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What does oil do to the pancakes?

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All tender breads/muffins/pastries must have some form of fats to shorten the gluten in the flour so that it isn't tough. Vegetable oil is used for this purpose in pancakes, in addition it helps keep the batter from sticking to the griddle while cooking.

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The fat in pancake batter makes the pancakes more tender and taste richer.

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It makes the pancakes taste nicer and improves the browning when cooking.

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Any fairly light cooking oil will do: corn, vegetable, canola all work well.

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Add oil to pancake mix to replace butter

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Keeps them from sticking to the pan.

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Oil helps to make a cake moist.

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