How To Make Pancake Day

Ingredients:

• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄4-1 1⁄2 cups milk (I prefer buttermilk)
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder

Directions:

1. In a bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients.
2. Make a well in the centre and pour in the milk.
3. Start with 1 1/4 cups milk, adding up to another 1/4 cup if necessary, as you mix it with the flour.
4. Add the two eggs, vanilla and melted butter, whisking until mixed but still a bit lumpy.
5. Heat a frying pan preferably a crepe pan (if it is NOT non-stick, you will need to melt a bit of butter or oil in it) and when hot, pour in some pancake mix.
6. How much depends on how experienced you are at flipping pancakes and how big you want them. I do about 1/4 cup a time for small, easy-to-flip pancakes but you could make this as much as 1/2 cup of pancake mix.
7. When the pancake starts to bubble on top and is golden brown on the cooked side, turn it and continue cooking until both sides are golden brown.
8. The first pancake is always a test to temper the pan and is to adjust the batter, so adjust the batter by adding more flour if you need to make it thicker or more milk if you want a thinner pancake. In either case, just add a few spoonfuls at a time until you get it right.
9. Repeat the cooking process with the remaining batter. You may need to adjust the heat as pan tends to get hotter as you keep making pancakes.
10. Keep the cooked pancakes covered with a tea towel, or a plastic microwave cover to keep them warm while you finish cooking the rest.
11. Put whatever filling, sweet or savory in between the pancakes.
12. PS my two daughters preferred filling, bananas and Nutella  I like butter and Maple syrup

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