In Direct Live From The Frying Pan - Letter Number 30

Dear B & Readers !

What better to do on a lazy summer Monday afternoon ? 

Maybe making pancakes! Me & my friend were making

 typical french crepes a few days ago and I woke up at 4 

am this morning with a random craving to eat american 

style pancakes! I would have made them right then and

 there, however, I was fresh-out of eggs =( 

So I picked up my mums cookbook and made them later

 that afternoon! As they were so delicious, I decided 

to share the recipe with you & pictures to illustrate! :D

This recipe serves 12 people but you can just keep the pancakes 

till' the next day if you want.!

Here is the cup I used to measure everything, although you can probably pick any!

So you will need : 

• 2 & 1/2 cups of Flour 
• 1/3 cup of sugar
• 4 teaspoons of baking powder
• pinch of Salt
• Two cups of Milk
• Two beaten eggs
• 1/3 cup of Vegetable oil 

Now I have TWO secret ingredients to make these pancakes,
one is to add CINNAMON powder or add something very
 common in pancakes called "Fleur d'oranger" It's a liquid
extract of flower of Orange trees and it's divine, it smells
 sweet and orangey and it gives crepes an extra kick! I tested
 it on the american pancakes ad it's fabulous! 

And of course, maple syrup! 

So to begin, put all the Flour, baking powder, salt,
sugar and mix it just to have all the 'dry' ingredients
ready. Then add all the liquids (milk, oil &
beaten eggs) then keep mixing it and gradually it
will turn into a thick lumpy bater. But dont beat it
till' its watery, lumpy is EXACTLY how you want it !

And now the cooking! :D

So, keep it on a fairly LOW flame so as not to burn the pancake.

here is what the batter should look like

place a small dollop of the bater in the center of the pan and don't let it spread too much

 So, when should you flip it? Almost immediately after placing the bater on the frying pan. seriously if you leave it too long, it WILL burn! but the second you see little bubbles forming on the top side, even though its still 'wet', flip it. Or this will happen....

But if you flip it 3 to 5 seconds after putting it on the pan, you should get this..

So, one other thing I forgot to mention, was that when you first heat your pan, place a SMALL amount of butter I have a special pancake pan so its not sticky, but you don't have to re-apply butter each time, you can use the same butter for about 3 to 4 pancakes.
Here are a few pic's of the "Fleur d'Oranger" and some of me messing about !