until it is combined.

7.     Pour in the butter and stir together.

8.     In a medium bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer on high speed until peaks form.  This will take one or two minutes.

9.     Fold the egg whites into the batter until it has all mixed together, but don’t over mix. Folding is a very precise term in cooking and baking. It means that one must carefully combine two mixtures of different thickness and weight into one, relatively smooth, mixture. This is accomplished by a specific technique of using a spoon to lift the two mixtures together, turning them over so they combine.

10.Heat a skillet over medium heat.

11.When the skillet is hot, add the oil, turning the skillet and tilting it until the bottom is covered. 

12.When a drop of water placed in the hot skillet dances, start cooking.

13.Add ¼ cup of batter at a time.  Your skillet should hold 3 pancakes at a time.

14.Cook about 2 minutes or so, until the top bubbles, then flip the pancakes.

15.Cook another 2 minutes or so, until the second side is brown. 

16.Transfer pancakes to an oven-safe baking sheet and keep in the warm oven while continuing to cook more pancakes.