Pancakes are a Sunday staple in our house and with Shrove Tuesday coming I thought it would be a great time to share my fail safe recipe for fluffy scotch pancakes. We like a stack in our house so I make mine slightly loose so they can be spread out in the pan. My mum on the other hand keeps the mixture thick and drops a tablespoon into the pan for small and extra fluffy pancakes. Whatever your preference, this recipe will work for you. Ingredients2 Eggs 150g Plain Flour 150g Self-Raising Flour 300ml Milk for thick pancakes or 350ml for a spreadable mixture 10g Baking Powder tsp Cinnamon 1/2 tsp mixed spice Optional: 20g Sugar, we have our pancakes with berries and maple syrup so we don't add sugar but for those of you that like sweet pancakes then 20 or 30g of sugar will sweeten the batter nicely. Knob of butter, about 10g MethodIf you have the luxury of a stand mixer then throw all of the ingredients in, except for the butter, and mix on low for a couple of minutes till combined.
Heat a pan over a medium heat and add the knob of butter. When melted, add the excess butter to the mixer and let it mix through. If you don't have a mixer then whisk up the eggs with the sugar if using sugar. Then add part of the flour and combine, then add some milk to loosen. Continue to add flour to thicken and then milk to loosen until all of the milk and flour is added. Then add add the spices and the melted butter from the pan. When the batter is combined you are ready to spoon into the pan. For the thick recipe simply drop spoonfuls of the batter into the pan. For larger pancakes add a couple of spoonfuls and spread around the pan with the back of the spoon to make a larger pancake, wiggling the pan in a circular motion will help to level the pancake and spread it further. Once bubbles form on the top of the batter the pancakes are ready to flip. After less than a minute the bottom should be golden, depending on how hot your pan is. Be careful not to turn the pan up too high. If you are having thick pancakes the pan can't be too hot or you'll end up with a raw centre!! Keep adding spoonfuls until your batter is finished. If you are a confident flipper then add multiple pancakes to the one pan to speed up the process. Give these a try, both thick and slightly thinner and let me know what you're preference is. Happy pancake day. Love Katie xx
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June 2017
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