I'll start off with something simple: American pancakes. Last night I decided to make myself a nice pudding/evening snack, and the urge to bake something hit me. But as it was already getting late, it had to be something quick and simple. I found this recipe on BBC Food, but as any amateur chef, I had to add a tiny touch of my own.
Ingredients:
130g all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp caster sugar
130ml milk
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp melted butter
1 tbsp sunflower oil
1. Start by mixing flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a bowl.
2. Measure milk in a jug, and add egg, vanilla extract, butter and oil, and whisk together.
3. Add the wet to the dry, and whisk into a smooth batter.
4. Heat the frying pan, and cook the pancakes in oil or butter. The recipe gives about 12 pancakes. I used a 100ml measuring cup to add the batter to the pan (in the lack of any other tools in my very limited university accommodation kitchen), so I'd say that o
ne pancake uses about 70-80 ml batter.5. Serve immediately. Traditionally the pancakes are served with maple syrup, but I didn't have that. What I did have, on the other hand, was some single serving pots of jam that I stole from a breakfast buffet in a hotel a while back, and that went just as well with them. I tried honey as well, but I preferred the jams.
This works well as a treat for breakfast, or pudding, as was my case. For pudding, I'd serve 3-4 pancakes per person, as they're not too big. And it is hard to stop once you've started.
