Fluffy Pancakes

Worldwide, pancakes are at the top of peoples’ favorite breakfast dishes. It is important to start the day well, so it is equally important to make the most delicious breakfast pancakes you can, with ease and less time.
The reason why pancakes are so popular is because they are inherently easy to make, taste delicious, and full of nutritional. Pancakes can also be topped with a wide variety of syrups and toppings, and even be packed for later, either reheated or placed in your kids’ lunchboxes.

Health Benefits

Due to presence of eggs and milk, pancakes are a good source of minerals, vitamins, fats, carbs, and proteins. For example, a single serving of pancakes provides about 20% of the daily value of calcium. You can hardly find a better type of breakfast, that also has the benefit of being easy and quick to make.

Ingredients

all purpose flour or maida: 1 1/2 cups

Sugar: 2 tbsp

baking powder: 1 tbsp

salt: 3/4 tsp

milk: 1 1/4 cups

egg: 1

Vanilla extract: 1 tsp

Melted butter: 4 tbsp

raspberry: optional

sugar syrup: optional

How To Make Fluffy Pancakes

1. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
2. Warm the milk to a temperature your finger can withstand.
3. In another bow, break in eggs, add milk, melted butter and vanilla extract, and whisk
   well.
4. Make a hole at the center of the flour mixture and pour the milk-butter- eggs mixture in.
5. Use a fork to mix the dry and wet ingredients till you have no lumps. It is important to mix well, but make sure to avoid overmixing the batter.
6. Place a pan over medium heat, brush the pan with melted butter, scoop a ladle of batter into the pan and gently spread.
7. Turn over to the other side when the edges are dry and bubbles pop on the pancake.
   Each side should be left for about 1-2 minutes before flipping.
8. Serve hot with syrup and sliced raspberries. You can also pack some pancakes in a Vaya Tyffyn lunchbox to have later.

Trivia

Raspberries are edible fruits from plants in the genus Rubus – rose family. They grow all year long and are packed with a spectrum of vitamins and minerals, including vitamin C, which is critical for the immune system.