An excellent breakfast option that can be made easily by even the most novice of all chefs are buttermilk pancakes. While using a pancake mix may save time, the results are nearly as delicious as making them from scratch. Buttermilk pancakes can be made from scratch very quickly and inexpensively if you follow the following
buttermilk pancake recipe.
To make delicious buttermilk pancakes, the first thing you need to do is collect all necessary ingredients.
Buttermilk Pancake Recipe ingredients:
To serve a family of four for breakfast you will need:
- two tablespoons of melted butter,
- two cups of buttermilk,
- two beaten eggs,
- two cups of flour,
- salt,
- baking soda,
- and sugar.
Supplies that will be needed include a griddle or skillet, measuring cups, and a plastic spatula.
The first step in this buttermilk pancake recipe is to mix all the dry ingredients together. To do this you will need to mix the flour, a teaspoon of the sugar, a teaspoon of baking soda, and a teaspoon of salt together in a large mixing bowl. It does not need to be thoroughly mixed, but just combined.
After sifting all of the dry ingredients together, the next step is to mix the wet ingredients together. To do this you will need to combine the previously beaten eggs, the two cups of buttermilk, and the melted butter. Once these wet ingredients are mixed together, you need to combine the wet and the dry ingredients together. When doing this, be sure to mix the wet and dry ingredients thoroughly to the point where the batter is consistent throughout.
The next step you should take is to prepare the skillet. You will want to pre-heat the skillet and coat the skillet with either cooking spray or additional butter. By coating it, you will prevent the pancakes from sticking. It will also help give your pancakes the best possible form and shape.
When the skillet is hot, pour a quarter cup of the pancake batter onto the skillet for each pancake desired. Knowing when to flip the pancakes is the most important part. You will want to let the pancakes cook on one side until the bubbles on the uncooked side hold their form. Flipping the pancakes too soon will cause them to be disfigured and not thoroughly cooked. After flipping the pancakes, keep the pancakes on the other side until they seem cooked throughout. As a general rule, the pancakes take half as long to cook on the second side as they did on the first.
Once the pancakes are done cooking, it is best to eat them immediately. This buttermilk pancake recipe calls for serving them with maple syrup and butter, but adding fresh fruit and whipped cream can make them even more enjoyable!
Comments (0) 31.01.2010. 10:44
Yeah! Not only can we
make our pancakes soft and fluffy. There is a way to make them EXTRA FLUFFY :)! As you might think the process of making extra fluffy pancakes is similar to making fluffy pancakes so use
this fluffy pancakes recipe as a base. Another good recipe to start with is also
this American pancakes recipe. Maybe the second one is even better.
Now - I am not going to repeat the recipe, I am just going to tell you what to do differently. The batter making and mixing and then baking method is the same. All you need to do to make your pancakes extra fluffy is to use self-raising flour instead of plain flour (and leave the baking powder in). This doubles the raising elements in the recipe and will make your pancakes extra fluffy.
Besides that you can also use the tricks from the fluffy pancakes recipe:
- sift the flur
- Separate the egg whites from the yolk and beat them
- Substitute some milk (1/4 cup) with bubbly mineral water
Just check the original recipe for more instructions then try them and let me know how it went.
Comments (0) 13.01.2010. 02:06
With this
fluffy pancake recipe we will try to make pancakes that are lighter, softer, and fluffier. The basic recipe is pretty much the same as every other pancake recipe. The only difference is we add a little bit more baking powder and a little bit less milk. This makes the batter denser and it raises more when we cook it. The result is a nice and fluffy pancake. But that's not all. In the end I have collected and added a few extra tips to make your flapjacks even softer. This recipe will serve 2 people, maybe three, but you can easily double it. But first - what do we need to get started?
Fluffy Pancake Recipe Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup shortening melted
First take a bowl big enough to hold all the ingredients and throw in the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt - all the dry stuff. Then add all the wet ingredients - egg, milk and shortening and stir them into the dry ingredients until you get a moist and even pancake batter.
The batter will probably be pretty thick and this is the way we want it. It might be a little difficult to pour on your griddle or pan, but the pancakes will be fluffier.
We need about 1/4 cup of batter for one pancake. Pour the batter onto a greased hot griddle and make a four inch pancake. You can also use a nonstick pan or a normal pan with a little oil or butter to prevent pancakes from sticking to it.
Cook the pancakes on medium heat. Since the batter is thicker don't use to much heat because your pancakes will turn brown on the outside and will still not be done in the middle. Low to medium heat gives best results. Turn the pancake around when bubbles form on top of it and then cook until the second side is golden brown.
And we are done.
Now for the extra fluffy tricks and tips:
1. Sift the flour - this one is pretty basic and lots of people recommend it. Just sift the flour before you start making your pancake batter.
2. Separate the egg whites from the yolk and beat them - this is an old trick that you can use in any recipe to get softer results. Separate the egg whites from the yolk and beat them until they turn to white creamy snow. Then follow the fluffy pancake recipe except don't add the egg whites to the batter. Only when the batter is mixed and ready slowly and gently stir in the egg whites and then make pancakes.
3. Substitute some milk (1/4 cup) with bubbly mineral water (one that has CO2 gas in it). Use plain water without any additives, don't use flavored ones (well actually you could, but then you would get flavored pancakes :) ). The CO2 bubbles in the water will be released into the batter making it lighter and making even more fluffy pancakes :). If you are bold - some people even use beer for this! Think about beer foam - lots and lots of tiny bubbles.
So this is it for the
fluffy pancake recipe , let me know how it goes or if you have any more pancake tips and tricks.
Comments (4) 02.12.2009. 10:45