Sunday morning Pancakes have become my husband’s specialty. They are his way of giving me the morning off. You see 5 nights a week (Sun-Thurs) I do the night shift, checking our daughter’s blood glucose levels at least twice between bedtime and breakfast, so by the time Sunday morning comes around I’m ready to let someone else do the cooking. I started making this recipe 15 years ago, and while we have tried a few different ones, we always come back to this one because it’s the best. And somewhere over the course of time Mr8 has perfected them, serving them with strawberries, bananas and Maple syrup. I have a few friends who recommend adding bacon to this, but I don’t think I am quite that adventurous just yet , so I will have to take their word for it.
Pancakes
Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups (185g) Self-Raising Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 Tbl Caster Sugar (regular is fine)
Pinch of Salt
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
1 Cup (250mls) Milk
60g Butter, melted
Directions:
Sift the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a bowl and make a well in the centre.
Mix together the eggs, milk and butter in a jug and pour into the well all at once, whisking to form a smooth batter.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set the batter aside for 20 minutes (I often skip this step).
Heat a frying pan and brush lightly with melted butter or oil.
Pour 1/4 Cup (60mls) batter into the pan and swirl gently to create a pancake about 10cm in diameter.
Cook over low heat for 1 minute, or until the underside is golden.
Turn the pancake over and cook the other side very quickly, for about 10 seconds.
Transfer to a plate and keep warm while cooking the remaining batter.
Serve the pancakes stacked, warm or cold, with whipped butter, maple syrup, fruit, or if you are being very decadent, whipped cream or ice-cream.
Source: A Family Circle book called Pancakes, Pikelets, Crepes & Waffles.