Grampa Mills' Pancakes

Here's a pancake recipe Tom's Grampa Mills created to go with the maple syrup he made from his own maple trees seventy-five years ago. We've always made a huge batch and have never gotten tired of it.

Grampa Mills' Wheat Pancakes

Sift together the following dry ingredients:
1 c white flour
1 c whole wheat flour
2 T corn meal
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 T sugar
1/3 c miller's bran (optional)

Combine the following liquid ingredients and stir into the dry mixture:
1 egg, beaten
1 c buttermilk
1 c sweet milk (that is, regular milk)
2 T oil

Cook on a hot griddle; serve with maple syrup or honey.

Substitutions
To make sweet milk pancakes, reduce the baking powder to 2 tsp and add 1 tsp baking soda.  Use 2 cups of sweet milk and no buttermilk.

To make waffles, increase the number of eggs to 2 and oil to 4 T.

Gluten-free -- Because this is specifically a wheat flour recipe, there is no way to make it gluten-free and still have it be the same pancake.  We tried.  We substituted the wheat flour for GF flour, added a teaspoon of xanthan gum and left out the miller's bran, and they were very good, but they did not taste anything like Grampa Mills' pancakes.  Just goes to show that you can't make chicken nuggets out of ham!