Thin Pancakes with Milk and Butter

⏳ Time

1 hour

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

This pancake recipe is the result of my long attempts to learn how to make pancakes that always turn out well and won't embarrass me in front of guests. I'm not a super chef who can add butter or flour by eye, so I have measured everything precisely in grams. I haven't changed the final recipe for five years, and I hope it helps those who, like me, love pancakes and want to learn how to make them. Instead of butter, you can use margarine, but only creamy (like 'Hostess' or 'Buttercup'). The difference is minimal and mainly shows in the absence of the buttery aroma on the freshly cooked pancake, while the taste difference is hardly noticeable. I often use 'Hostess' margarine. If you want something sweet, sprinkle each pancake with a teaspoon of sugar immediately after cooking, and fold it in half three times. By the time all the pancakes are ready, the sugar will dissolve due to the moisture and heat, infusing the pancake with a subtle flavor of creamy sugar syrup.

Ingredients

Farm fresh eggs - 5 pieces
Milk - 1 qt
Wheat Flour - 12.3 oz
Butter - 4.4 oz
Sugar - 1 tablespoon
Salt - 1 teaspoon

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Make the batter. In a bowl, add the eggs, sugar, and salt. Mix everything together.

Step 2

Melt the butter on the stove or in the microwave, then add it to the mixture while stirring continuously.

Step 3

Add half of the milk (you can add all at once, but then after adding the flour, the mixture will immediately become liquid, and a lot of lumps will form that will be difficult to remove).

Step 4

Add the flour to get a thick batter. Use a whisk until the lumps dissolve; this will take no more than half a minute with a thick batter.

Step 5

Add the remaining milk and stir the batter until smooth.

Step 6

You can start cooking the pancakes right away; the batter does not need time to reach the desired consistency. There is no need to grease the pan; the butter in the batter is enough to prevent the pancakes from sticking.