Sunday, October 11, 2009

The Simple but Perfect Pancake

Yum, nothing like pancakes on a Sunday morning. I set out to bake the first recipe in the KAF book: the simple but perfect pancake (page 3 if you have the book or HERE at the KAF website.

Begin by mixing the wet ingredients together until it becomes frothy like so:


Nice and frothy...

Then add the butter and all the dry ingredients. An aside, make sure to mix the dry ingredients. I used to take shortcuts and not bother to do so, but if you don't mix it, you'll get an uneven distribution.



All together now and let it sit for a few minutes to thicken

I let the batter thicken while the frying pan heated up ( I don't have a griddle), but I was surprised when I went to make the first pancake...crepe-thin. I wanted pancakes, not crepes. I think the pan wasn't hot enough so it spread out much too far as the remainder of the pancakes turned out nice.



Once bubbles form and begin to pop, the pancake can be turned over

The batter made a lot of pancakes. Simple to whip up, but it lacked that fluffiness I desire in pancakes. I think the next recipe "Zephyr Pancakes" will satisfy that desire.



The completed batch

Until next Sunday,

-Erin

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