Steve L
`I'm old so I have been making pancakes like this for Years and Years. BUT!! I for some reason add Baking Soda to mine and I love pancakes with buttermilk much better. With buttermilk and baking soda this recipe is real close to my dad's  ''Griddle Cakes''  recipe.  And that has been a Sunday breakfast in our family for years since I was a kid even.  When I was a kid, Everything was made from scratch.  OK, now some people say when mixing the dry and moist to  ''Leave Lumpy''  That REALLY does make a difference. So Do NOT over mix. And also warm the milk. And warm the egg in some shallow water in a pan of warm water for bit before you mix the melted butter.  And I never tried ''Sifting the flour, because I lost mom's sifter, never thought of it. Some people like real thin pancakes too that are somewhat gooey, and I'm one of those people too. But not always. I like a good fluffy pancake as well. All you have to do is to add more buttermilk or milk, which ever style you like and the cakes come out thin and gooey. the batter will be quite runny.