These pancakes, otherwise known as pancakes, are the unspoken symbol of the United States. They appear in almost all American films and TV shows. Appearance they are different from what we are used to, and it is difficult to call them pancakes.
In this article, we will look at basic recipe and indicate the possible flavor combinations, so you can easily make american pancakes. A recipe with a photo will help you with this.
Basics
Despite the name, this dish is different from the usual pancakes, thin and almost transparent. Of course, there is also such a dish across the ocean, but it has a different name - in the French manner they are called crepes. Pancakes, on the other hand, are fluffy, soft pancakes with a rounded shape. They are cooked by shifting with pieces of butter, and pour syrup (usually maple) on top. From the name itself, in principle, it is clear what they are, since in translation from English they mean “cakes from a frying pan”.
It is not known for certain how they appeared on the daily menu of the inhabitants of a vast country, but there is an assumption that Scottish migrants brought the recipe with them.
Today, any American fast food establishments, coffee shops and cafes offer their customers a wide variety of additives, both sweet and not. It can be berries, fruits, chocolate, cereals, bacon, cheese, mushrooms, and so on.
They are either added to American pancakes, the recipe of which we will consider below, during the cooking process, or placed next to them when serving.
In order to cook classic version dishes, you do not need special skills - it is enough to have available necessary products and follow the instructions.
Basic Recipe
Naturally, there is no single cooking rule for everyone, since the source is also unknown. By and large, each institution is guided by its own list of ingredients, based on the final characteristics of the dish - pancakes should be perfectly round, plump, fluffy and soft. And it doesn’t matter there - you chose American pancakes, a recipe “in milk” or “in kefir”, you use soda or baking powder as a baking powder.
So, you will need the following products:
- egg whites - 2 pcs.;
- flour - 100 grams;
- sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- milk - 200 ml;
- baking powder - 1 teaspoon;
- vanillin - a pinch;
- salt - a pinch;
- vegetable oil- 2 tbsp. spoons.
Mix all dry foods in one bowl, all liquids in another, except for proteins. Beat them until a strong foam. Stir the wet portion into the dry portion until smooth, then carefully fold in the beaten egg whites, mixing thoroughly. Try to keep the dough airy.
Bake in a hot non-stick pan on both sides until golden brown. Stack the finished pancakes on a plate, shifting them with small pieces of butter. Serve with jam or maple syrup.
If you run out of milk, then you can make American kefir pancakes. The recipe will remain the same.
Options
Due to the fact that pancakes are democratic and do not require strictly defined products, they can be customized as you need, depending on the diet or the theme you want to stick to.
For example, on the eve of Halloween, which will come very soon, you can please your family with a pumpkin dish.
pumpkin pancakes
For this beautiful autumn dish you will need:
- ready-made pumpkin puree - 100 grams;
- flour - 200 grams;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- fatter natural yogurt - 100 ml;
- soda - 1 teaspoon;
- salt - 1/4 teaspoon;
- ground cloves - a pinch;
- ground nutmeg- 2 pinches;
- ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon without a slide;
- sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons.
You can buy pumpkin puree either (for example, in the department baby food), and cook it yourself - to do this, grind a piece of pumpkin in a blender until smooth. Add everything to puree liquid products, mix until smooth. Sift all dry ingredients, including spices, into a separate bowl.
Quickly stir the contents of both bowls. Bake in a hot, heavy bottomed pan until golden brown. Serve warm with your favorite topping. As a result, you will get fragrant American pancakes (pancakes), the recipe of which will help, thanks to the abundance of spices, to bring additional comfort to the house.
Flavor combinations in brief
Based on two detailed recipes, which were mentioned above, you can make a lot of flavor combinations, which will provide you wonderful breakfasts no repeats:
1. Blueberry and lemon (lime). Use the first recipe by adding a handful of washed and dried fresh blueberries, 1 teaspoon of grated zest and 1 tablespoon of citrus juice to the batter. Stir carefully so as not to crush the berries. Bake as usual.
2. Banana and coconut. You can make tropical American pancakes (pancakes) for your family, using the second recipe. To do this, it is enough to remove the spices, replace pumpkin puree banana and yogurt - coconut milk.
3. Unsweetened version, pancakes based on Margherita pizza. Use the second recipe, replacing pumpkin puree with thick tomato sauce and removing spices with sugar. Add mozzarella cut into small pieces and chopped basil leaves to the dough.
American pancakes, recipe for vegans and fasting
Due to diet or ethical reasons, not everyone can consume animal products, but this is not a reason to deny yourself small pleasures, especially since they can be useful.
So, the recipe for thick American vegan pancakes with nut flour and pears. We will need:
- whole grain flour - 140 grams;
- almond milk (you can soy) - 120 ml;
- pear puree - 120 ml;
- almond extract - 2 drops;
- ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon;
- soda - 1 teaspoon;
- cornstarch - 1 teaspoon;
- nut flour (hazelnuts or almonds) - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- lemon juice to taste.
By and large, you can get a wide variety of American pancakes. This recipe is universal - just change the base fruit puree and spices.
Mix in one bowl all dry foods, with the exception of soda, and in another - all liquid. Combine the contents of the bowls, quickly stir until smooth. Add soda, slaked lemon juice. Let the dough "ripen" for a third of an hour.
Bake in a heavy bottomed pan with a little oil. Serve with honey, nuts and fruit.
And the American ones are very tasty, tender, lush and fragrant.
But their most important advantage is the ease of preparation.
And the dough is quickly prepared, and they are also baked very quickly. And I'm sure you'll love the result!
One serving of dough will make about 6-7 pieces, depending on what size you make pancakes.
Melt the butter, pour into a bowl and let cool slightly.
Crack the egg into the butter and beat a little with a fork.
Then add sugar and vanilla sugar, salt. Beat the mass with a whisk.
Then add milk and baking powder, beat a little more with a whisk.
Now beat the dough so that there are no lumps.
The density of the dough will be similar to the dough for pancakes, only a little thicker.
We heat the pan and pour the dough with a ladle, if it spreads poorly and for a long time, you can help a little with the same ladle or just shake the pan slightly.
Fry on one side until many, many holes appear on the surface.
Now you can flip the pancake and fry the other side.
I fried them in an ordinary pancake pan, did not grease it with anything, and the pancakes turned over very easily and did not stick.
You can also fry in a ceramic pan.
If your pan does not have a non-stick coating, then it is better to pre-grease it with oil, otherwise the pancakes will stick.
That's the whole recipe.
Pancakes are delicious when hot. And it is best to serve them with sour cream, honey, some syrup, fruit puree or even cream, for example,.
Very tasty! Be sure to cook! Enjoy your meal!
Admit it, a world without fluffy pancakes would be pretty bleak. You love pancakes, don't you? Do you cook them? Of course! I am no exception in this regard. I love to watch how droplets fragrant honey flowing from the edges of my pancake turret like some kind of solar waterfall. I propose simple recipe American pancake pancakes with photos that will be appreciated not only by adults, but also by children.
A completely reliable recipe that has been tested time and time again, so pancakes are always obtained. You can adapt the recipe depending on your mood and your taste. For example, you could add chocolate drops to your batter or blueberries. For both options, I always prefer to add them when the pancakes are pan-fried to make them prettier. For even more advanced toppings and chocolate lovers, make yourself a homemade Nutella. Or just enjoy them with a slice butter top and a generous helping of honey or jam.
These pancakes have many advantages. American pancakes are extremely quick and easy to prepare, with a small amount of available ingredients. They have an amazing fluffy and light texture; during the baking process, pancakes do not absorb fat and therefore are less caloric than regular pancakes. Unlike pancakes we are used to, pancakes are always thick and not very large in circumference. You can’t wrap anything in them and traditionally they are poured with honey, condensed milk, jam and other liquid sweets.
You can bake pancakes on kefir, milk and whey. This recipe uses kefir, it will make pancakes more fluffy.
Taste Info Pancakes
Ingredients
- Kefir - 300 g;
- Chicken egg - 1 pc.;
- Soda - 1 tsp;
- Salt - 1 tsp;
- Sugar - 2 tablespoons;
- Sunflower oil - 25 g;
- Wheat flour - 250 g;
- Vanilla sugar - 1 tsp
How to make thick American pancake pancakes
Add soda to kefir of any fat content. Send to a small fire. While stirring, warm up the kefir mass quite a bit.
During heating, soda reacts well with the sour-milk product and many holes form on the surface.
smash egg. Stir with a whisk.
Sprinkle salt, vanilla sugar and granulated sugar. Stir to dissolve all crystals.
Pour the sifted wheat flour. Take either a hand whisk or a hand mixer and beat until smooth.
Pour in vegetable oil. Stir again. The dough is of medium thickness.
Heat up the pan on the fire. Oil lubrication is not required. Put two tablespoons of dough in the center and spread along the bottom, give a round and even shape. Fry over low heat until browned on both sides.
American kefir pancakes are ready. Quickly call all the household for a tasty and hearty breakfast. Happy tea!
Note to housewives
- Use all pancake ingredients at room temperature.
- Baking should turn out magnificent, for this, sift the flour before cooking.
- It is better not to pour oil into the pan at all. However, if you are not sure about its non-stick coating, you can lightly grease the bottom with a cooking brush with a drop of oil.
- Don't let the dough stand too long, start baking pancakes immediately after kneading the dough.
- Heat the pan well over medium heat before frying the pancakes.
- Take better soda, not baking powder, and do not extinguish it.
- Not everyone will have perfect frying pan for pancakes, with a diameter of 14 cm, so you should achieve the consistency of the desired density to form beautiful round pancakes.
Pancakes (Pancakes) translated from English pun - frying pan, cake - cake. Pancakes are small American pancakes, but in shape and size they are more reminiscent of our pancakes. Usually, pancakes served for breakfast with various sweet sauces, chocolate, berries, maple syrup. Previously, these pancakes were a very popular breakfast only in the US and Canada, now pancakes enjoy breakfast all over the world, including in our country. Such popularity pancakes I am satisfied with the obvious, they are very tasty, and they are prepared simply and quickly.
There are many different recipes preparing these pancakes I offer you a simple milk pancake recipe. As always, detailed description and step by step recipe with photos will help you cook the most delicious, soft and airy pancakes.
Ingredients
- milk 210 g (ml)
- egg 1 PC.
- flour 200 g
- baking powder 5 g (1 teaspoon)
- vegetable oil 25 g (2 tablespoons)
- sugar 30 g (2 tablespoons)
- salt 1/2 teaspoon
From the indicated amount of ingredients, I get 12-15 pancakes, 7-8 cm in diameter.
Cooking
Here are all the ingredients we'll need. With the indicated amount of sugar, pancakes are not very sweet, suitable for those who eat them with sweet additives, and for those who prefer unsweetened ones (for example, with sour cream or cheese). But still, if you like it sweeter, add more sugar. You can also experiment with flavors and add, for example, vanilla sugar or cinnamon. 
In the container in which we will make the dough for pancakes, beat the egg, add sugar and salt. If you want to add vanilla sugar, add it now. 
Stir with a mixer or just a whisk until smooth and complete dissolution of sugar and salt. 
Add milk, mix. 
Pour in vegetable oil and mix well again. 
Sift flour and baking powder into a separate bowl. If you want to add cinnamon or other dry spices to the dough, sprinkle them now, it is better to sift them too. We mix everything very carefully, I recommend doing this with a whisk, so the result will be better. It is important that the baking powder is evenly mixed with flour, otherwise it may turn out that in some part of the dough it does not exist at all, and then it will not rise, but somewhere on the contrary there will be a lot of baking powder and you can feel the taste of soda. So do not be lazy to mix everything well. 
Add the sifted flour with baking powder to the bowl with the dough. We mix until smooth, but we try to work faster, if you knead the dough for a long time, gluten will begin to develop in the flour and the pancakes may turn out not soft, but “rubber”. Everything, the dough is ready, it turns out not very thick and flows quite well. Pancakes should be fried immediately, and not left for later (to be completely accurate, pancakes are usually not fried, but baked). 
We will bake in a dry frying pan without oil, it is thanks to this that the pancakes are so evenly ruddy and smooth. Also, to obtain such a uniform color, it is important to use a pan with a smooth bottom, without reliefs. A pan with a smooth non-stick coating works well. The diameter of the pan can be any, but it depends on how many pancakes you can fry at a time, so I prefer to take the largest one.
Place the pan on medium heat and heat well. Pour the dough on hot pan. Pour the dough into the middle of the pancake, it will spread itself. If necessary, trim a little to make the circles as even as possible. I make them with a diameter of about 7-8 cm, but this size is not mandatory, do as you like. Pancakes cook quite quickly, so I recommend pouring batter for one pancake at a time, better take a large spoon or ladle, scoop more dough, pour at once as much as you need for one pancake, return the excess back to the container with the dough. If you pour in small portions several times, the pancake may bake unevenly and turn out to be unevenly ruddy. 
When bubbles begin to appear on the surface of the poured dough, it's time to turn our pancake over. If you have chosen the correct temperature regime, then by the time bubbles appear, the pancake should no longer be completely liquid on top (otherwise, when turning over, the dough will spread a little, the pancakes will turn out crooked), and brown evenly on the bottom. If the bottom of the pancake is already starting to burn, and the top is still quite liquid, lower the heat on the stove. Well, and accordingly, on the contrary, if it is already completely baked, and the bottom is completely light, the heating should be increased. 
Fry pancakes on the reverse side until the same ruddy color as on the first side. 
To check if your pancakes are well cooked, break one open and see if there is any left inside. raw dough. On the break, you should see that the pancake is baked and rises evenly. 
Pancakes ready, don't wait for them to cool down, eat them right away. It is good to add berries, nuts to them, pour them with various syrups and sweet sauces, melted chocolate, condensed milk or honey. I really like them with cranberry sauce according to this recipe:. Enjoy your meal! 
Good afternoon, my dear readers!
We are getting ready for Maslenitsa. This year 2018 we have it early. Maslenitsa week will last from 12 to 18 February. At this time, undoubtedly, there will be various festivities, and solemn celebrations throughout Russia, as in ancient times in Rus'.
This week, many pancakes are baked in open braziers in city centers. Various kinds of competitions among young people are arranged, performances are held. So be sure to go for a walk with the children.
AND delicious pancakes You can eat outside and bake at home. Yes, not easy, but necessary.
Shrovetide is an ancient holiday of the Slavs. On this holiday, our ancestors widely celebrated the arrival of spring and warmth. To do this, they baked a lot of pancakes and pancakes, which symbolized the Sun itself - so bright and warm.
Today I want to invite you to cook unusual pancakes- pancakes. They are plump and lush like our pancakes. This is the most popular dish for breakfast in the USA. We have already prepared something similar with you - delicious. I recommend that you also watch and cook this yummy.
And although pancakes are overseas, they are no less tasty. On one of the days of the Maslenitsa week, they can be baked for sure.
And if you decide to cook them (which I have no doubt) - write your feedback below: did you like it or not, what else would you recommend for the recipe?
American pancake pancakes with milk: step by step cooking
We will need:
- Milk - 300 ml;
- Vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- Egg - 1 pc.;
- Sugar - 4 tablespoons;
- Baking powder - 1 teaspoon;
- Salt - 1/4 teaspoon;
- Flour - 200 gr.;
- Soda - 1 teaspoon.
Cooking:
Take a bowl and mix flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt.
After that, you need to beat the egg. Whisk it for about 3 minutes, until smooth.
Pour the whole mass with milk and mix our dough thoroughly.
We heat the pan, pre-lubricating the surface with oil. Take a ladle and pour it into the pan.
Unlike Russian pancakes, pancake batter does not need to be spread all over the pan.
Wait until bubbles appear. It's about 2-3 minutes.
After that, turn the flour product over.
IMPORTANT: after you turn it over to the other side, it will cook faster. Therefore, check with a fork or spatula whether the other side is browned. Just be careful not to burn your fingers.
Put the finished pancakes in a pile on a plate and pour over the top. liquid chocolate, honey, jam or syrup. Also good is condensed milk or maple syrup.
An interesting fact: the Americans themselves call the filling or what they pour on top of their pancakes, called topping. Especially, they prefer maple syrup and chocolate.
Bon appetit and wide Maslenitsa!
