Beer Batter Pancakes

Beer Batter Pancakes

1 1/3 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 can or bottle of beer (could be cheap champagne, soda, hard lemonade, etc)

Combine dry ingredients in one bowl, leaving a well in the center. In another bowl, combine all the wet ingredients. Fry on a griddle or frying pan. Pancakes are ready to flip when most of the bubbles on the uncooked side have popped and the edges are starting to dry.

Awesome things to add: blueberries, cinnamon, apples, raspberries, pumpkin, top with bananas, pecans, throw in some oat ground up oatmeal… The theme of this meal is “hey, what do I have laying around that can be turned into actual food?” One of the best batches I ever made was the day after college was over forever and I didn’t want to leave the house. Instead, I used the bottle of mike’s hard lemonade from my old housemate that had been sitting in our fridge since December and an apple that was about to pass its prime. Yummy!

...from a cheap and easy vegetarian cookbook.