You certainly know that pancakes are one type of traditional breakfast menu that is very easy to make. Once you know the basic recipe, you can try experimenting with different toppings to come up with the tastiest version!
Ingredients
These ingredients will make 8 pancakes about 25 cm in diameter (maybe less, or more, depending on size). If you want, you can adjust the ingredients below according to the number of pancakes you want to make:
- 500 grams all-purpose self-rising flour (Read tips at bottom of article)
- 2 or 3 eggs
- 350 ml milk
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 tbsp. butter or vegetable oil
- 5 tbsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract (optional)
- A pinch of salt
Step
Method 1 of 2: Practicing Various Pancake Recipes
Step 1. Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat until the texture is smooth
Then, put all the dry ingredients in it. If you are using self-rising flour (which already contains a developer), do not add salt and baking soda. Do not knead the dough at this stage!
Step 2. Melt the butter in a heatproof bowl in the microwave
Wait until the butter is completely melted, about a minute.
Step 3. Add butter and milk to the dough
Then, stir all the ingredients until well mixed. If there are a few small lumps of dough left, leave it alone. Don't knead the dough until it's really smooth so that the pancakes don't feel sticky and expand more easily when cooked.
If using vanilla extract, you can mix it into the wet ingredients, namely melted butter and milk
Step 4. Heat a skillet over low to medium heat
If your stove has a special setting for cooking pancakes, use that. Make sure the pan is lightly greased with oil or butter beforehand so that the pancake batter doesn't stick to it while cooking.
Step 5. Splash the pan with water
If the water seems to "jump" from the pan and you hear a hissing sound, the pan is hot enough and ready to use.
Step 6. Pour about 3 tablespoons or 60 ml of batter onto a hot, greased skillet
To make the process easier, you can use a vegetable spoon or a special container that has a tapered funnel. Basically, the amount of batter poured will determine the size of the pancake when it's done. Therefore, you should start by pouring a little dough first. Then, increase the size if you feel the size of the pancake is still not big enough.
Step 7. Cook one side of the pancake for two minutes or until it turns golden brown
Supposedly, the surface of the pancake facing up should bubble, then the bubble should burst near the edge of the pancake. Once these conditions are met, and if the bursting bubbles leave a hole that doesn't close immediately, turn the pancake very carefully.
Step 8. Cook the other side until golden brown, then drain the pancakes from the pan
Want to make the color look darker? Re-cook each side of the pancake for 30 seconds until the color is to your liking.
Step 9. Enjoy delicious pancakes
To make pancakes even more delicious, try serving them with butter, peanut butter, syrup, jelly, chocolate chips, cookies, candy crumbs, or fruit pieces. Trust me, the variety of recipes you have is truly limitless, and the resulting flavors are guaranteed not to fail!
Method 2 of 2: Modifying the Pancake Recipe
Step 1. Make rainbow pancakes.
To make the pancakes look more interesting and colorful, try making a plate of rainbow pancakes! Besides being easy to make, the process can be a lot of fun, especially if you take kids who have a very high interest in color along.
Step 2. Make fluffy pancakes
Want to eat a plate of pancakes that are very tender and taste heavenly? Try making it! Once cooked, the pancakes can be drizzled with maple syrup to make them even more delicious!
Step 3. Get creative with different kinds of fruit pancakes
There are quite a number of fruit pancake recipes that you can practice to serve a healthier breakfast for your loved ones. Some of these include blueberry pancakes, apple pancakes, or even pear pancakes. Find the recipe you like the most!
Step 4. Make pancakes with Bisquick dough
If you don't want the hassle of preparing breakfast in the morning, simply grab a box of Bisquick and mix some of it into your pancake batter. Voila, a plate of delicious and homely-flavored pancakes will soon be served on your dining table!
Step 5. Make pancakes with buttermilk mixture
In fact, one ingredient is enough to make your homemade pancakes taste absolutely delicious! That ingredient is buttermilk, which can be mixed into a variety of pancake recipes and is perfect for serving as a simple breakfast dish. Once cooked, the pancakes can be sprinkled with various toppings that you like to enrich the taste.
Step 6. Make a simple pancake recipe
In fact, it doesn't take a variety of complicated and expensive ingredients to make a plate of delicious pancakes, you know! Even the simplest pancake recipe is able to produce a snack with a very delicious taste and is liked by everyone.
Step 7. Make Mickey Mouse shaped pancakes
Besides the shape is very cute and easy to make, the taste is also very delicious and will definitely be loved by children, especially those who really idolize Disney characters!
Tips
- Try adding a variety of ingredients to the pancake batter instead of sprinkling on the toppings after the pancakes are done. Some ideas worth trying are adding chocolate chips (milk chocolate or dark chocolate), fruit chunks (strawberries, bananas, blueberries, cherries, etc.), chopped bacon, grated cheese, nuts, or a variety of herbs like cinnamon.
- Keep an eye on the pancake cooking process so the pancakes don't end up burning.
- If you want pancakes that taste really sweet, try adding syrup, peanut butter, sugar, chocolate chips, or honey to the surface of the cooked pancakes. You can also make strawberry or raspberry syrup to make the pancakes taste fresher.
- Make mini-pancakes that aren't too thick and then try turning them into a snack like a “sandwich” filled with cheese, jam, chocolate, fruit, or candy.
- Try sprinkling ground cinnamon while the pancake batter is cooking. Once the dough is cooked, roll up the pancakes and serve as a delicious crepe or pancake roll.
- Use a cleaned gravy bottle to pour out the pancake batter to keep it from falling apart.
- Did you know that Christians in some countries have Fat Tuesday as one of their religious holidays? On that day, they will usually eat pancakes, especially because the sugar, fat, and flour content in it cannot be consumed at all during the fasting period which falls on the following day.
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Since pancakes are a popular food in many cultures, of course, each culture will have a different recipe. Some recipes that are worth trying are:
- Use a mixture of beer or sparkling water with milk to enrich the pancakes. In addition, the beer content also helps the dough to rise better if you don't use baking powder.
- The ratio of the liquid ingredients (milk, sparkling water, beer) to the dry ingredients (flour) will greatly determine the texture of the pancake when it is cooked. Therefore, experiment to come up with the texture that best suits you, whether it's very light like a French crepe or thicker like an American pancake.
- To prevent the possibility of the pancakes sticking to the pan, use sunflower oil. This type of oil has a higher smoke point than butter, making it more suitable for heating in a frying pan.
- To make pancakes that have a very soft texture, try using liquid ingredients made from a mixture of vanilla-flavored yogurt or fruit-flavored yogurt with water.
- Try making low-carb pancakes. To lower the carbohydrate content in pancake batter, you only need to use a mixture of protein powder with egg whites or whole eggs.
Warning
- Don't press the pancake while it's cooking. Doing so will prevent the pancakes from rising and becoming tender.
- Don't stack the pancakes while they're still hot, so that the moisture inside doesn't get trapped and make the pancakes very mushy when you eat them.
