Pancake Recipe
A foolproof pancake recipe for making thin pancakes that are flipping perfect for pancake day
Don't just keep these delicious easy pancakes for cooking up on pancake day, these are perfect all year around!
Pancakes are great for an easy breakfast or brunch. Or try them with ice-cream and sprinkles for a quick and simple tea time dessert idea.
Why You’ll Just flipping LOVE Our Easy Pancake Recipe
- There's just three ingredients and you don't even need to weigh any ingredients out!
- Our pancake batter makes those gorgeous thin crepe style pancakes that everyone just loves!
- These pancakes are so simple, you'll want to make them all the time!
Equipment Needed For Our Pancake Recipe
- Weighing Scales - or you can just estimate with a 4 heaped dessert spoons
- Dessert Spoon
- Mixing Bowl
- Measuring Jug
- Wooden spoon
- Frying pan
- Spatular or Fish Slice - for flipping
Ingredients For Pancakes - Pancake Mix Recipe
You'll only need three ingredients plus a little butter for frying to cook up this delicious easy pancake recipe!
For the pancake recipe
- 100g plain flour
- 1 large egg
- 300ml milk - we use full fat milk
- 3 teaspoon butter
Cooks Note! If you have no weighing scales, 100g of flour is around 4 heaped dessert spoons full.
To serve
- 1 lemon cut into wedges
- Caster sugar - to taste
- Golden syrup or Maple syrup - for drizzling
How To Make Pancakes From Scratch
You'll really love how simple this pancake recipe is to make, it's faff free, and easy!
Step One - mix up the pancake batter
- Add the flour to a mixing bowl, and make a well in the middle by pushing the flour up the sides of the bowl out of the way.
- Break the egg into the well, and pour in about a quarter of the milk.
- Stir the egg and milk together in small circles, taking in a little bit of flour from the edges, with each circle, so that it combines slowly. Then it won't clump up and form lumps.
- Keep mixing and adding a little more milk at a time, until the batter is all mixed and is the same consistency as double cream.
Step Two - cook the pancakes - it's best to use a non-stick pan
- Put a small frying pan over a medium heat on the hob and let the pan warm for a couple of minutes.
- Add half a teaspoon of butter and swirl it around the pan.
- Then ladle in half a ladle of pancake patter and swirl the pan so that it covers the base fully.
- Cook the pancake for a few minutes until the batter sets, then loosen the edges and lift up one side to check if it has brown lacy patterns where it's been cooking. If so it's time to toss the pancake!
- Flip the pancake over - you can either do this by flipping it straight from the pan, or use a fish slice to turn it over in the pan.
- Continue to cook the other side for a couple of minutes until cooked through. Then slide onto a plate and serve with sugar and lemon, or all your favourite toppings.
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Pancake Recipe
A super easy pancake recipe that's perfect for Pancake Day, breakfast or dessert!
Ingredients
- 100g plain flour
- 1 large egg
- 300ml milk - full fat
- 3 teaspoon butter
Instructions
- Add the flour to a mixing bowl, and make a well in the middle by pushing the flour up the sides of the bowl out of the way.
- Break the egg into the well, and pour in about a quarter of the milk.
- Stir the egg and milk together in small circles, taking in a little bit of flour from the edges, with each circle, so that it combines slowly. Then it won’t clump up and form lumps.
- Keep mixing and adding a little more milk at a time, until the batter is all mixed and is the same consistency as double cream.
- Put a small frying pan over a medium heat on the hob and let the pan warm for a couple of minutes.
- Add half a teaspoon of butter and swirl it around the pan.
- Then ladle in half a ladle of pancake patter and swirl the pan so that it covers the base fully.
- Cook the pancake for a few minutes until the batter sets, then loosen the edges and lift up one side to check if it has brown lacy patterns where it’s been cooking. If so it’s time to toss the pancake!
- Flip the pancake over – you can either do this by flipping it straight from the pan, or use a fish slice to turn it over in the pan.
- Continue o cook the other side for a couple of minutes until cooked through. Then slide onto a plate and serve with sugar and lemon, or all your favourite toppings.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 115Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 52mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 0gSugar: 3gProtein: 4g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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Wendy is the creator of Daisies & Pie, a UK food blog sharing easy meals and home lifestyle tips since 2012
