Katherine
We've been using this recipe AS IS for three years and it's our favorite. We've used it with regular flour and various gluten free flours/flour mixes and it's just a perfect pancake every time. 

We don't sift or have any special technique, really. Just toss in the dry ingredients, whisk. 

Add wet, whisk or stir or blend or whatever.

It just works PERFECTLY. Every time. 

My favorite gluten-free flour mix is Gluten Free Mama Coconut Blend. The coconut is undectable and minimal. It's mostly rice flour and some tapioca starch. I've also made it with plain rice flour and probably 10 other flour mixes. Again, it just always works.