Pancakes

Pancakes are an easy, wholesome, healthy breakfast to make for kid and adult alike. I usually make a double batch of these on Saturday morning, and it leaves enough leftovers for a few days of breakfasts for the boys. Like most of my recipes, this one is basically a rough guide and lets you experiment until your heart is content. Instead of milk you can use buttermilk, yogurt, kefir, or any similar milk product. For flour I generally use 2/3 whole wheat, and the other 1/3 either plain white flour, barley flour, or oat flour. But you can use all white if you like. Use any type of oil, butter or margarine that you like.

Ingredients for single batch

1.5 cups flour
1 and 1/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar or honey
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 egg

Pre-heat your frying pan. On my stove I find 3.5 to 4 to be the right setting.

Mix all of the dry ingredients into a bowl.

Beat the egg, then beat in the oil, then sugar. Now mix in the milk, and finally fold in the dry ingredients.

Put a bit of butter in your pan, and scoop out about 1/3 cup of mixture per pancake. In a large frying pan, 3 pancakes can be made at a time. I find on my stove it takes about 5 minutes of cooking per side. Properly made pancakes should only be flipped once.