PANCAKES AND BERRIES

By That Bloody Botak

PANCAKES AND BERRIES



 


I love pancakes! But most of the commercial ones are either too sweet or tasteless without the syrup. What I have here is one that is not too sweet and a little savoury. The pancakes are still soft and fluffy, without the taste of baking soda,




Pancakes are generally full of sugar and fat, but in trying to make a slightly healthier alternative, I used organic brown sugar, free range chicken eggs, less than half the usual amount of baking powder and fresh whole milk. The butter used was freshly made by a friend and the berries, although frozen, adds vitamins into what would usually be just carbohydrates and sugar. By no means this pancake has suddenly become a healthy food, buy the aim is to make it not so unhealthy, These are what u need and how it's done........


Ingredients

1 cup flour

1 cup warm milk

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 egg

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons melted butter

More butter for the pan

1 part cinnamon powder

1 part icing sugar

Some blueberries

Some strawberries, cut into 6 pieces


Method


Mix the wet ingredients together

Mix all the dry ingredients together

Mix the cinnamon powder and icing sugar

Get a pan on low heat ready

Mix the wet and dry ingredients to get the batter

Put some butter in the pan and pour some of the pancake mix into it

Now is the time to put in the berries. The reason I'm doing this at this point is that I don't want the co;our of the berries to change the colour of the batter if I put it in the batter earlier



When bubbles start to form on top of the pancake, it's time to flip it



When the pancake looks like this, it's ready to be plated



Put a thin slice of butter on the pancake and sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on it before stacking another one on top. Repeat until the batter is finished. This batter is good for 6 pancakes





Come on man! Just look at those pancakes! Nice, fluffy, soft, this is really some excellent stuff! It looks a little darker than usual because of the brown sugar, but still, it's a damm good and slightly healthier pancake!  A good breakfast for two! Enjoy, and stay safe! 



These recipes are good for those who want to cook for one or two without going all out but still wanting to enjoy good food. Simple to prepare and tasty food every time!

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