Fluffy American Pancakes

Pancake Recipe 2: Fluffy American Pancakes

Our American cousins do a pretty good pancake themselves! Fluffy, thick and sweet, the American pancake is served in a stack and is popular with maple syrup and bacon. It's a sweeter, more filling affair and also tastes great with lashings of honey and fresh fruit.

We can't argue with these delightful fluffy breakfast staple... although we usually prefer to eat them as dessert.

Pancake recipes don't get better than this!

Ingredients:

135g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp caster sugar
130ml milk
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 tbsp melted butter plus extra for cooking

How to make American pancakes:
Sieve the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar into a bowl.

​In a jug lightly whisk together the egg and milk when that's combined whisk in the melted butter.

Use a fork to beat the milk mixture into the flour mixture until it's smooth and the lumps have disappeared.

Heat a large non-stick frying pan or griddle pan over a medium heat and add a knob of butter.

As soon as the butter is melted and beginning to bubble, add a level ladle of batter - add as many as you can fit.

The batter should be thick and should easily settle into a puffy cake on the pan's surface without spreading too much.

Wait until the top of the pancake begins to bubble, then flip it. As it cooks it will raise about 1cm or so.

When they're golden on both sides serve or pop them in a warm oven while you use up your batter.

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