Yummy breakfast or midday snack, pancakes are thin and flat and are made of batter. Pancakes can be plain or stuffed, topped with syrups or just dusted with some powdered sugar. What kind of batter is used to make a pancake depends a lot on the ingredients used in it. The region too matters, for some countries prefer to use plain flour, eggs and milk, some add raising agents to it. The flour can vary, and the pancake could be sweet or salty. Well, then, let's see how to make pancakes from scratch.
Homemade Pancakes
Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour, Sugar, 2 tbsp
- Baking powder, 1 tsp
- Buttermilk, 1 cup
- Egg, 1
- Salt, ¼ tsp
- Ripe yellow bananas, 2
Sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Pour the buttermilk, and lightly with a fork, stir in the egg, butter and chopped ripe bananas. Mix it well, but do not smash the bananas too much. Heat a heavy skillet, drop some butter on it. Take a large ladle, scoop ready batter and pour it onto the hot pan. Give it a quick spread, depending upon the thickness desired. Flip sides and cook until both sides are golden brown in color. Serve warm.
Healthy Pancakes
Ingredients:
- Whole wheat flour, 1 cup
- Rolled oats, 1 cup
- Blueberries, 1 cup
- Mashed ripe banana, 1
- Baking powder, 2 tsp
- Salt, ½ tsp
- Maple syrup, 2 tbsp
- Eggs, 2
- Buttermilk, 1½ cup
- Melted butter, 5 tbsp
In a large bowl, sift together wheat flour, rolled oats, baking powder and salt. Pour in the maple syrup, buttermilk, egg, butter and banana one by one, stirring the mix continuously. Spoon in the blueberries and very lightly stir it in. Heat a griddle and melt some butter on it. Use a ladle or a cup, pour a measure of ¼ cup onto the griddle and cook flipping sides, until both sides are well browned. Serve with an extra serving of maple syrup poured over the pancakes and garnish with some blueberries.
Sausage Pancakes #1
Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour, 1 cup
- Buttermilk, 1 cup
- Cooked, chopped sausage, ½ pound
- Egg, 1
- Salt, ½ tsp
- Cooking oil, 1 tbsp
- Baking soda, 1 tsp
Mix together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. In another bowl, beat the eggs, milk and oil. Stir into dry ingredients, and add sausages. Fold all ingredients very lightly. Pour a ladle full of batter onto a lightly greased hot griddle, flipping sides until golden browned. Serve warm. To know how to make pancakes without a raising agent; read through
pancakes without baking powder.
Sausage Pancakes #2
Ingredients for Pancakes:
- Wheat flour, 1 cup
- Whole milk, 1 cup
- Mushrooms, ½ cup
- Egg, 1
- Oil, 2 tbsp
- Sugar, ½ tbsp
- Salt, ½ tsp
Ingredients for Filling:
- Oil, ½ tbsp
- Mushrooms, 1 cup
- Parsley, ½ cup
- Garlic, 1 clove
- Black pepper, 1 tsp
In a bowl, whisk eggs with some milk, gradually add flour, oil and the remaining milk. Season with salt, sugar and pepper. Stand batter for one hour. In a fry pan, stir fry sliced mushrooms, add salt, pepper and parsley. Chop cooked mushrooms further more and stir it into the batter. Pour ½ cup quantity of batter onto a greased and heated skillet, cooking both sides until browned.
Making pancakes from scratch is not that difficult. So now that you know how you can make pancakes from scratch, whisk some flour with milk and eggs and experiment with the filling.
