Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes
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Is there anything better than sleeping in on a Saturday morning and waking up to a stack of fluffy, buttermilk pancakes, fresh off of the griddle, dripping with maple syrup and butter? We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to whomever invented cake we can have for breakfast.
Furthermore, I’m also feeling a certain fondness toward the person who invented powdered buttermilk. I used it for the first time to make these Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes and I was so pleased with how light and flavorful they came out. I always feel so guilty when I have to pour out half a carton of real buttermilk because I can’t use it all. The powdered kind lasts much longer so you can use as much or as little as you need without waste. It’s definitely going to be a refrigerator staple of mine from now on.
With plump, juicy summer blueberries appearing in the markets, I couldn’t help but add them into the mix. Surely the antioxidants count toward making these “healthy”, right? 
Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes
Adapted from the SACO Cultured Buttermilk Blend package
Makes 10 4-inch pancakes
INGREDIENTS:
4 tablespoons SACO Buttermilk Blend *
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 pint blueberries, rinsed and drained
1 egg, beaten
1 cup water *
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
* You can substitute 1 cup of real buttermilk for the buttermilk blend and water in this recipe.
DIRECTIONS:
Sift dry ingredients together into a mixing bowl. Mix in blueberries. Add beaten egg, water and oil. Combine just until batter is smooth. Do not overbeat!
Drop from a spoon onto a hot, greased griddle and cook until top is full of tiny bubbles and the underside is brown. Turn and brown on the other side.
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By The Duo Dishes, July 23, 2009 @ 10:05 AM
Oh surely you can find a way to use extra buttermilk…biscuits, cakes, cookies, cupcakes! More pancakes.
They sound oh so good. You know, sometimes we cheat if we don’t want to buy an entire carton of buttermilk. The old milk + vinegar trick does work!
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By pontch, July 30, 2009 @ 7:48 AM
You are so right..
The best part in the weekend is the long tasty breakfast.
your pancakes looks so tasty yumm..
Thank god the weekend is around the corner :->
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By Mindy, July 30, 2009 @ 2:45 PM
What a great idea…powdered buttermilk! I shy away from recipes that call for buttermilk for the same reason as you–I can’t use it up before it goes bad. I’ll have to keep an eye out for this in my local grocery store, although I don’t have high hopes that I’ll find it in my small town in Kentucky.
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By Meredith, August 3, 2009 @ 7:32 PM
Yummy, yummy, yummy! I didn’t even know we could buy powdered buttermilk. Your pancakes look so yummy, powdered buttermilk is now at the top of my shopping list! Thank you so much for the recipe idea and lovely pictures!
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