Plain Pancakes Recipe

Plain Pancakes

Plain Pancakes Ingredients

* ¼ lb. each of white flour and fine Allinson wheatmeal, 

* 4 eggs, 

* 1 pint of milk, 

* a pinch of salt, 

* some butter, 

* oil or vege-butter for frying

How to Make Plain Pancakes

1. Make a batter of the above ingredients. 

2. Put a piece of butter the size of a walnut in the frying-pan, and when boiling pour in enough batter to make a thin pancake. 

3. Fry a golden brown, turn it over, and when browned on the other side fold the pancake over from each side and slip it upon a hot dish, and keep hot in the oven while the other pancakes are being fried. 

4. The above quantity will make 6 or 7 pancakes.

SWEETCORN PANCAKES RECIPE

SWEETCORN PANCAKES

Ingredients for Sweet Corn Pancakes

* 100g/4oz self-raising flour

* 1 egg white

* 150ml/5fl oz skimmed milk

* 200g/7oz canned sweetcorn kernels, drained

* vegetable oil for brushing

* salt to taste

* freshly ground black pepper

How to Cook Sweet Corn Pancakes

1. Put the flour, egg white and milk in a blender or food processor with half the sweetcorn, and purée until a smooth paste forms.

2. Season well with salt and pepper, and add the remaining sweetcorn.

3. Heat a heavy frying pan over a medium heat, and brush with oil.

4. Drop in tablespoons of the batter, and cook until set and the bottom is golden.

5. Turn over and cook on the other side. Serve hot.

DROP SCONES AKA SCOTCH PANCAKES RECIPE

DROP SCONES AKA SCOTCH PANCAKES

Ingredients for Drop Scones aka Scotch Pancakes

* 8 oz plain flour

* level teaspoon of cream of tartar

* level teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

* 5 teaspoons of caster sugar

* standard egg

* a quarter pint of milk

* salt

How to Cook Drop Scones aka Scotch Pancakes

1. Heat a girdle or heavy based frying pan and lightly grease.

2. Sift flour, salt, cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda together and mix in the caster sugar.

3. Create a well in the centre and add the egg and some of the milk.

4. Slowly mix the flour into the egg and milk, adding more milk as you go, until you have a mixture which has the consistency of thick batter.

5. Drop a small amount of batter onto the greased girdle or pan - bubbles should rise to the top in a few seconds, if it is the right temperature.

6. Drop in enough mixture to make individual small scones.

7. When the underside is brown (and bubbles are bursting on the top) turn over and cook the other side.

8. You may need to regrease the pan after each batch.

9. Serve warm with butter and honey or jam/jelly, or try buttering them and sprinkling with light brown sugar!

OATMEAL PANCAKES RECIPE

OATMEAL PANCAKES

Ingredients for Oatmeal Pancakes

* ½ lb. of fine oatmeal
* 4 eggs

* 1 pint of milk

How to Cook Oatmeal Pancakes

1. Make a batter of the ingredients, and fry the pancakes in butter, oil, or vege-butter in the usual way.

2. These are very good, and eat very short.

3. Serve with lemon and castor sugar or honey.