Let's get one thing clear - I don't make pancakes. I patiently and excitedly wait for the Boss to make them for me. That's love! And always on a Saturday morning!
Recipe (from the joyofbaking.com):
1 cup of plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp bicarb of soda
pinch of salt
2 tblsp sugar (I use caster)
1 large egg
1 cup of buttermilk (bought or homemade ie. milk and lemon juice)
3 tblsp unsalted butter melted
butter for the pan
Mix together the dry ingredients in a bowl.
In another bowl (or jug) mix together the egg, buttermilk and melted butter (the boss adds a few drops of vanilla extract here, yumcious).
Add the wet mix to the dry and whisk until just combined. Do not worry about lumps, you want fluffy pancakes not rock hard ones!!
Heat a frying pan to med high using some butter (be careful not to burn it and use a pan that doesn't get used for anything else otherwise your pancakes will taste like the chicken you fried last week!!)
Use a ladle to measure out the pancakes (whichever size you want) the mixture will be thick but that's ok, you want thick American pancakes not crepes!
Flip when lightly brown on the bottom and you have bubbles appear on the top. They only take a couple of minutes each side!
We find these make 5 good sized pancakes (don't worry about burning the first one - it always happens in this house. It's the practise one!)
To serve we use chopped pecans, sliced banana and maple syrup - OMG it's gooooood! But be creative, you could cook some fruit into the pancakes ie. cherries, blueberries, apple (cook it first) and cinnamon, berries ...... the list is endless!
There is never any left!!!
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