Pancakes Gone Wild
Pancakes Gone Wild
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| Yield: | eight 4" pancakes, or 14 smaller (3") cakes. |
Ingredients
Pancakes
- 1 large egg
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar or 2 tablespoons malted milk powder
- about 2/3 cup add-ins of your choice
Directions
1) Whisk together the egg, milk, vegetable oil or melted butter, and vanilla.
2) Whisk together the dry ingredients, and add to the liquid ingredients, whisking briefly to combine. A few lumps are OK.
3) Choose your add-ins: chocolate or flavored chips, dried fruit, fresh berries, diced apples, nuts, toasted coconut, crystallized ginger, or...? To make all one type of pancake, simply stir the add-ins into the batter. Or divide the batter in half, and make two types of pancakes. For a larger variety of pancakes, leave the batter plain; you'll sprinkle on the add-ins as the pancakes cook. Note: If you use cinnamon Flav-R-Bites, stir them into the batter, rather than sprinkling them on top of the cooking pancakes. They need that pre-softening in the batter to soften their crunch.
4) Set the batter aside to rest at room temperature for 15 minutes, while you preheat your electric griddle to 350°F. Or preheat a frying pan over medium heat.
5) Lightly grease the griddle, and ladle on about 2 tablespoons for 2 1/2" to 3" pancakes, or 1/4 cup for 4" to 4 1/2" pancakes. A tablespoon scoop or muffin scoop, respectively, work well here.
6) If the pancakes don't spread well, due to the add-ins, simply use the back of a spoon to spread them to the desired diameter. If you haven't stirred the add-ins into the batter, now's the time: sprinkle the top of each pancake with your desired chips, nuts, fruit, etc.
7) Cook the pancakes for about 1 minute, 15 seconds per side, or until they're a light golden brown on both sides.
8) Serve the pancakes warm, with syrup or confectioners' sugar.
Yield: eight 4" pancakes, or 14 smaller (3") cakes.
Reviews
09/28/2011- These are my most favorite pancakes ever! I have tried every imaginable addition to the batter and it always comes out amazing, fluffy and delicious. I can't imagine anyone ever using pancake mix when these are so quick and easy to pull together... yum!
- 04/27/2011
- I didn't measure as precisely as I should have because I had a little helper, and I added extra stuff in randomly. They still turned out great. Everyone loved them!
You know a recipe is forgiving when even the little helpers can't do it any harm. I have a few of those in my kitchen too. Glad you enjoyed the recipe. ~Amy
- 04/21/2011
- Great pancakes. Easy to make.
- 02/25/2011
- After buying mixes I checked the ingedients they all seem to have malt powder and or buttermilk. so I bought the needed items ad made them . They are light and fluffy. I use the recipe for waffles too. I like using different fruit and nuts to mine.
- 11/23/2009
- Made these for dinner this evening and they turned out great. I mixed some apples with a touch of maple syrup and chopped pecans into some of them, mixed chocolate chips into some, and left some plain. All were good...but the plain were my favorite. Very good, simple, fluffy pancake.
- 11/11/2009
- Its fall, summer has left ... welcome fall. I was looking for a recipe for my whole wheat flour and thank you King Arthur you hav so many to choose from... yum. This Veteran's Day am I hav begun with this basic recipe. Basic is key, healthy is my thought. Simple to measure and mix. Sometimes key is to accurately measure ingredents or making sure staples are fresh like the baking soda. Some rise better than others. If your not getting the rise maybe ingredents are too old. Summers are hot, temps can change the action in the ingredients we add in our food. Fall is a good time to throw out the old and off to the store to restock our pantry with fresh staples. Anyway, a quick easy mix of ingreds poured into a sizzling hot pan, a few min later I had mouth watering pancakes. Its a pancake for goodness sake, flour sugar water and an egg. If u need something more ... add it, syrup, whip cream, strawberries, chocolate. Delicious! Thanks King Author! Can't wait to try the other recipes.
- 08/27/2009
- Easy to put together and perfect for two. Light and airy will make again and again. Very pleasing tastes great.
- 08/20/2009
- I agree with PJ about the buttermilk. Buttermilk is mentioned in the e-mail sent to us where we can click on the link to the recipe. I had to read the recipe about 3 times, thinking I had misread either the information or the ingredients. I have not made this particular recipe but have made one that is very similar, except for the malt. The add-ins have to be added or the pancakes are more like crepes than pancakes. The next time I make pancakes, I'm definitely going to add malted milk powder.
08/20/2009- This started out saying start with basic buttermilk recipe, yet there was no buttermilk called for in the recipe. Did I miss something?These, for me anyway, were the flatest pancakes I've ever made. The kids loved the flavor, but were disappointed they were so flat, not exactly like the picture at all. PJ, Not sure where you saw "buttermilk". "Milk and Butter" are in the narrative. Maybe it was a simple transposition(?). This is a basic pancake recipe. As PJ mentions, you can make 2 styles: thick or thin, depending upon how you treat the add ins. If you need further assistance, please call our bakers on the Hotline: 800-827-6836. Frank @ KAF.
- 08/19/2009
- This is my favorite pancake recipe, the malt powder really ramps the flavor up. My favorite add ins are King Arthur's cinnamon chips, my husband likes blueberries.
