Not everyone has tried American pancakes, and even fewer know how to cook them. Do you want to be one of these cooks? Then find out the recipe, cook it and please your family!

What it is?

What kind of dish is this?The recipe for pancakes (as American pancakes are called), as many believe, came to us from America. And if you believe the experts, then this dish appeared and settled there thanks to immigrants from Scotland. Pancakes look like something between pancakes and crepes. They are as thick and fluffy as pancakes, but big like crepes. Surely you have seen at least once in American films how the whole family gathers at the table and gobbles up pancakes. Yes, this tradition has been preserved there to this day. All household members gather for breakfast, pour maple syrup over the pancakes and begin the meal. Is there any traditional recipe? It is already quite difficult to judge, since almost every dish on its way from its homeland to other countries of the world is transformed and acquires new ingredients and cooking features.

A set of ingredients

What products are included in the recipe for these pancakes?It depends on the preferences of the person who will cook this dish. The basis is always flour. Most housewives prefer premium or first grade wheat, but some use other types, for example, corn. Flour needs to be diluted with something. And here, the opinions of cooks may also differ. Most often, there are recipes for American pancakes with milk. But it can be easily replaced with kefir, sour cream, yogurt, fermented baked milk or even whey. This affects the taste, but it all depends on personal preference. In order for the pancakes to rise during baking, you need to add soda, which reacts with the other ingredients and makes the dough fluffier and lighter. Soda is usually quenched with boiling water or vinegar. But this ingredient can be replaced with baking powder, which is sold in stores. Sugar and salt will add flavor. Their amount may vary. You don't need a lot of salt. But you shouldn't overuse sugar either. Firstly, the pancakes will burn, and secondly, they are served with a sugary syrup. Sometimes eggs are included in the composition, but as practice and experience of housewives show, sometimes you can do without them. Another component is oil. You can choose vegetable (sunflower, corn or olive) or butter. Margarine will also work, but the taste will not be the same.

Several variants

There are many recipes for Americanpancakes. Each of them is good in its own way, but every housewife has her own signature and uses only it. We offer you several options. Choose the one that all household members (and you) will appreciate. Pancakes with milk and cinnamon To prepare such a dish you will need:

• 240-260 grams of wheat flour;
• 230 ml of medium-fat milk;
• 1 pinch of cinnamon;
• 4 chicken eggs;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• ½ teaspoon of soda;
• 50 grams of butter;
• salt to taste.

First, take care of the eggs.Separate the yolks from the whites, put the latter in the refrigerator for now. Grind the yolks with cinnamon and sugar until the dry ingredients are completely dissolved, then add the milk. Continue stirring and gradually begin pouring in the flour. Do this slowly and carefully so that lumps do not form. Quench the soda with boiling water or vinegar, add to the remaining ingredients. Soften the butter (do not melt it), put it into the dough. Now remember about the whites. Add salt to them and start whipping. It is better to do this with a mixer, since in the end strong and fairly stable peaks should form. Now add the resulting mass of egg whites to the dough and carefully, starting from the bottom, slowly mix everything. Put the frying pan on low heat. You can grease it a little with oil, but only once. Using a ladle or a large spoon, pour the dough into the pan. Remember that the pancakes will be thick, so do not skimp on the dough. When the pancake is fried on one side (check this), turn it over and fry the other side. Fry the rest of the pancakes in the same way. Pancakes on kefir Here is another recipe. To prepare you will need:

• 2 cups of yogurt;
• 2 cups of flour;
• 2-3 chicken eggs;
• 3-4 tablespoons of sugar;
• 1 teaspoon of soda;
• 30-40 grams of butter;
• ½ teaspoon of salt.

Break the eggs into a container in which you will be mixing.dough. Add sugar and salt, whisk everything (not too vigorously, just a little). Then add kefir, whisk everything again. Mix flour and soda (no need to extinguish it, since the acid of kefir will do this without other components), pour into a bowl with the rest of the ingredients. Melt the butter until liquid and add to the dough. Mix everything well. Heat the frying pan (it is not necessary to grease it) and using a large spoon or even a mug, pour out the dough for one pancake (it should be more than for a regular pancake). When one side is browned, you can turn it over. And when the other side is fried, put the pancake on a plate. Fry all the other pancakes in the same way. Fruit pancakes with sour cream Pancakes prepared according to this recipe turn out incredibly tender, fluffy, tasty and not at all dry due to the consistency of sour cream and the juiciness of the fruit. To prepare you will need the following ingredients:

• 100-150 grams of flour;
• 250 grams of sour cream (it is better to take an average fat content);
• 2 chicken eggs;
• 1 packet of vanillin;
• 1 tablespoon of sugar;
• 2 nectarines;
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil.

Mix sugar, sour cream and eggs.Beat it all with a mixer (at medium speed and not for long, otherwise the sour cream will become liquid, and nothing will work). Add vegetable oil there, mix all the ingredients. Sift the flour so that the dough is fluffy, mix with soda. Carefully and gradually pour all this into the bowl with liquid ingredients, constantly stirring with a spoon to avoid lumps. Now take care of the nectarines. Cut each of them in half, take out the pit and cut the fruit into small pieces, and then put them in a bowl with the dough. Leave everything for half an hour so that the pulp gives its juice and soaks the rest of the ingredients. Heat the frying pan, reduce the heat to low and start pouring the dough. Do not be stingy with it, remember that you are making pancakes, not thin lacy crepes. When one side acquires a dark golden color, turn the pancake over and fry the other side until fully cooked. Do the same with the remaining dough. In the end, you should get about 7-10 pieces. Banana pancakes This recipe involves using such an ingredient as bananas, which makes the pastry aromatic and tender. The ingredients are as follows:

• 150 ml of milk;
• 100 grams of milk;
• 1 banana;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• 20 grams of butter;
• 1 chicken egg;
• 2 teaspoons baking powder (it can be replaced with soda, but it should be quenched);
• 1 pinch of salt.

So, first mix all the dry ingredients:sugar, flour, salt and baking powder. The banana should be chopped in a blender, then add milk, egg yolk and pre-softened butter. Beat everything at medium speed of the blender for about a minute. The egg white is beaten separately until a strong and thick foam forms. Combine the mixture of dry ingredients with the banana-yolk mixture, mix well, and then add the beaten egg white and mix again, but only carefully so that the foam does not fall. The dough is ready, you can start cooking. Corn pancakes To prepare them, you need:

• 1 cup of cornmeal (it must necessarily be finely ground, otherwise it will not work);
• 200-230 ml of natural yogurt without additives (it can be replaced with low-fat sour cream);
• 50-70 grams of wheat flour;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• 3 tablespoons of sugar;
• 1 packet of vanillin;
• 1 teaspoon baking powder for dough.

Mix yogurt, butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs,mix well. Mix the flour, sift, add baking powder and start pouring it into the bowl with the rest of the ingredients, constantly stirring everything with a spoon. Heat the frying pan and pour the dough, distributing it over the entire bottom. Fry the pancake on both sides until golden brown. Done! So, you have chosen one recipe for yourself. And it does not matter which one you prefer, but there are some subtleties and tricks that will help you make perfect pancakes. Useful tips:

Usually American pancakes are fried on dryfrying pan. But if you added a little oil to the dough, or just did not set the day, then take a fork, wrap the cotton wool on denticles, moisten it in oil and oil the bottom of the frying pan. Then the baking will not be greasy, but it will not burn.

If you use a pan with non-stick coating, the likelihood of burning will decrease.

To make the pancakes even, take the frying pan forhandle, pour the dough into the middle and, turning the frying pan, distribute the dough all over the bottom. If you try to pour a dough on a standing appliance, the pancake will turn out to be curved and will not be fried evenly.

Serve these pancakes best with some syrup, so that it soaked the dough. But liquid honey, jam or condensed milk will do.

Let your American pancakes be the most delicious! Use the recipe you like and enjoy!

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