Do you know pancakes?
These thick pancakes with a soft and light texture ?
I discovered them for the 1st time with my family during a trip to Canada!
Besides, it was a Canadian friend who gave me this recipe, the same one that her mother had given her, and her grandmother before her...
This recipe is so easy that preparing homemade pancakes becomes child's play !
Traditionally served for breakfast, pancakes will please your whole family, guaranteed!
This recipe is so easy to make that you'll even have time to make it during the week!
Ready to have a Canadian-style breakfast ? Let's go for the delicious recipe for homemade pancakes. Watch:
- 190 g all-purpose flour
- 3.5 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 3 teaspoons melted butter
- 300 ml of milk
- a large mixing bowl
- a small saucepan to melt the butter
- a skillet, preferably a good cast iron skillet
Pass the flour and baking powder through a sieve. Do not skip this step if you want pancakes with a texture that is both light and fluffy .
Form a well in the middle of the flour and crack an egg inside.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Take care not to burn the butter or let it bubble.
Add the milk and vanilla extract to the melted butter in the saucepan and mix.
Using a whisk, incorporate the mixture of milk and melted butter with the egg. The secret to obtaining a barely liquid dough? Do not add the flour to the liquid mixture all at once. Instead, incorporate the flour little by little with the whisk.
Preheat the pan with about 1 teaspoon of butter. Once the pan is hot, pour 1 dose of batter (about 6 cl) and shape it into a round shape. It's okay if your pancake isn't perfectly circular, that's the beauty of homemade!
Wait until the bottom of the pancake begins to brown before turning it with a spatula. The pancake is ready to flip when the batter firms up slightly and small air bubbles appear on top.
There you go, your homemade pancakes are ready to eat :-)
Traditionally, pancakes are served stacked and topped with fresh fruit, such as strawberries or blueberries.
At home, we add a small knob of salted butter between each pancake as we stack them.
Pancakes can be eaten with all the sauces, do not be afraid to try a new composition. For example, accompanied by baked apples drizzled with honey or maple syrup, they are just to die for.
To easily prepare them on weekdays, you can keep the dough in the refrigerator overnight.
If necessary, add a little milk so that your dough retains its characteristic “barely” liquid texture.
