Tips on making pancakes

A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter. In Britain, pancakes are often unleavened and resemble a crêpe.

Tips

 * On Fat Tuesdays (aka Shrove Tuesday) pancakes are eaten because they primarily feature sugar, fat, and flour which are restricted during the fasting of Lent.
 * Add a little vanilla essence (extract) to the batter for an even sweeter pancake.
 * If you choose to use self rising flour omit the salt and baking powder from the recipe. Self rising flour contains both those ingredients.
 * Cover the pancakes with a paper towel with a plate under if not eating.
 * Add a bar of "Mars" or any chocolate to make it sweeter.
 * Make thin mini pancakes and create sandwiches with cheese, jam, chocolate, fruits, or candy in between for yummy snack bites.
 * Try putting cinnamon sugar on the pancake while it is in the pan. After it is finished cooking, roll it up, and serve it as a "mock crepe" for a delicious treat.
 * If you want it to be really sweet, add syrup also add loads of sugar, or, you could add chocolate sprinkles and honey.
 * You can remove sugar and add a sweetener or even add coffee to add taste.
 * Try adding ingredients to your batter instead of topping your pancakes with them. Here are a few ideas:
 * Try chocolate chips (milk or dark).
 * Try putting bits of fruit in the batter (strawberries, bananas, blueberries or cherries, etc.).
 * Stir in crisp bacon bits, a little grated cheese, your favorite nuts, or different spices such as cinnamon.
 * As there are many cultures in which pancakes are made, there are many different recipes. Some things to experiment with are for example:
 * Using beer or sparkling water along with the milk will give it a slightly different taste in the case of beer and make it rise better if you're not using baking powder.
 * The ratio between the fluids (milk, sparkling water, beer) and the solids (flour) determines whether the pancake will be thin (more like a French crepe) or thick (more like an American style pancake) so experiment until you find the recipe that you like most.
 * If you don't want the pancakes to stick to the pan you can also put in sunflower oil, the oil has a higher burning temperature (smoke point) than butter so it is better suited for use in hot pans.
 * For a very fluffy pancake use vanilla or fruit yogurt mixed with water for your liquid portion.
 * Try low carb pancakes - virtually no carbs: if you use high protein powders and egg or egg whites -- you'll like these delicious, "sugar free" pancakes.
 * Hitting them very hard on your plate can make your pancakes fluffier.
 * For delicious, beautiful and tasty pancakes add some whipped cream and/or syrup (strawberry syrup,chocolate syrup, maple syrup) and fruit (any kind).
 * It is helpful if you stay near the gas when the pancake is cooking so it doesn't burn up.
 * Before turning over your pancakes onto the wet side add a bit of love with some chocolate chips.
 * All in all, be creative. Adding your own unique twist to the recipe makes it more special and amazing.
 * If you want a perfect golden pancake fill it about one minute after you pour it.
 * Chocolate chips are also a great sweet to add to pancakes!
 * Make sure that you keep checking on your pancakes so they are perfect.
 * Nutella as a topping makes the pancakes even tastier.

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