American Pancake Recipe

Having started to tap birch sap, this got us thinking about maple syrup. We may well plan some sugar maple trees (although it would be 10 years or something until we could tap them). Thinking about maple syrup gave Doug a craving for pancakes and maple syrup. We have Scotch pancakes (or drop scones), which have more egg and a slightly runnier batter, more often than these ones, but for some reason I felt inspired to make these instead.

135g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg
130ml milk
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbl sp caster sugar
2 tbl sp melted butter

Put the dry ingredients in a bowl.
Add the egg and milk and stir until mixed
Add the melted butter and stir some more

Heat a frying pan until a drop of water will sizzle and bounce across it before disappearing.
Ladle dollops of the mixture on to the pan (the above enough for 4 large pancakes or more smaller ones)
You can put some fruit on the top at this point if you wish. Eg blueberries or chopped up apple (as chown in the photo)
When the pancake is nicely brown on the bottom (should take a minute or thereabouts) turn over and let the other side cook.
You can keep them warm in the oven while you cook the rest

Serve with bacon and maple syrup (or sausages or fried egg is good too)