Beat egg. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and sugar; add to egg. Add buttermilk and oil, beating until mixture is smooth.
For each pancake, pour about ¼ cup batter onto a hot, lightly greased griddle. Turn pancakes when tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked. Serve with Homemade Maple Syrup. Yield: 8 (4-inch) pancakes.
Homemade Maple Syrup
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
½ teaspoon maple flavoring
Bring water to a boil in a 1-quart saucepan; add sugar and maple flavoring, stirring to dissolve. Cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Leftover syrup may be stored in refrigerator. Yield: 2 cups.