Recipe: Fluffy American Pancakes!

 Ingredients:
2 Cups(475mL) Plain Flour
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
1/3 Cup(80mL) Sugar
2 Eggs
80g Melted Unsalted Butter
1 1/4 Cups(310mL) Milk

Toppings/Fillings of your choice! Scroll down for yummy options!

*Makes 8-9 medium sized pancakes*

What to do:
1. Add the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda & sugar to a mixing bowl. Mix well.
2. In the same bowl, add the eggs. Mix well. Add the butter. Mix well. Add milk. Mix!
3. Make sure frying pan(mine is non-stick, add butter/oil/grease to the pan if yours is not) is preheated on a low setting. To cook your  pancakes put the pan onto a medium setting. The faster the bottom of the pancake cooks (not burns!) the easier it will be to flip! Remember since you're flipping your pancakes do not make them large like in the films! Keep your pancakes about the size of the flat end of your spatula. Don't flip your pancake until the bottom has a bit of color on it, preferably light to a medium brown.
For an added crispiness on the pancake edges(just like my grandma makes!) add butter to the pan before adding your batter for EACH pancake.
See picture below: it looks "swirly" because its crispy, if you don't wish to add butter to the pan the pancake will be all one color.
4. Make sure the more pancakes you cook, the hotter the pan may get so you will have to lower the heat setting the more you cook them so they don't burn.
5. Have yummy pancakes yet?! EAT THEM!

Freshly flipped pancake with crispy edges! Mmm!

Topppings:
Maple Syrup (Diner style baby!)
Lemon Juice with Sprinkled Granulated Sugar (Just like crepes!)
Sifted Powder Sugar

Fillings:
Grated Apple- grate & mix into your batter!
Blueberries- make sure you FOLD them into the batter so they don't burst & turn your batter purple!
Chocolate Chips- England is a bit crap when it comes to chocolate chips, so the best (& most economical) is to break apart a chocolate bar. Your choice. Store brand or a Cadburys, its up to you! Add your batter to the pan first, let the bottom cook & then flip your pancakes. Since the bottom of your pancake is cooked, now you can add your chocolate chips. Place them delicately into your pancake. Adding your chocolate "chips" selectively this way will leave less chocolate mess on your pan.

Adding leftover Galaxy to my pancakes!

Can't eat all these yummy pancakes by yourself? Why not save them? Wrap the remainder pancakes in cling film & put them in the fridge. They last about 3 days & to reheat just pop them in the microwave for 45 seconds per pancake.

These are the perfect pin-up pancakes! Why not use them as a prop for your photo shoot? Everyone loves a short stack! Bon appetite!

Shimmy, Shakes & Cup Cakes,
Georgia Honey xx

Chocolate chip pancakes dusted with powder sugar!