What goes in the mix
You need a container big enough to hold everything, and Lynn just uses her four cup measuring cup to mix it in. Into it goes three cups of all-purpose flour, and to that she adds four tablespoons of baking powder.
The rest is small amounts. She measures in two tablespoons of sugar, then one teaspoon of salt and one teaspoon of baking soda. That is the whole list: flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
Then she combines it all until it is well mixed and it is ready for the pantry. She suggests putting it in a mason jar, and points out you could mix it right in the jar to begin with as long as it is big enough to shake once everything is in. She does not say on camera how many cups the finished mix comes out to or how long a jar of it keeps.
Turning the mix into batter
For a batch of pancakes she measures out one cup of the mix into a bowl. To that she adds one cup of milk, and she is using whole milk, plus one egg. She beats the egg in the little measuring cup with the same spatula she is already using so there are not more dishes to wash, then pours it in and combines everything.
Two things matter after that. She switches to a whisk to get all the lumps out, and she lets the batter sit. If you have the time, she says to let it rest about ten to fifteen minutes before you start cooking.
Cooking them
Lynn gets the skillet on a medium heat and adds a little butter. She pours about a quarter cup of batter per pancake, and says if you are making the little four inch pancakes for smaller kids you should get around ten out of the batch. Going bigger the way she does it, she expects around four pancakes, and she mentions you can freeze them if you want to make a run of them ahead.
Knowing when to turn them is the same as with any pancake. She waits until the little bubbles come up around it and the edges start to turn brown, then flips. She cooks hers in a cast iron skillet she got as a wedding present and has been using for close to thirty-seven years, and the flip comes out exactly the way you would want.
Why she keeps it in the pantry
The reason this video exists is ordinary enough: Travis wanted pancakes that morning and she did not have any mix, so she made a batch out of what was already on the shelf. Her verdict on the result is plain, that the homemade mix works just as good as the store-bought boxes. She has not bought a box in quite a while herself, and asks viewers to say in the comments what one costs in their area so people can see for themselves what the homemade version saves.
Made this way, a jar of mix sits in the pantry and waits, and the only fresh things you need that morning are the cup of milk and the one egg. The whole walkthrough, including the cooking, is on the video page. Pancakes go well with a jar of homemade pancake syrup, and anything that does not go to plan is a good thing to ask Lynn about.