(One of the recipes included in Lighting Candles in the Snow, recipe titled “Jeremy’s Pancakes.”)

• 4 cups flour
• 2 T. sugar
• 2 T. baking powder
• 1 t. salt
• 1/2 t. baking soda
• 4 eggs
• 4 cups milk, with juice of a lemon added
• 1/2 cup oil

Stir together dry ingredients. Whisk eggs. Combine eggs, milk and oil. Stir into dry ingredients. Cook on medium hot griddle until bubbles form throughout and edges dry out, then flip with pancake turner until other side is lightly browned.

Serves six hearty appetites.