DThewanderer
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I was adding some new recipes to our camping book and I notices the pancake recipe called for two table spoons vinegar. Why would you put vinegar in pancakes, is that really necessarily?
Vinegar acts much like sourdough. It reacts with the yeast or baking powder to create little bubbles of carbon dioxide. That makes for light and fluffy pancakes.
Recipes without vinegar or buttermilk usually have more leavening to compensate.I had no idea that vinegar could be used that way. We have never used it in our pancakes, but I think we will have to start doing that. We use a lot of cinnamon in them though; research shows cinnamon is great for brainpower.