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BRUNCH! Glorious brunch. Is there any better meal?
I could write a book on brunch recipes, I’ve made so many. I utterly adore lazy weekend mornings, they’re possibly my favourite time. Still in pjs, mixing and stirring, weighing and baking, frying and sizzling. Making coffee, drinking coffee. The huge weekend papers. What’s not to love?
This weekend, both brunches were the same. I rediscovered the joy of American Style Pancakes, those gorgeous pancakes that are fluffy and light, with crispy streaky bacon and ridiculous amounts of maple syrup. The sweet soft pancakes are gorgeous with the crispy salt bacon. The maple syrup is the magical cherry on top.
The recipe is very easy, it’s all about 1’s. 100 ml flour, 100ml milk, 1 big pinch salt, 1 tsp brown sugar, 1 heaped tsp baking flour 1 egg. I use Old Cotswold Legbar eggs which are large, so use a large egg to substitute if you can’t get them. They are deliciou though, seek them out if you can.
This recipe will give you enough pancakes for one greedy person – 3 or 4 depending on how big you like them. The batter will be quite thick, you want it to be, but it will be fluid enough to pour, plop and spread.
Fry and devour greedily while you read your paper, or watch your omnibus. Hey, I’m not going to judge you! Weekend mornings are glorious and for the lazy. I hope you’ve enjoyed yours :)
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More Great Pancake Recipes
Recipe: Chef Baka’s Banana Fritter Recipe (from Palm Island)
These gorgeous pancakes serve 1 person - multiply as required.
Ingredients
- 100ml whole milk
- 100g plain flour
- 1 heaped tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- a generous pinch of sea salt
- 1 egg, separated into yolk and white
- bacon - streaky for me, but whatever you prefer, and as much as you want to eat. I had 6 slices.
- Maple syrup
- butter, for frying
Instructions
This is my favourite brunch bar none (although could swap pancakes for French toast & be quite happy too). Would be up there on my list of final meals, and would certainly make my final breakfast/brunch without a doubt. We quite often have this on Boxing Day, just to keep the calorie levels topped up!
Ah yes, I actually think this is perfect for lazy holiday mornings over Xmas. Mmmmmm! Thanks for the comment :)
that sounds blissful!! roll on next weekend :) Having just found soda farls and potato bread gracing the shelves of my local (welsh) shop I’m on a bit of a run with brunches!
Hi Pip! It was lovely. Btw – soda farls are dead easy to make and better made at home (of course :) https://eatlikeagirl.com/2010/07/25/a-fine-brunch-homemade-soda-farls-morcilla-eggs/
Oh my GOD woman!!! How can you do this to me!!! This looks divine. Thanks for the inspiration! Xx
Haha! Enjoy. :)
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
:) Thanks Lou!
How funny, made our favourite brunch yesterday and it is… Puff apple pancake with bacon and maple syrup! ;)
Based on a Bill Granger recipe:
http://tummyrumble.hultberg.org/2009/08/puff-apple-pancake.html
So tasty! Completely with you on the lazy brunch days.
How funny! I have a version with cinnamon apples which I am posting next weekend :) Will check k out your recipe too :)
Oooh, cinnamon apples. Just had lunch, but the thought of cinnamon apples made my mouth water. Again. ;)
Arnaud’s absolute favourite.
Getting Lucie started on these young as well. We also sometimes try thinly sliced pancetta which is gorgeous.
YUM! :)
Oh my, oh my, oh my…and to think I’ll only be able to make this in January, next year since all my weekends until then are fully booked. But I promise I’ll get the best bacon Switzerland can make and have the best brunch ever. Thanks a lot for the recipe!
No problem, Bianca! Enjoy it :)
looks fab but one quibble, bacon goes on the SIDE ;)
QUIBBLE WIBBLE! These are my pancakes and this is how I do them. Crunch & salt between the pancakes is perfect.
firstly, i apologise, i’m too lazy to google. but – are scotch and american pancakes essentially the same batter? i adore scotch pancakes, but haven’t had them since my childhood.
Thanks very much for the recipe! It was my first time making pancakes so the first few weren’t great, but the rest were great!
After MONTHS of searching, yours was the FIRST recipe I’ve found that made proper, fluffy, glorious, lighter than air yet filling pancakes. AMAZING.
I’ve just made this recipe and it’s amazing! the first time ive actually successfully make pancakes! They’re so big I’m not even sure i’ll finish them, i probs will though :D