Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Using Up Extra Buttermilk

I looked at my almost full half gallon of buttermilk this morning and noticed that it expired today! Ahh! So I made a batch of biscuits and two batches of pancakes to freeze and I STILL have about a cup of it left! I figure I it would still be okay to use up tomorrow, right? Maybe?

Buttermilk Biscuits
2 cups white flour
2 cups fine wheat flour
8 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
approx. 1 1/2 sticks softened butter
approx. 1 1/4 cups buttermilk

Mix dry ingredients
Incorporate butter with hands until crumbly
Add small amounts of buttermilk and mix until a soft dough is formed
Roll out to about 1 inch thickness and cut (I used a cup)
Bake for 15 -20 minutes at 400 degrees

Buttermilk Pancakes
1 3/4 c. flour
2 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 1/2 c. buttermilk
3 tablespoons cooking oil
1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

Mix dry ingredients.
In separate bowl, mix wet ingredients. Add to flour mixture.
Stir until moistened. (Mine was REALLY thick so I added some water to thin.)
Pour 1/4 cup onto griddle and spread out if necessary. 
Turn when surface begins to bubble.
Should make 12 medium size pancakes.

2 comments:

  1. How funny - my own blog post from yesterday talks about what to do when you *need* buttermilk to bake and don't have any - and why it's important! Thanks for some good recipes :)

    (Mine is at tillieisms.blogspot.com if you should ever need the substitution!)

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  2. I love buttermilk pancakes, Thanks for the recipe!
    Shalom,
    Moria

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