For the Love of Pancakes

Our new stove ( six months old) has a cast iron middle griddle. Love it! Especially for pancakes.
Fluffy, hot, aromatic cakelets of bliss. Even the dog sits begging when the smell of fresh pancakes fills the kitchen. Made with farmette fresh eggs (and I do mean our farmette), farmette fresh goat's milk (actually it is better for pancakes if it is just a bit past fresh, but again, our farmette), and whole wheat flour (not fresh ground yet, but one of these days we will get back to doing that), and covering all of this enticing goodness is the gift of the trees, pure maple syrup (from our own sweet trees in our own sweet yard). If you knew me when... when I was living in town. If you heard me complain that I was not meant to live in town, that I belong in the country, just come and eat pancakes with me some day and I am sure that you will agree :-)

Our favorite pancake recipe:
Feeds about four appetites (we of course double it)

1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
3 Large Eggs
2 Cups Whole Milk
3 Teaspoons Baking Powder (hopefully you aren't using powder with aluminum in it...)
2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Teaspoon Sea Salt

Mix wet ingredients, add dry ingredients, beat until smooth. Fry them up in a pan on med/low heat. Serve with pure maple syrup (do not offend this recipe by topping it off with imitation syrups, save the imitators for the "just add water" mixes, and most preferable is to use syrup from a tree that you have met).

Enjoy!