Northumbrian Girdle Griddle Cakes Aka Gosforth Gridies Recipes

Steps:

• Lightly grease a heavy nonstick pan (i.e. spray with non-stick cooking spray), and start heating it at medium-high heat.
• Sift together the dry ingredients in one bowl.
• In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, milk, and butter.
• Now combine the dry and wet ingredients together, stirring just enough to moisten the dry ingredients. Do not worry about getting rid of all of the lumps. (It is important to combine the dry and wet ingredients separately, and then combine them together to reduce the amount of time that the gluten in the flour has to toughen up.).
• Pour the batter onto the hot pan in about 4" circles.
• Flip the cakes when they get bubbly on the one side.
• Continue cooking until the bottom browns. I usually peek by pulling up the edge with a spatula.
• If the griddle cakes are cooking too fast, reduce the heat.
• Never flip the griddle cakes more than once as this will make them heavy.
• Serve the griddle cakes immediately even if this means that people have to eat at different times because there are not enough to go around when the first batch comes off of the griddles.

Steps:

• Sift salt and flour together, rub in butter until it looks like fine breadcrumbs.
• Add sugar and currants.
• Make a well in the middle of this mixture and add the milk and eggs, stir gently until combined.
• Knead lightly on a lightly floured surface and roll out until it is about 1/2 inch (1.3 cm)thick.
• Cut into small rounds and cook on a well greased griddle for 4-5 minutes each side or until light golden brown.
• Serve hot with butter.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir together the cornmeal and boiling water. Let soak for about 15 minutes. While still warm but not hot, stir in the flour, sugar, milk and yeast. Cover, and let rise overnight in the refrigerator.
• In the morning, mix in the eggs, baking powder and salt. If the batter seems too thin, add more cornmeal to thicken it up. If desired, set aside a cupful of batter for the next morning's batch of griddle cakes (see Cook's Note).
• Heat a lightly oiled griddle over medium heat. Spoon pancakes onto the hot griddle, and cook until browned on each side. Serve at once with butter and syrup.

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and pecans (if desired). In a separate bowl, stir together milk, butter and egg. Add to the flour mixture and stir well.
• Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, raising powders and salt.
• Rub in the butter and lard/vegetable fat, and then mix in the fruit.
• Add enough milk to make a firm dough. Roll out, and then cut into rounds of about 3" or 6cm in diameter.
• Grease the heated griddle (or a heavy frying pan or skillet) with lard or dripping thoroughly. Put on the cakes and turn them when the underneath is a nice mottled brown. Keep the singin' hinnies warm in the oven until they are all cooked.
• Cut in half and put a big knob of butter in the middle. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Mix and sift dry ingredients.
• Combine beaten egg and milk.
• Add to dry ingredients.
• Stir in shortening.
• Pour on a hot griddle.

Steps:

• Mix together the dry ingredients in one bowl, the wet ingredients in another bowl.
• Stir the wet into the dry using a wooden spoon, mixing just enough to blend- don't overmix; batter should be slightly lumpy.
• Heat a griddle,greased lightly with some additional oil or nonstick spray, over medium to medium-high heat until a drop of water sizzles when dropped onto the pan.
• Stir the batter again briefly (since it will have settled), and drop a scant 1/4 cupful of batter onto the pan for each cake.
• Cook until bubbles form and burst and the bottom is light brown, adjusting heat if needed to keep from burning bottoms.
• Flip over and cook the other side for 1-2 minutes, just until browned (if you touch it with your finger, no imprint will remain).
• NOTE: If batter is too thick, add a little more buttermilk.
• Serve with warm syrup.