Basic Hot Cakes

Here's the recipe:

1 cup wheat flour (may use part white flour)

1 level teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar

1 scant cup milk

2 tablespoons oil

1 large egg, beaten lightly

Sift dry ingredients. Combine milk and oil and egg and add to dry ingredients. Then stir until moist but not too much. Cook on hot griddle over medium heat.

Here's the variation I made this morning:

1 cup wheat flour

1 level teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon powdered egg, pressed through a sieve to "sift" it

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sour milk (hey, it was going bad, so this was a good way to finish it up)

2 tablespoons oil

Stir dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl combine milk and oil then add to dry ingredients. Let it sit a couple of minutes while you preheat the griddle, then cook 2 minutes on one side and one minute on the other over medium heat.

And here's the variation I would have made if I didn't have sour milk needing to be used:

1 cup wheat flour

1 level teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon powdered egg, pressed through a sieve to "sift" it

1 heaping spoonful powdered milk (about 2-3 tablespoons)

1 cup water

2 tablespoons oil

Stir dry ingredients together. Combine water and oil and add to dry ingredients. Cook as above.

Comment: I think the sour milk might make it a little lighter and flufflier, kind of like buttermilk or sour cream would do. But, whether it does or not, it's the best way I know of to use up sour milk and feel like I'm not making it go to waste.