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The Best Old Fashion Pancake Recipe
The pancakes eaten today come from an ancient pancake recipe used by the Romans. In any Roman home you could find a flat bread made of some flour, milk and eggs with some spices or honey that was called Alita Dolcia. They topped them with fruits but there were also some that were filled with meats and cheese. The pancake that is more similar to the one we have today was first made during the medieval times in Europe. The first printed recipe was found in 1430 in an early cook book in England.
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Pancakes are a popular as a breakfast food today and have a special day all to themselves before the religious season of Lent starts. It is traditional on Shrove Tuesday, also called Fat Tuesday, that one stuffs themselves with as many pancakes as they possibly can because the next day is the first day of Lent, a solemn time when sacrifices are made and gluttony is forbidden.
The German people have a pancake recipe that incorporates potatoes in as do the Jews who make latke from potatoes. Crepes are a type of pancake but are very thin and are usually topped with fruits and rolled over in half. In Indonesia they make dadar gutung, from India comes the poori, and in China families enjoy bao bing. Panekoeken, pancakes made from buckwheat, are made by the Dutch. Recipes for pancakes that puff up very high and are enhanced by fruit and sprinkled with powdered sugar, are plentiful and delicious.
Americans are quite fond of pancakes and they are usually found on every breakfast menu. The following is an old recipe that does not fade with age. It is light and sweet and once you pour the syrup on it can't be beat for lunch or breakfast. You can even serve this old fashion variety with sausage for dinner and make your family happy. In a large bowl sift 1 and one half cup of flour, 3 and one half teaspoons of baking powder, half a teaspoon of salt, and 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar. Mix well and pull the ingredients away from the center leaving a hole in the middle of the bottom of the bowl. Into this hole you will place 1 and one fourth cup of milk and one egg. In a pan melt 3 tablespoons butter and add it to the liquid ingredients. Take a fork and beat the eggs into the milk and butter then start to pull in a little of the flour mixture and keep going until all of it is incorporated into a batter.
Place a frying pan or griddle on the stove and get it hot. Pour about one tablespoon of oil onto it. Using a ladle fill it with batter and pour it on the griddle or pan. Bubbles will start to form all round the edges of the pancake and when they do appear turn the pancake over. Once the bubbles come back all around the edges you can remove the pancake to a plate and put some butter on it. Make sure to have syrup nearby to pour over the pancake.
There are several variations to this recipe to make them different. Make buttermilk pancakes by using buttermilk instead of milk in the same amount. You can also use orange juice instead of milk and make orange zest with the rind and throw it in to make orange flavored pancakes. One teaspoon of almond extract added to the recipe will make a delicious almond flavored pancake. Add three fourths cup of blueberries that are whole and washed and you will have some wonderful blueberry pancakes. Strawberry pancakes can be made by slicing three fourths of a cup of strawberries and adding them to the batter. One more variation is to add a cup of chocolate chips. Instead of syrup just put whipped cream on top.
If you want to try something different you can make chocolate pancakes. They are unusual and very delicious. They should probably be served as a dessert instead of at breakfast. In a bowl combine two cups of flour, three teaspoons baking powder, and one fourth teaspoon salt. Mix these items together and add three fourths cup of white sugar and mix in. Add one cup of milk and four teaspoons of butter. Mix in well and then add two eggs and mix well. Finally add six teaspoons of powdered cocoa and mix well.
Next scoop up some of the batter in a ladle and place it on a frying pan that has been drizzled with some vegetable oil. Watch for bubbles at the edges and when you see them turn the pancake over and transfer to a plate once the bubbles are seen around the edges again. Put a pat of butter on top and then some whipped cream. To make it even better place some chocolate chips over top and allow them to melt before eating.
Pancakes are good any time of day and kids just love them. Whip up a batch and watch your family happily devour them in just seconds. Use the Old Fashion recipe and make each batch different with the variations or you can whip up the chocolate pancakes and serve them for dessert.
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 Time: 12:59 PM -
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