Quick and Easy Pancake Recipe

Today is a cold, wet and miserable Winter's day.  The kids are on school holiday and I am sick with flu.  There really is nothing for it but to stay in our pj's and snuggle on the couch watching movies. Come lunchtime, I decided to make pancakes as it's something fun we could do together and which required minimal supervision from me. (as I'm feeling like some kind of snotty-nosed zombie)

The kids really loved making the mixture and then trying their hand at getting the pancake to spread out in the pan.  The trick is to start moving the frying pan in one hand before the mixture has had time to solidify.  You may get some really interesting shaped pancakes while they get the hang of it, but a misshapen pancake is still a pancake - and tastes just as good.

This recipe is from my Gran's old recipe book and makes a lovely light and fluffy pancake - provided you mix the batter well and don't pour too much batter into the pan.  You can double the recipe to make more, which I always do, as my kids REALLY like them and come back for more.

Quick and Easy Pancake Recipe - makes approx. 6 pancakes
1 cup flour
2 eggs
1½ cups milk
pinch of salt

Sift the flour into a bowl.  Add eggs, milk and salt.  Mix well (I use a whisk) to get all the lumps out.
Heat a teaspoon of oil in a frying pan.
Pour between a quarter to a half of a cup of the mix into the frying pan and with your other hand holding the pan handle, move the pan until the mixture has fully coated the pan. (this will take some trial and error - the amount of batter you pour will largely depend on the size of your frying pan)

Move the frying pan around until the batter spreads evenly. 

Wait a few minutes for the bottom to go brown, then lift the pancake with a spatula and flip it over.

Once this side is golden brown, your pancake is done!

You can fill your pancake with fruit, syrup, ice cream - anything really - and then roll it up.  We went for the traditional sugar and cinnamon:

One third of a cup of white sugar

One tablespoon of cinnamon.
Mix well.

                 

                                         

The brown mark on my finger in the last picture is from the cinnamon.  Just saying......