Sourdough Pancakes from La Brea (modified)

Finally I found a recipe in Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery that combines active starter with a small amount of maple syrup, oil, eggs, salt, baking soda and powder. This sounded more like what I was looking for, though I was surprised that even Silverton added baking powder and soda, since she's a big advocate of natural leavening. Her recipe also called for two eggs and 2 tablespoons of syrup per two cups of starter, which struck me as a lot for that amount of flour. After scaling back the eggs and sugar and substituting butter for oil, I settled on the following recipe for my first attempt:

4 cups starter

2 tablespoons syrup

3 tablespoons butter, melted

2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder