How to make Pancakes? Easy and quick recipe!

Contents

1 Ingredients
2 1 cup plain flour
3 1 teaspoon baking powder
4 pinch of salt
5 2 tablespoons caster sugar
6 1 egg, lightly beaten
7 300ml milk
8 1 tablespoon butter, melted
9 Method
10 Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the sugar and a pinch of salt and make a well in the centre. Pour in the egg and half the milk. Mix well to remove any lumps, then stir in the rest of the milk and the melted butter until smooth. Heat a non-stick frying pan until very hot. Turn down to medium heat, then ladle in some of the mixture (you can use more or less than a quarter cup – it depends how big you want your pancakes). Cook for about 1 minute or until bubbles start to appear on top. Flip over with a palette knife or spatula and cook for another minute. These pancakes will keep warm in a low oven while you cook up the rest of the batch. You can serve them with jam, lemon juice or golden syrup for breakfast, or why not make a savoury pancake stack with bacon and spinach? If youre having fun with this recipe, try our banana pancakes too! Takeaway
11 Conclusion
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If you want to learn how to make pancakes, then this is the place for you. Pancakes are delicious and easy to make – weve got some great recipes for you here!

Ingredients

The first step to making pancakes is to gather the ingredients. To make 2 pancakes, you will need:

1/4 cup (50g) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt (less than 1/2 teaspoon)
2 tablespoons caster sugar (or granulated white sugar)

1 cup plain flour

When it comes to measuring flour, a cup is not a measurement of weight. You cannot use 1 cup of flour as your only measuring device and expect to get the correct amount; instead, use an accurate scale to get the right weight. The same goes for liquid ingredients—you’ll need to measure in grams or milliliters!

1 teaspoon baking powder

Baking powder is a chemical leavener, which means its a mixture of acids and bases that reacts with the acid in your pancake batter to produce carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide makes your pancakes light and fluffy.

You can use baking soda instead of baking powder in recipes like this one, but be careful: The two are not interchangeable! Baking soda by itself will turn your pancakes into hard little rocks as soon as they hit the hot griddle (which is why you need to always mix it with an acidic ingredient like buttermilk or yogurt).

pinch of salt

Salt is a mineral that your body needs in order to function properly. It helps maintain the water balance in your body, keeps blood pressure at an appropriate level and aids digestion by drawing water out of food particles so they can be broken down and absorbed into the bloodstream. Salt also acts as a preservative in food, preventing it from spoiling or going bad.

Salt has been used for centuries to preserve foods by drawing out moisture from bacteria that cause spoilage or illness. These bacteria need moisture to grow, but when dry salt is added to a food product, it absorbs enough water from them that they die off instead of causing illness (and potentially being spread).

2 tablespoons caster sugar

Caster sugar is a very fine granulated sugar thats used to sweeten drinks and desserts, or to add texture and flavour when baking. Its also sometimes called superfine or bakers sugar, as it dissolves quickly in liquid and is also considered less gritty than standard granulated white sugar.

If youre making pancakes for yourself or your kids for dinner tonight, this recipe will make 12 small pancakes—or six larger ones if you want them big enough to tuck into the centre of your plate like delicious little boats bobbing in syrup.

1 egg, lightly beaten

Beat the egg before adding it to the mixture. The egg should be beaten until it is smooth, fluffy and thoroughly mixed. If you dont beat the egg first, your pancake batter could end up lumpy and unevenly dispersed throughout your pancakes.
Use a spoon to gently fold in the beaten eggs into the flour mixture. Gently stir in one direction only until just incorporated – stop when no more lumps remain visible (this will take about half of a minute).
Add milk and melted butter or oil if using – again, go gently so as not to over-mix!

300ml milk

This recipe is to make pancakes for two people, so youll need the following ingredients:

300ml milk
1 egg

1 tablespoon butter, melted

1 tablespoon butter, melted
2 tablespoons milk
2 eggs
3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

Simply combine all of your ingredients together in a bowl and mix until no lumps remain. Heat up a frying pan over medium heat and add a little bit of butter to the pan. Pour some batter into the pan and cook until bubbles form on top of each pancake before flipping them over. Serve with maple syrup, jam or whatever else takes your fancy!

Method

Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl.
Add the sugar and a pinch of salt to it.
Make a well in the centre of your dry ingredients, then pour in your egg and half milk (this helps prevent lumps).
Stir until all ingredients have been incorporated, then add the rest of your milk and butter/oil as needed to achieve a smooth consistency – dont worry about over-mixing at this stage as this will make them tough!

Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the sugar and a pinch of salt and make a well in the centre. Pour in the egg and half the milk. Mix well to remove any lumps, then stir in the rest of the milk and the melted butter until smooth. Heat a non-stick frying pan until very hot. Turn down to medium heat, then ladle in some of the mixture (you can use more or less than a quarter cup – it depends how big you want your pancakes). Cook for about 1 minute or until bubbles start to appear on top. Flip over with a palette knife or spatula and cook for another minute. These pancakes will keep warm in a low oven while you cook up the rest of the batch. You can serve them with jam, lemon juice or golden syrup for breakfast, or why not make a savoury pancake stack with bacon and spinach? If youre having fun with this recipe, try our banana pancakes too! Takeaway

1 Using a non-stick frying pan, heat to medium and ladle in some of the mixture (you can use more or less than a quarter cup – it depends how big you want your pancakes). 2 Cook for about 1 minute or until bubbles start to appear on top. 3 Flip over with a palette knife or spatula and cook for another minute. 4 These pancakes will keep warm in a low oven while you cook up the rest of the batch. 5 You can serve them with jam, lemon juice or golden syrup for breakfast, or why not make a savoury pancake stack with bacon and spinach? 6 If youre having fun with this recipe, try our banana pancakes too! 7 Takeaway

Conclusion

This is how to make pancakes. First, you need the ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Then we mix them together in a bowl and make a well in the centre of the mixture. Next, we add an egg and some milk. Finally, we stir in the rest of the milk until everything is smooth then heat up a frying pan on medium heat before ladling some batter into it