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old fashioned buckwheat griddle cakes

CarolAJ avatar
Recipe by
Carol Junkins
@CarolAJ
Hanson, MA

Recipe from: "Foods That Made New England Famous" submitted by : Mrs. James B. Sherman, Arlington, MA. She wrote: "It would be worth getting up in a room so cold water froze in the glass to once again run downstairs to a breakfast of genuine old-fashioned buckwheat griddle cakes, with maple syrup, made from batter that had been rising while we slept. My Aunt, who is entering her 80th year, says she had them for breakfast "on the farm' as far back as she can remember" (written in 1946)

yield serving(s)
prep time 5 Min
cook time 5 Min
method Griddle

Ingredients For old fashioned buckwheat griddle cakes

  • buckwheat
  • 2 c
    water
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1
    yeast cake
  • 1 tsp
    sugar
  • 1/4 c
    luckewarm water

How To Make old fashioned buckwheat griddle cakes

  • 1
    Start at night for cakes in the morning, leaving batter in a warm place.
  • 2
    Each morning save out a little of the batter to start a batch for the next day. Use a little white flour in mixing the batter after the first batch.
  • 3
    As the batter grows older, add a little soda as needed, until it becomes neccessary to discard the old sponge and start all over again.
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