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Easy pancakes

Five pantry ingredients, one bowl and fifteen minutes: the weekend stack that also works on a school morning.

Per serving
$0.64
Whole recipe
$1.92
Total time
15 min
Serves
3

Estimated at average US grocery prices for the amounts used. Your store will vary.

Easy pancakes
photo by Shisma, CC BY 4.0

Ingredients

  • 360 g (12.7 oz)Wheat flour
  • 18 gBaking powder
  • 750 g (26.5 oz)Milk
  • 3 eggsEggs
  • 36 g (1.3 oz)Sugar

Plus water, salt and pepper from your pantry.

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, a pinch of salt and the sugar, if using, until well blended.
  2. Add the milk and mix well until smooth.
  3. Separate the egg, putting the white in a medium bowl and the yolk in the batter. Mix well.
  4. Whip the white until stiff and gently fold it into the batter. Skip this step for denser pancakes or if you used buttermilk.
  5. Pour the batter one ladleful at a time into a hot non-stick pan.
  6. Cook until the edges are dry and bubbles appear on the surface. Flip and cook until golden.