Basic Pancakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 2 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• maple syrup or honey or jam or butter

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• 2 in another bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla; bend well.
• 3 pour the liquid ingredients over the dry ingredients; mix with the whisk, stopping when everything is just combined (don’t worry if the batter is a bit lumpy).
• 4 lightly butter or oil or spray your griddle or skillet.
• 5 preheat over medium heat (if using an electric griddle, set to 350°; if you want to hold the pancakes until serving time, preheat oven to 200°.
• 6 spoon ¼ cup batter onto griddle for each pancake, allowing space for spreading.
• 7 when the undersides of the pancakes are golden and the tops are speckled with bubbles that pop and stay open, flip the pancakes over with a wide spatula and cook until the other sides are light brown.
• 8 serve immediately or keep the finished pancakes in the preheated oven while you make the rest of the batch.
• 9 serve with desired toppings.