Categories: Breakfast 
      Yield: 16 pancakes 
  
      2 c  Quick Quaker Oats; uncooked 
    1/2 ts Soda 
  2 1/2 c  Buttermilk 
      1 c  Sifted all-purpose flour 
      2 ts Baking powder 
      1 ts Salt 
      2 tb Sugar 
    1/3 c  Melted or liquid shortening 
      2    Eggs; beaten 
  
  Add oats and soda to buttermilk.  Let stand 5 minutes.  Sift together 
  flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.  Add sifted dry ingredients, 
  shortening and eggs to oats mixture.  Stir until combined. 
   
  For each pancake, pour about 1/4 cup batter onto hot, lightly greased 
  griddle.  Bake to a golden brown, turning only once.  Serve hot with 
  butter and syrup. 
   
  Makes 14 to 16 pancakes. 
   
  Source: Our Favorites for family and friends 
  Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company 
  Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias