2012 Cooking Club Week 10: America style Pancake with maple syrup and bacon

America style Pancake with maple syrup and bacon

This is my ultimate comfort food, they are lovely as a treat for breakfast or brunch (I am sure I probably had them for dinner at some stage too). They are quick and easy to make but whoever you are making them for will love them!
Ingredients:
150g Plain flour
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 egg
250ml buttermilk
30g melted butter



What you need to do is add all the dry ingredients into a large mixing. In a measuring jug mix the buttermilk and egg together. Start to combine the wet ingredients with the dry, I use a whisk to get more air into the mixture, initially add about 3/4 of the liquid and beat the mixture. Once the initial mixture is well mixed add the rest of the liquid until you have a nice thick batter (sometimes I don't need all the liquid).

Heat a pan to a medium heat and melt the butter. Add the butter to the mixture and give it another good whisk. I don't use any butter or oil on the pan to cook the pancakes as they cook better on a non stick dry pan(I usually use the same pan as I did for the melting of the butter, so the first 2 pancakes are extra buttery).


You can make them into any shapes or sizes, I love to do chunky ones. Add the mixture to the pan ( I use a soup ladle) once you start to see bubbles on the top of the mixture they are ready to turn over. When they are cooked both sides I usually keep them in a warm oven until they are all cook.


I serve mine with crispy fried bacon and maple syrup (currently Aunt Jemima maple syrup (yum!)).