GG's Whole Wheat Bread

Makes 5 Loaves

Ingredients:
5c. warm water
2 T. salt
2/3 c. honey
2/3 c. oil
2 T. yeast plus ½ c. water

Combine water, honey, salt and oil. Add 6 cups whole wheat flour and mix in. Add 4 more cups flour and mix in bread mixer for 5 minutes. Add 4 or 5 more cups flour until it comes of sides of bowl (keep dough soft). Mix 5 more minutes. Let rise. Punch down. Shape into 5 loaves and put in pans. Tuck in edges. Let rise to 2 inches above pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. When done, grease tops and turn out on rack with side of bread down to cool.

Silver Dollar Pancakes

Ingredients:
2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk (add 2 Tbsp lemon to regular milk)
4 Tbsp oil
2 cups flour
2 Tbsp + 2 tsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt

Directions:
Beat egg. Add remaining ingredients in order listed and beat until just smooth. Drop by the tablespoonful onto a hot griddle, cook, and serve with butter and wamred syrup. Delicious! Makes 10-12 4-inch pancakes.

Chocolate Pancakes

Ingredients:
2 cup milk
2 egg
1/4 c. tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
2 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

Directions:
In a small bowl, combine milk, egg and butter; whisk until blended.
In another bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda and salt; mix well.
Add milk mixture; whisk just until dry ingredients are moistened.
(Batter will be slightly lumpy.) Heat griddle over medium heat until hot.
(Drops of water will sizzle, then evaporate.) For each pancake, pour scant 1/4 cup batter into griddle.

Vanilla Syrup
1 cube butter
2 c. milk
2 c. sugar
2 tbl. pectin or clear jel
1-2 tsp vanilla
Melt butter. Add milk and heat. In bowl, mix sugar and pectin. Add to milk mixture and stir. Place in blender and whip. Add vanilla.

Submitted by Leisa Cook

Buttermilk Pancakes

2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
2 eggs, unbeaten
2 cups buttermilk (add 2 tbsp lemon juice to regular milk to make buttermilk)
1/4 cup melted butter

Sift dry ingredients together and add the eggs to just moisten the dry ingredients. Add buttermilk and butter. Stir. Mixture will be thick and lumpy. Drop by spoonfuls onto lightly greased griddle, spreading batter with spoon. Turn pancakes as soon as browned and cook underside until browned. Makes about 12 - 8 inch pancakes.