About this time every year the shops start to fill up with those little squeezy bottles of lemon juice, jars of chocolate spread and packets of pancake mix.
Now, I can understand the lemon juice and the chocolate spread, but I can’t quite get my head around the need for packets of pancake mix! I mean, I’m all for making your life easier and have on a few rare occasions bought pre-prepared veg to make soup with, but pancakes are so simple to make from scratch that buying a mix just seems like a real waste of money!
So, for those of you looking to break out of the packet-pancake-mix zone, I present to you a really simple recipe for perfect pancakes!
In case you can’t quite read the faded writing on the postcard, here’s the recipe:
- 4oz (110g) plain flour
- pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- Half a pint (275ml) of milk
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
And the method:
- Sift flour and salt into a bowl.
- Beat to a smooth, creamy batter with the the unbeaten egg, half the milk and the melted butter
- Stir in the remaining milk.
- The batter is now ready to cook!
- Heat a frying pan on the hob and melt a little bit of butter in it.
- Pour about a ladleful of batter into the pan and swirl the pan around to spread the batter out. You want it to pretty much spread out to the edges of the pan and be quite thin.
- Leave it to cook for about a minute, then either flip it over using a spatula or be brave and toss it in the air to flip it!
- Cook for about a minute on the other side then serve.
One thing to remember – the first pancake almost never ‘works’!
I don’t know exactly why, but please don’t be disheartened if your first attempt is a disaster! The second one will be much better, I swear!
Your father would be so surprised to find I sent you this!
At least there’s photographic proof that you did! I love getting that postcard out every year to use the recipe! x
Lovely photos. So natural.
Alexander enjoyed Nutella on his x
Thank you! They’re used to having the camera on them by now, so tend to just carry on with what they’re doing and ignore me! Will have to try Nutella next time, I think Nerys would love it! x
I never by packet pancake mix, its so cheap and easy just making it from scratch! Great post..and now I’m craving pancakes with lemon and golden syrup! 🙂 #foodpornthursday
Ooh, I’ve not tried them with golden syrup! Might have to whip up a batch! x
Yummmy pancakes! They look gorgeous! I make mine from scratch too. You are right, it’s so easy you don’t need a packet. I’m going to try your recipe, I always love trying a new pancake recipe. 🙂 Your kids are so adorable eating the pancakes up. And I love how you saved the postcard from your mom, so sweet. Thanks so much for linking up with #foodpornthursdays 🙂 x
Thank you! It really is so easy to make them from scratch isn’t it! I’m quite sentimental with things like that postcard, I’d be really upset if I lost it now! x
I’m currently writing my top ten pancake tips so be sure to pay my blog a visit next week. Is your pan hot enough? That might be why the first one doesn’t work. I love the pic of you holding back your sons free hand while he’s pouring! We all use that move!
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I’ll have to look out for your tips next week! I’m really not sure what the issue is with the first pancake, the pan is either too hot or not hot enough, I’m not sure! Haha, it’s my husband in the photo with our son, I hadn’t noticed him holding back his hand before, so funny! x
Oh I will for sure be trying this recipe! My kids love pancakes! I put food coloring in them and make different colored panckakes which is always a fun time and they like to help make them. Thanks so much for sharing with #foodpornthursdays 🙂
Oh I hadn’t thought of colouring them! Such a fun idea! x
I will be trying this batter one day soon 🙂 I will let you know how they turned out 🙂
Hope they worked well for you! x
I am just about to start, I shall follow your recipe.
Made them & enjoyed them with sugar & lemon
So pleased you enjoyed them! And I’m with you on the choice of topping, you can’t beat classic sugar and lemon! x