American Pancakes

Weekend Breakfast Treat!
These pancakes are a perfect (once in a while) weekend treat. I cannot deny that these are Not healthy, but they are so tasty :). Enjoy sparingly is the answer!

Ingredients: (Makes 8 pancakes, serves 2-3)

• 1/2 tablespoon baking powder (yes the seems a lot but trust me it works!)
• 1/2 pinch of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 1 large egg (beaten)
• 1tablespoon butter (melted and cooled)
•  150ml milk (I used semi-skimmed milk)
•  1 cup all-purpose flour
• butter for frying 
• (see suggestions below for toppings)

Method:
(Normally I would use scales to measure ingredients, however here in Norway I am making do with Cups.)

1. Melt the tablespoon of butter in a frying pan (to save on washing up use the same pan you will later use to cook the pancakes!) then leave to cool.  


2. If you have a blender, great! Stick all of the ingredients in a blender and whisk away. However if you are like me and don't have access to a blender place the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a bowl and make a well in the middle with a spoon.

3. Into the well place the egg and cooled butter, then add the milk gradually and begin stirring with a whisk (this allows air to enter the mixture). Once you have added all the milk (you may need extra if the mixture is too thick to pour) turn on your stove; if electric I recommend using the highest heat then turning it down later as this heats the pan quickly. Melt some butter in the frying pan (or griddle if you have one!). When the butter is melted and sizzling add roughly 1 tablespoon of the mixture per pancake into the pan. To make rounded pancakes make sure you place the mixture into the pan concentrating on the centre of the pancake, it will then spread out. I find it easiest to cook a max 3 at the same time, so you can keep a close eye on

them (see photo below).

Frying the pancakes

4. Once the mixture starts to bubble and blister (see photo below) turn the pancakes over. I find it easiest to do this with a knife. Once turned over they should only take around 1 minute to cook.         

bubbling and blistering, time to flip!

5. Repeat the process twice more, but be careful to keep an eye on the heat as you don't want the pancakes to cook too quickly on one side and burn. After the first pan full I recommend turning the stove down to 4 (electric stove).

Pancake stack!

 Toppings

•  American: Bacon and Maple syrup (I am veggie so I am not sure what this tastes like, but it is popular)
• Nutella 
• Raspberry Jam (personal favourite)
• Golden Syrup (another favourite)
• Bananas and Nutella (yum!!)
• Honey (healthy alternative...ish!)
• While in Norway I am going to eat my pancakes with Villbringebar Sirup (I bought the raspberry syrup however it comes in a wide range of flavours!) (see photo below).

Norwegian "Villbringebar Sirup" (raspberry syrup)

Update!

Nutella & Banana topping = very tasty!

This combo also made me think what about a Banoffee topping??!! Jared Toffee sauces are widely available or you could make your own by boiling a can of condensed milk.

Click **HERE** for the original "AMERICAN BREAKFAST PANCAKES" recipe by Nigella Lawson