Old Fashioned Flapjacks for a family of four!

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What makes these flapjacks and not pancakes?  They are basically the same thing.  However, the term "flapjacks" is generally from years past.  Our recipe is based on a sweet and buttery, fried cake indicative of how pancakes were cooked in the south years ago.  

For a brief history and spiritual symbolism of pancake's origin, along with other delicious foods, read our article, "Feel good foods with religious symbolism".

Ingredients:

Budget Meal (approximately 20 flapjacks)

$6 or less Old-Fashioned Flapjacks w/Link Sausage

1.00 - 3 cups of Dollar Store® brand, Light & Fluffy Pancake & Waffle Complete Buttermilk Mix

$.75 - 2 1/4 cups of milk or buttermilk (for thinner flapjacks use water or add a little more milk or buttermilk)

.59 - 1 lemon (or 1/8 cup of lemon juice)

.25 - spices (1/2 tsp of cinnamon, 1/4 tsp of nutmeg, 1/2 tsp of baking soda

.25 - 1/8 cup of granulated sugar

.25 - 2 tbsp honey and 1 tsp of vanilla (optional)

$.74 - 1 stick of real butter 

.25 - nonstick cooking oil, as needed

$1.00 - Banquet® Link Sausage

$.50 - 1/2, 24 oz. Bottle, Dollar Store® Harvest Hill Original Pancake Syrup

Budget Meal w/Serious Possibilities

$10 or less Old-Fashioned Berry Flapjacks w/Sausage Patties

$6 above ingredients

$1.00 additional, swap out the sausage links for Farmland Sausage Logs

$3.00 - Fresh Berries or Nestle® Milk Chocolate Chips

Directions:

Defrost sausage and cook in a skillet or nonstick frying pan while you prepare your flapjacks.  Refer to the sausage package for cooking instructions. 

Combine the flapjack ingredients, listed above in blue, in a large mixing bowl.  After batter is smooth, add extras like fruit or chocolate chips.  Lightly spray griddle, frying pan or skillet and turn to medium heat.  Remove sausage from skillet and set aside.  Do not cook flapjacks in sausage grease.  If using the same skillet (frying pan) as sausage, wash and dry first.

Lightly spray griddle with nonstick cooking spray. Dollop a 1/4 tablespoon of butter (for flavor and texture) into skillet or two tablespoons of butter onto griddle.  Let the butter melt and if possible, streak the butter equally in the skillet or on the griddle.  Pour 5-inch size flapjacks for easy flipping.  Now turn the heat down to just over low heat (250 or 300 degrees).  Don't flip until most of the flapjack has bubbles on top and edges are slightly golden.  Once flipped, be prepared for each flapjack to cook faster than the first side.  Keep heat low to medium, adjusting based on how your flapjacks are cooking.  The batter should sizzle slightly when poured, but not sear, stick or smoke.  Continue to lightly spray and dollop butter in the pan each time you pour batter.  In a medium to large skillet, you should get 3 flapjacks per pour and about 8 on a skillet.  You should use about 1/2 stick of butter to cook the entire meal.

Tips:

• Know the skillet/griddle is ready for your first flapjacks when small drops of water sizzle and immediately disappear. 
• You may need to spray between flipping from one side to the other is you have an older pan or one that is not nonstick.  
• Also, if flapjacks are sticking to the pan, often it's because the heat is too high.  Continue to adjust as needed.
• The skillet/frying pan will continue to get hotter as you cook, so occasionally you may need to remove from heat all together for minutes at a time to let it cool.  You can keep cooking flapjacks during the 1-3 minutes the pan is off the burner.
• Electric griddles are the fastest, easiest way to evenly cook flapjacks.  That way everyone will get piping hot, crispy flapjacks at the same time instead of the first batches cooling by the time breakfast is served.
• For thinner pancakes, use less milk and more water.
• Use a wide spatula for less damage to flapjacks when flipping and possible holding while you respray skillet/griddle, as needed.
• When adding fruit, less is more.  Too much fruit could make soggy flapjacks.  Some may like an overabundance of fruit, which is fine, just use caution in cooking so that the fruit sugars do not burn.  If you are specific about each cake getting an even distribution of fruit/chocolate, drop fruit pieces or chocolate chips evenly into the flapjack on the uncooked side while cooking, use a fork to gently push into the batter, then flip.
• Frying in butter and including sugar and honey gives you a chance to take the flapjacks "to go" since they are buttered and sweetened while cooking.  If eating at home, you may still enjoy them plain or with less butter and syrup.  Maybe.

Plate with sausage and optional syrup, honey, butter and fruit garnish.  Serve and enjoy for breakfast any time of day or night!

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