Among a wide variety of pancake recipes, the method with the addition of kefir and yeast is incredibly popular. With the help of yeast, the prepared pancakes become lush and light, and kefir adds flavor to the taste of the dish in the form of light acidity and astringency. The properties of ready-made pancakes provide unlimited scope for imagination in fillings.
Kefir pancakes with yeast are easy to prepare. Such products are good for every day, but they are also perfect during Shrovetide. Not everyone likes thin pancakes in milk or kefir, many prefer thick pancakes. The preparation time for this treat lasts a little longer than the preparation of standard options, but any member of the family will certainly enjoy the result.
Step-by-step process for making thick pancakes with kefir and yeast
We will need:
- wheat flour - 500 g;
- kefir - 500 ml;
- water (necessarily warm) - 380 ml;
- chicken eggs - 4 pcs.;
- sugar - 50 g;
- dry yeast - 2 tsp;
- oil drain. - 120 g;
- salt to taste.
- refined vegetable oil for making dough - 75 ml;
- sunflower oil for frying in a pan.
Cooking process
According to this recipe, thick kefir pancakes with yeast are prepared as follows.
- Due to the fact that we are going to knead the yeast dough, first we proceed to get the dough. Dissolve dry yeast in warm water and send half a glass of wheat flour there. The resulting mixture is sent to a warm place and kept there for about twenty minutes, not forgetting to cover it with some kind of cloth, an ordinary towel is suitable for this. In twenty minutes, the yeast will wake up and the mixture will begin to foam.
- At this stage, add the eggs, previously beaten to a light state with sugar, add salt, add kefir (preferably warm) and vegetable oil.
- Now carefully introduce the wheat flour sifted with a sieve and stir with a whisk until all the flour lumps are dissolved. Then we remove the dough into the heat for about half an hour, allowing it to come up.
- After that, you can start baking thick pancakes on kefir with yeast. For this, it is convenient to use a ladle. With it, pour the dough into the middle of a frying pan pre-oiled and, turning it gently, pour the mixture all over the bottom. When one side is browned, the pancake should be turned over with a spatula to the other side and lightly browned.
- Spread the cooked lush yeast pancakes in a stack, lubricating the surface of each with butter.
A step-by-step process for making thick yeast pancakes with kefir and boiling water
To prepare pancakes with kefir and yeast according to this recipe, you will need:
- wheat flour - 0.5 kg;
- kefir - 0.5 l;
- water (necessarily boiling water) - 500 ml;
- chicken eggs - 5 pcs.;
- sugar - 45 g;
- dry yeast - 3 tsp;
- salt - a couple of pinches;
- refined vegetable oil for kneading dough - 45 ml;
- vegetable oil for frying in a pan.
Cooking sequence
Consider how to cook pancakes with kefir and yeast.
- Sift approximately 250 g of flour and mix in a bowl with sugar, a little salt, and yeast. Then we pour warm kefir and stir everything well. In this case, the resulting mixture is a dough, so, as required, put it in the heat for half an hour, covering the bowl with a towel.
- After half an hour, when the dough is foaming, beat the eggs, mix with the yeast dough. Then pour boiling water into the dough, knead until smooth and again send to heat for about half an hour. After that, pour the sunflower oil into the resulting dough, stir it and proceed to baking thick pancakes.
- We coat the heated pan with sunflower oil, fill the dough in the middle with a ladle, distribute it on the bottom surface and bake on both sides to a rosy state.
- We also spread the resulting pancakes on top of each other, lubricating each layer with butter.
With thick pancakes on kefir with yeast, sour cream or jam is served. Also honey is well combined with them. Even if you wish, you can fill pancakes with any filling, everything is limited only by taste and imagination. Hot pancakes, coffee or cocoa are usually served on the table for such delicious pancakes.
You can cook any kind of toppings. But incredibly tasty products filled with caviar. Therefore, we can say with confidence that kefir pancakes with yeast will betray variety to any holiday table and will become an ornament for it.