Eggless Pancakes

Believe it or not! This recipe was part of an exercise book of my niece. Maybe there were trying to teach them how to cook. Fascinating!

Its a simple, clean and quick recipe thus this one goes in the quick recipes section. I made the pancakes with my niece. They turned out to be light, fluffy and yummy. She said her mouth is watering at the sight of the pancakes. :)

You can make them for breakfast, sunday brunch or for satisfying the mid night hunger pang. They will surely rock you ;)

Eggless Pancakes

Makes 2

Level: Easy

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup all purpose flour

2. 1 tsp baking powder heaped

3. 1/2 tsp sugar

4. 1/2 tbsp melted butter

5. 1 pinch ground cinnamon

6. 1 tbsp olive oil + extra to grease the pan

7. 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

8. 1 cup milk (adjust to keep the consistency of the batter flowing, purpose is that it should be easily pourable)

Steps:

1. Mix all the dry ingredients

2. Add the vanilla extract, butter and olive oil

3. Slowly add the milk and keep mixing to avoid formation of lumps

4. Keep the batter aside for five minutes

5. Heat a non stick pan. Grease with olive oil.

6. Pour about half of the batter in the pan. Do not spread and let the pancake take its shape and thickness naturally.

7.  Flip the pancake when it turns golden brown (approximately in two minutes)

8. Cook the other side till it turns golden brown.

9. Serve hot with honey/chocolate sauce/maple syrup.

So no excuses now to skip the breakfast while you are late for office. Also do not toss in the bed at night thinking of all the amazing food. It ain't gonna put you to sleep. Believe me I know what does (see the picture above ;))

Have fun cooking and eating guys. Cheers.

American Pancakes

My niece wanted pancakes for dinner. Though pancakes are mainly known as a breakfast item but one can eat pancakes anytime. I have been following Jamie Oliver a lot these days. So I looked around and tried one of his versions of pancakes. The result was beautiful and tasty.


American Pancakes
Adapted from Jamie Oliver
Makes 4

Ingredients:
1. 1 cup all purpose flour
2. 1 cup whole cream milk
3. 1 whole egg
4. 1 tsp baking powder
5. butter
6. a pinch of salt
7. honey

First whisk the flour, milk, egg, baking powder and the salt in a bowl till it all blends together. Now heat (keep medium heat) a pan or skillet and add some butter to it. Pour about 3 table spoons of the mixture on the heated pan or skillet. Tilt the pan to spread the batter evenly. Let the pancake turn golden brown which will take about 3-4 minutes. Add butter on the top and flip the pancake. Cook till it is golden brown on the other side as well.
Serve hot with honey, maple syrup or chocolate sauce. I served with honey on top and some bananas with chocolate sauce poured over the banana.
Pancakes tasted delicious and they had an eggy aroma with a very smooth texture. I used all purpose flour with baking powder, you can use self raising flour instead of all purpose flour and you won't need the baking powder then.

This recipe is definitely the one which you will always use for making pancakes after you have made them once. I kept the batter for about two days in the fridge and it was fine. The only change that I would bring upon next time is I will make them a little thicker.

Have fun eating pancakes. :)