:: Batter Up! How I Make Pancakes

(A few people asked for this recipe on Facebook yesterday!)

Pancakes always seem to come out better if you leave the batter to sit for a while. For this batch I left the batter overnight. This seems to to pull everything together even more nicely. (It also means you are ready to go when you get up and shuffle around in your slippers on Sunday morning. Batter up!)  If you can’t be bothered to do that, it’s okay! Just make the batter and go wild straight away. They’ll still be yum!

Make some pancakes

Ingredients:
2 cups of self raising flour
2 cups of milk
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1/2 cup of caster sugar
1 tsp of vanilla extract

PLUS some butter for the pan (50g should do it!)

Sift the dry ingredients together. Make a well in the centre. Beat the egg and milk and vanilla together. Add the wet ingredients to the dry. Whisk until everything is combined. You don’t need to mix it anymore than that.

Heat a heavy based pan over a medium heat. Add a knob of butter and once it’s melted and coated the pan, spoon in a generous tablespoon (and a bit extra!) of your batter. (I use a pastry brush to be double sure nothing sticks, brushing the butter all over the pan!)

Cook until lots of bubbles appear on the uncooked side (maybe 3 minutes?) Add an extra sliver of butter to the pan. Once the butter has melted, flip your pancakes and cook for another 3 minutes of so on the other side. You want that batter to puff up and cook through beautifully, so be patient!

Keep spooning and flipping until you’ve used all the batter.

Keep the cooked pancakes warm under foil until the batch is done.

Makes about 10 pancakes.

What do you like on your pancakes?

x Pip