American style fluffy pancakes

Serve these pancakes with lashings of maple syrup and crispy streaky bacon for a real lunch treat, or with fruit for a delicious breakfast.

This recipe makes 8 large pancakes but can  easily be halved to make 4.

Ingredients

9 1/2 OZ plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1tsp Salt
6 tbsp caster Sugar
260ml Buttermilk/Milk
2 large eggs
4 tbsp Butter
Butter for frying the pancakes

Cooking level

-Easy

Prep time

Less than 10 minutes

Cooking time

4 mins per pancake (depending on thickness – you’ll know when it’s done)

 Method

1. Start by melted the butter in a small bowl in the microwave – leave I one side to cool slightly for now

2.Sift all the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, sugar) together, in a large bowl.

3. Whisk the milk and egg together. Add in the melted butter and lightly whisk again.

4. Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in milk mixture. Whisk together well – until all lumps disappear. Leave batter to stand for a few mins.

5. Melt a tbsp of butter in a frying pan, once it’s hot ladle a spoonful of the mixture into the pan. Wait until the batter has started to bubble on top and flip over.

6. Repeat step 5 without the melted butter until you have used all of your batter.

7. Serve with lashings of maple syrup and crispy bacon, fruit and cream or simply just butter.

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