You love cooking but had never made an effort to cook with your mother around .You want to surprise your partner with good breakfast dish this Sunday. In this case you have to learn more about preparing American pancakes.
What is an American pancake?
An American pancake is a thin layer of cake made from a batter and cooked on low heat in a pan from where it derives its name. American flapcakes can be served with various toppings made from sweet savories like bacon to simple fresh fruits and creams and syrups made from maple sap.
What is the difference between American flapcakes and other pancakes?
Pancakes are usually made from three main ingredients which are flour, eggs and milk. The batter is usually watery and the flapcake are like French crepes. The pancakes might also have dark spots in them which are air bubbles and are very tasty to eat.
American pancakes are also made from eggs, flour and milk. But they use baking powder to make the texture of the pancakes fluffy and soft. The batter used to make the American pancakes is thicker. Americans always eat pancakes for breakfast.
What is the recipe to make delicious American pancakes?
Here is a simple method to prepare delicious American pancakes for breakfast. For the syrup you can use maple syrup that is available in the supermarkets. The basic cooking elements needed to prepare American pancakes are:
135 grams of plain flour
130 ml. milk
1 egg beaten to a fluffy mixture
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 pinch of salt
30 grams butter
Here is the actual process of preparing American pancakes.
In a large mixing bowl add the sifted flour with the sugar and salt.
In another bowl add the milk and the egg and mix them to a fluffy consistency.
Introduce the liquid mixture into the flour mixture and beat till there are no lumps in the pancake mixture. The best method is to gently fold in and then beat it up in one direction.
On a warm saucepan heat a small portion of the butter and let it warm on a low heat. The butter should not burn. Add a small quantity of the thick American pancakes batter and spread it in a round circle.
Do not make the pancakes thick. They should be around 1 cm in diameter. Slowly cook one side of the pancake till it's brown and flip the other side. You should not quicken the cooking process and the American flapcake should be lightly browned. If you do quicken it they would become dark brown and bitter.
You can repeat the process until you have used the batter. Before serving you can warm it in an oven.
Serve these warm American flapcake with warm butter coated lavishly over it and add some maple syrup.
You can also add fresh fruits like strawberries and blueberries with cream as side toppings.
Using this American flapcake recipe will surprise your partner. But remember that now that you have started your cooking adventure, cooking regularly would bring you more joy and satisfaction.
American pancakes (Amerikanske pandekager is the term in Danish) is one of the best ways to start your cooking journey.More recipes you can find on this website .