Sourdough pancakes

I love my sourdough starter. However, I find these days that breadmaking doesn't really fit in my schedule. (Or maybe it is truer to say that I am more impatient.) What to do, what to do? The answer -- if only this were the answer to more of life's questions -- is pancakes.

I've tried a lot of sourdough pancake recipes, but this is the best. It's from Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery, via Wild Yeast. Unlike a lot of sourdough pancake recipes, this one uses baking powder in addition to baking soda, and it works best with nice lively starter. The end result is pretty much the fluffiest, tastiest vegan pancake I've ever made.

So here's the routine: in the late afternoon or evening, pull the starter out of the fridge and feed it enough for the pancake recipe (I've been making half batches, so this means at least 125g flour and 125g water. A half batch is just barely enough for us two.). My starter is usually fed white flour, but I've been feeding it wholemeal when I make pancakes. After sitting on the counter overnight, in the morning the starter is ready to go -- measure out the required amount of starter and simply whisk in the other ingredients (I've been veganizing with egg replacer, but I have a hunch that its not necessary.)

I wish this photo were better. I was in too much of a rush to get eating these babies, so just took a quick snap before the syrup went on and they got gobbled up.