YUM YUM PANCAKE...

Mmmmmm... look at that.. pancakes...
Well, frankly speaking, the only reason I make this post is because I had made some delightful pancakes for breakfast yesterday. It was the second time I did it but I just feel that yesterday's pancake was the best.

How making pancakes suddenly popped to my mind actually came suddenly. I really was eager to know what western pancakes tastes like, so I searched in the internet for the recipe and as you all know in this modern 21st century, for sure, internet is a reliable source. So I just follow the steps. Here is the recipe and steps that I followed in making those successful pancakes :The Best Pancake Recipe

Ingredients

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 ¼ to 1 ½ cups milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons melted butter or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla

First, gather all your ingredients together. Get the best quality ingredients you can, and make sure they are fresh. For example, if you have baking powder that’s been sitting in your cupboard for 5 years, you should get some new baking powder. It will lose its effectiveness over time. Whenever I’m making pancakes from scratch, I always make sure I have the ingredients on hand before starting to avoid extra trips to the grocery store.

Get a large bowl for the dry ingredients. Use a sifter or a fine sieve to sift the flour together with the baking powder, salt, and sugar. Do not skip the sifting step or else you’ll end up with very lumpy batter and dense pancakes. You can even sift the flour twice for extra fluffy pancakes. Stir the dry ingredients together lightly with a whisk to combine.

If you’re using melted butter, melt it completely and set it aside to cool slightly. Don’t let it harden again. I find that leaving the melted butter to sit for about 5 minutes is good. This is usually how long it takes for me to prepare the rest of the wet ingredients. Mix it together quickly with the egg, vanilla, and 1 ¼ cups milk with a whisk.

The next step will require limited, gentle stirring. If you mix together the wet and dry ingredients too much, the pancakes will become tough. Excessive stirring can overdevelop the gluten from the flour which creates the tough, chewy texture that is all wrong for good pancakes. They should be light and fluffy.

Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, stirring gently with a wooden spoon. Sifting the flour will make sure there aren’t too many lumps, but there will be some. Stir the batter just until most of the lumps are gone. If you think the batter is too thick, add the extra milk. Some people like thin pancakes and others like them thick. I like to keep out the extra quarter cup of milk, but this is mostly a personal preference. Next, put the batter in the refrigerator for at least 15 to 30 minutes. This will help to relax some of the gluten and form lots of bubbles for fluffy pancakes. Some people even like to make the batter the night before.

Well, there you go, the best pancake recipe ever. Have a try ! If you succeeded in making great pancakes, let me know :D