what to do with extra pancake batter?
Posted by arif on 02 Jun 2007 at 11:46 am | Tagged as: Breakfast, Recipe, Vegetarian
Make crepes!
I’ll admit, I’m probably more proud of this than I should be, but I was faced with a dilemma this morning and think I killed two birds with one stone in a rather nice way.
My dilemma - my daughter and I were planning a bike trip to the farmers market this morning along with other assorted errands. Given that I had no idea how long we’d be, I thought a picnic lunch somewhere along the way would be smart. The problem was that the cupboard was really bare - not even bread to make some sandwiches.
I was puzzling over this as I made pancakes for breakfast. My wife and daughter reached their “full” point and I still had pancake batter left over - happens all the time around here. So, I just thinned it out with more milk and the end result are the crepes you see above. Filled with either turkey and cheese or PB & J, they were the perfect lunch food and made excellent use of what would otherwise likely have gone to waste.
I’ve been making my pancakes from scratch for about the last year, and while there are many recipes, this is the one that I generally “orbit” around - making modifications as I see fit, but generally sticking near to the following:
- one egg, beaten
- 3/4 cup of milk
- 3 or 4 tablespoons of yogurt
- 1 tablespoon of melted butter
- 1 cup of flour - whatever kind you have and/or a mix of flours like all-purpose, whole wheat, rye, spelt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Method: combine your dry ingredients in one bowl, you wet in the other, and mix your wet into your dry and stir to combine. Add more of the wet or dry (so either milk, yogurt, or flour) to adjust the consistency to your liking. Crank up the heat (to medium-ish) under your cast iron pan and go to town - pour or ladle batter into pan, when top get bubbly, flip and cook other side for a few more minutes. I toss mine on a plate in the oven to keep them a bit warmer while the stack cooks. Serve with syrup, fresh fruit, or whatever else suits your fancy.
[...] For what its worth, my pancake recipe is here and these are the changes I made: no yogurt, more milk, and canola oil instead of butter, along with an additional teaspoon of baking powder. Enjoy [...]
Where is the waffle recipe?
um. In the post about waffles, I said I used my pancake recipe and indicated the changes that I made, and my pancake recipe is in the post that you left this comment on. In other words, if you scroll up from your comment, you’ll see my pancake recipe.