Recipe Twenty Six: The Perfect Pancake.

It has been a busy week.

I have made pencil rolls for back to school, attempted to keep the house cool, failed, attempted to cook as much as possible without using heat, pretty much failed & didn't take photos...

I did however spend many hours taking photos for my Mum's upcoming book (she needed someone who would take payment of love, good coffee & free copies of family portraits), she has three days to her deadline and the pressure is on. You can see her progress and a couple of my pictures here.

Pancakes played a big part in my childhood.

They were one of those foods that Mum was happy to let us take on alone.

The one downside to an 8 year old making pancakes however:

 THE MESS!!!

I cant ever remember cleaning it up though.

My Dad and I also had the 6 month long 'Battle of the Best Pancake'.

I still maintain I won.

Pancakes:

2 Cups of SR Flour

1/3 Cup of Caster Sugar

1/4 Teaspoon of Bicarbonate Soda

1 1/2 - 1 3/4 cups of Milk

1 egg

More butter for greasing the pan.

Put your dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk them together.

Make a well in the centre.

Put egg and 1 1/2 cups of milk in there.

Start whisking the milk & egg and gradually bring in the dry ingredients from the edges.

Once everything is combined & smooth stick your batter in the fridge for 20 Minutes.

Heat a pan to medium ONLY.

Take your batter out of the fridge and give it a quick stir, if it is too thick mix in the remaining milk.

Melt a little butter in the pan so it covers the bottom.

Even if you are using a non stick pan please still used the melted butter it will give your pancakes a crisp outer like nothing else.

Pour mix into pan.

 I used about 1/3 of a cup for a decent 15cm diameter pancake.

Either by tilting the pan or a spatula, spread your mix out a little.

Wait until quite a few bubbles are appearing on the top of the batter before you turn your pancake over.

Cook for about 1/2 the time on the other side or until golden brown.

Continue from 'melt a little butter' until you are out of mix.

If you are making a huge batch and want to keep them warm set your oven to low and put them on a lined baking sheet in there whilst you finish off your remaining cakes.

And serve how ever you like...

Maple Syrup?

Nutella and Strawberries?

Cinnamon & Brown Sugar Butter?

Lemon and Sugar?

xx