- Turn on your griddle / warm the fry pan you'll be using - target is 375℉ degrees. 
- Turn on your oven to 200℉ or turn on your warming drawer. 
- Melt and cool the butter. 
- Sift and mix together the dry ingredients.  Yes, sift... 
- Fairly vigorously whisk together the liquid.  make sure the butter is NOT hot hot hot - else you will scramble the eggs.  Get some air into the liquid!  
- Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients with a spatula - stirring delicately and only until the largest of lumps are gone.  
- Set a timer for 15 minutes and wait. Set the table or something... 
- Use a large spoon or measuring cup or pour from a very large measuring cup onto the griddle.  Let the pancakes cook while the batter produces bubbles and they burst.  Use a timer / stopwatch on your watch/phone to see how long it took the first side to cook.  
- After the pancakes have a few large holes that haven't receded / filled back in - it is likely that your pancakes are ready to flip. Check one pancake for the right color - before messing with the others.  Reminder - In general you want to leave the pancakes alone.  Flip ONLY once.  Make sure they are ready before you go messing with them.  Allow the pancakes to cook a similar amount of time on this second side.  
- Stack pancakes on a cooling rack and place in a 200℉ oven or a warming drawer.  (sometimes I do stack them on top of each other and cover with a towel - but the crispy top / bottom  may dissipate due to steam...) 
- When all are done - sit down and enjoy with REAL Maple Syrup and maybe some fruit?