Easiest-ever pancakes

Easiest-ever pancakes

This simple batter, based on equal volumes of eggs, milk and flour, produces thick pancakes, ready for your favourite fillings

Difficulty and servings

Easy

12 pancakes

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Method

  1. To make the batter, tip the flour into a bowl and beat in the eggs until smooth. Gradually add the milk and carry on beating until the mix is completely lump-free.
  2. Now whisk in the melted butter. Place a pancake pan over a medium heat and wipe with oiled kitchen paper. Ladle some batter into the pan, tilting the pan to move the mix around the pan and pour off any excess. Cook for about 30 secs until golden, then flip over and cook on the other side. Pile the pancakes up and serve with your favourite filling.
Try

Banoffee

For a really indulgent treat, spoon over dulce de leche or caramel sauce, then top with chopped banana and whipped cream.

Chocolate & marshmallow

While the pancake is still warm, spoon over chocolate spread, sprinkle over a few mini marshmallows, then quickly roll up and enjoy with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Lemon curd crunch

Spoon good-quality lemon curd over the pancake, then top with crushed meringue pieces and a little crème fraîche.

PER PANCAKE

209 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 10g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 0g, sugar 1g, salt 0.14 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2009.

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  • Binder photo mark_samantha

    12 January 2009

    mark_samantha rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    i always have my pancakes with icecream, sauce and chopped nuts all rolled up together, with a final lashing of sauce over the top of all your rolled pancakes and a sprinkling on sugar.

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  • Binder photo Lindsay

    28 January 2009

    Lindsay rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    We found these pancakes a bit stodgy and crunchy round the outsides. The batter seems a bit thick for pancakes.

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  • Binder photo connie

    09 February 2009

    connie commented on this recipe

    i will try this. and i think its easy and it looks like crepe. you mind to give me the easiest way how to make "crepe" thanks

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  • Binder photo Joanne

    14 February 2009

    Joanne rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    I found the pancakes quite bland. Sorry!

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  • Binder photo chester71

    19 February 2009

    chester71 commented on this recipe

    I lightened the mixture by using 2/3 skimmed milk and 1/3 water. This made the pancakes less stodgy and I cut down the amount of melted butter by a half

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  • Binder photo Rob

    24 February 2009

    Rob commented on this recipe

    This is Brian Turner's recipe for yorkshire pudding - works well when cooked for 25min at 225 C but needs a little diluting for pancakes.

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  • Binder photo Alex

    25 February 2009

    Alex rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very easy and quick to make - like it!

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  • Binder photo Frantic Flapjack

    25 February 2009

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made these yesterday for pancake day. Very good - served them with lemon and sugar, but there were a lot of eggs in this recipe compared to other pancake recipes.

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  • Binder photo Kicking Kay

    25 February 2009

    Kicking Kay rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I used 100g of flour, 200ml semi-skimmed milk, 3 large eggs topped up to 200ml with extra milk. Served them with chocolate spread, strawberries and brandy squirty cream (which I bought by mistake!) We usually have ham and cheese for main course then sweet fillings for dessert. One user said these were bland - all pancakes are bland unless you add sugar or vanilla etc to the batter or serve them with fillings.

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  • Binder photo chris_seby

    02 March 2009

    chris_seby rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    loved the taste of these pancakes with running honey

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  • Binder photo SamanthaH

    06 April 2009

    SamanthaH rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very good! We enjoyed these with bacon and lingonberry jam... which I am realizing sounds strange outside scandinavia... but delicious nonetheless

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  • Binder photo yummie

    13 June 2009

    yummie commented on this recipe

    definatly true kicking kay, it's the dressing that makes the pancackes taste

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  • Binder photo Dan.Harverson

    13 March 2010

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  • Binder photo mike

    18 July 2010

    mike rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very tasty, i like them very much but if you wan to make less: 100g flour 1 egg 250ml milk no butter this makes about 5

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  • Binder photo julie

    09 March 2011

    julie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    used this recipe last night,had to make 2 lots,easy recipe and went down well.

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    22 May 2011

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  • Binder photo dee

    21 February 2012

    dee commented on this recipe

    Try cadbury's philadelphia on your pancakes.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

12 pancakes

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Ingredients

FOR THE BASIC BATTER

  • 140g plain flour (this is about 200ml/7fl oz)
  • 4 eggs (200ml/7fl oz)
  • 200ml milk

FOR THE PANCAKES

  • 50g butter , melted
  • sunflower oil , for cooking
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PER PANCAKE

209 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 10g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 0g, sugar 1g, salt 0.14 g

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