Puffy Pancakes?

Recently I came across a magazine insert called Relish published by relishmag.com. One of the recipes called itself Jill's Puffy Pancakes which had about a half dozen ingredients. But there were no leavening agents such as baking powder or baking soda. Maybe these ingredients will make a puffy enuf pancake for Jill but me, I need something to generate the carbon dioxide to give the flour et. al. the kick it needs to blow itself up.

Been doin' pancakes for about 40 years using a recipe my pop got from a waiter on a Pullman car just about that long ago. Good pancakes with just a little leavening added but definitely not puffy. Then about a year ago Cook's Illustrated came up with a recipe that changed my basic one just a little. It added buttermilk and baking soda. After just barely combining the wet ingredients and then adding them to the dry ingredients, the mixture is to rest for 10 minutes. Long enough for the powder and soda to act with the buttermilk. And 10 minutes does the job. I wonder how many iterations the folks at Cook's Illustrated went through to get the outcome they did? Don't need to know to enjoy some real 'puffy pancakes'.

Give 'em a try and let me know.