Homemade Pancake Recipe

American pancakes in importance can be compared with Russian pancakes. But in appearance and taste, they are more reminiscent of pancakes, although they are fried in a dry pan. Pancake is a thick and lush pancake, similar to sponge cake. It is usually prepared for breakfast, and served with honey and maple syrup, as well as chocolate, jam and fruit.

Although pancakes are considered a traditional American dish, recently they have become very popular in our country. The main advantage compared to Russian pancakes is to save time, because frying them in the morning is much easier and faster. Below are step-by-step recipes for pancakes, photos of which you can also see in this article. You can choose from several options for their preparation, including cocoa, banana and Nutella chocolate paste as a filling.

Recipe for American Pancakes in Milk

It’s hard to find an American who would refuse to try the little fluffy crepes for breakfast. Some people prefer pancakes with sweet maple syrup, others with butter and fruits. Learning how to cook American crepes is a snap. A step-by-step recipe for pancakes in milk consists of the following actions:

1. Sugar (40 g) and salt (¼ teaspoon) are dissolved in warm milk (1 tbsp.).
2. 1 egg is driven in and a tablespoon of refined sunflower oil is poured. All ingredients are mixed again, preferably using a mixer.
3. A glass of flour and a baking powder are sifted into a bowl (1 tbsp. Spoon).
4. A tablespoon kneads moderately thick dough by consistency like a pancake.
5. Dough is poured onto a well-heated pan without fat. It is convenient to do this with a tablespoon.
6. As soon as the bubbles appear on top, the pancakes turn over to the other side. Pancakes are fried on each side for about a minute.
7. Ready-made pancakes are stacked in a pile. When serving, the dish is poured with syrup or honey.

Kefir Pancake Recipe

Some housewives prefer to cook thick pancakes based on sour-milk products. In their opinion, kefir pancakes come out softer and more tender. To taste, they are very reminiscent of pancakes, but they are completely non-greasy, as they are fried in a dry frying pan without oil.

The kefir pancake recipe consists of the following steps:

1. Kefir (1 tbsp.) Is heated to a temperature of 40 ° C and poured into a deep bowl to knead the dough.
2. Add 1 egg, sugar (5 tbsp. Tablespoons), much salt and vegetable oil (3 tbsp. Tablespoons).
3. Soda (½ teaspoon) is added next. It is not necessary to extinguish the powder, since the acid contained in kefir will provide the desired reaction.
4. Flour is sifted into a bowl (1 tbsp.). Knead the dough with a spoon. After 1-2 minutes, bubbles should appear on its surface.
5. The pan is heated over medium heat. About 2 tablespoons of dough are poured into the center.
6. Pancakes are baked for about 2 minutes on the first side and 1 minute on the second. It is recommended that the pancake be turned over when the surface becomes porous.

The most magnificent pancakes on sour cream

According to the following recipe, you can cook thick and very soft American pancakes. They are much tastier than fat pancakes and more delicate than thin Russian pancakes. You can verify this on the photo of pancakes for the recipe.

Step-by-step instructions for their preparation are as follows:

1. Using a mixer, 2 eggs are beaten with sugar (70 g) to a lush foam.
2. Sour cream (200 ml) of room temperature, soda (½ teaspoon), a little salt, vegetable oil (2 tablespoons) are added to the egg mass.
3. Sifted flour (200 g) is added to the dough.
4. After kneading the dough, it is recommended to let stand for 30 minutes.
5. Pancakes are fried in a well-heated pan, but not on too high a fire for about 90 seconds on one side.
6. Pancakes rise very well in a pan. And to the table, the products are served in stacked piles.

Pancakes with banana in milk

Much less sugar is added to the dough for such pancakes. The ripe banana will give the necessary sweetness to the pancakes. It is thanks to this ingredient that the products acquire an interesting taste and turn out to be more rosy.

For home cooking, the recipe for pancakes can be represented as follows:

1. The bowl combines the dry ingredients for the dough: a glass of flour, sugar (1 tbsp. Spoon), a pinch of salt and a baking powder (1 tsp.).
2. In another bowl, with a submersible blender, a banana is mixed with milk (1 tbsp.), Eggs (2 pcs.) And melted butter (20 g).
3. Liquid and dry ingredients are mixed together. The finished dough should be “rested” for 15 minutes before frying.
4. A pair of tablespoons of dough is poured onto a hot pan. Pancakes are fried without a lid until bubbles appear on the upper side. After that they need to be turned over.
5. Ready pancakes are stacked on a flat dish.

How to make chocolate pancakes with cocoa?

The following recipe offers another interesting version of American pancakes. Cocoa is added to the dough for them. Thanks to this, the pancakes according to the recipe below are rich brown in color and have a pronounced chocolate flavor. Step-by-step preparation is as follows:

1. Two eggs and 50 g of sugar are beaten with a mixer into the foam.
2. Vanillin is added, a pinch of salt and a glass of milk (200 ml) is poured.
3. A glass of flour or a little more is mixed with cocoa (3 tbsp. Tablespoons) and added to the dough. The mass mixes well so that there are no lumps in it.
4. Gradually, butter (50 g), previously melted in the microwave, is poured into the dough.
5. Liquid, or rather, moderately thick dough, is poured into the center of the pan. Each pancake is fried for 1 minute on each side or until bubbles form on the surface. Ready-made pancakes have a smooth, matte surface, a beautiful color and a pleasant aroma.

Pancakes with chocolate paste Nutella

This dessert can be safely called festive. Preparing pancakes according to the recipe with Nutella paste is not much more complicated than usual. The resulting pancakes are very tasty, with a delicate dough on the outside and a melting filling inside. During the cooking process, it is important to observe the following instructions:

1. First of all, you need to prepare a chocolate filling. For this, pasta discs with a diameter of about 6 cm are frozen on a parchment sheet for a total of 6-7 pieces.
2. Flour (1 ½ tbsp), 100 g sugar, baking powder (3 teaspoons) and a pinch of salt are combined in one bowl.
3. In another bowl, beat the egg with vanilla and milk (1 ¼ cup).
4. Liquid ingredients are gradually poured into the flour mixture.
5. 2 tablespoons of dough are poured into a heated pan, and a frozen plate of chocolate paste is laid out on top. In diameter, it should be smaller than the dough spreading over the surface of the pan. A tablespoon of dough is immediately poured on top of the paste disc. If necessary, it must be leveled to make the surface smooth.
6. Other pancakes are baked in this way. Fry on one side they need to appear on the surface of numerous holes.

Pancakes without eggs on kefir

Traditionally, magnificent pancakes are prepared from dough with the addition of eggs. But the use of this ingredient in a pancake recipe is optional.

To prepare such pancakes, the dough is kneaded on kefir. To do this, it is heated a little and poured into a bowl. A pinch of salt, sugar (2 tbsp), a teaspoon of soda are added to 500 ml of kefir. The ingredients are mixed and left on the table for 10 minutes until bubbles appear on the surface.

Gradually, flour (2 tbsp.) Is sifted into the kefir mass and a little vegetable oil is added. The mixed dough is poured in parts into the pan. Pancakes are fried on both sides for 1-2 minutes.

How to cook oatmeal pancakes?

Such pancakes will surely appeal to all people who adhere to a diet. When preparing pancakes, oatmeal is used, obtained by grinding oatmeal in a coffee grinder (½ cup). In addition, warm kefir (250 ml) is needed for the test. It is poured into a bowl and mixed with oatmeal and semolina (½ cup). The resulting mixture is left on the table for 2 hours, so that it swells well.

Then sugar (1 tablespoon), vegetable oil (2 tablespoons), 2 eggs, salt and soda (¼ teaspoon each) are added to the kefir-oatmeal mass. Spoon kneads not too thick dough. Oat pancakes are fried in a dry frying pan until cooked. In appearance, they practically do not differ from traditional American pancakes.

Lean pancakes on the water

If you did not have time to buy kefir or milk for pancakes, do not despair. Delicious pancakes can easily be prepared on the water. First of all, for the test, beat with a fork the yolks of two eggs with water (250 ml). Sift the flour (250 g), vanillin and baking powder (1 tablespoon) gradually. Stir the dough well. Beat the whites of two eggs separately with salt and sugar (75 g). Once they turn into a lush and dense foam, they can be added to the dough. Pancakes should be baked in a dry pan in the traditional way.