THE STACK

Perfect Sunday breakfast: THE STACK. Very simple to make, yet very easy to mess up.

Three very important tips:

1) Start with room temperature ingredients! This is very important because pancakes call for melted butter and if you mix it with cold eggs, your butter will solidify again.

2) Use good quality vanilla extract, not imitation. It will make all the difference.

3) When you add the liquid to the batter, don't mix it to death! Mix just a few strokes, 10 at the most. It's ok if it's lumpy. In fact, it SHOULD be lumpy.

Here's the recipe I use...so incredibly easy:

Whisk 2 eggs, 1/2 tsp of vanilla, 1 1/2 cups milk, and 3 tablespoons of melted butter. In another bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 tsp salt. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix just until you don't see any huge patches of flour. Drop scoopfulls of batter onto a hot skillet. When you see bubbles form and the edges are dry, it's time to flip. Don't walk away from the stove! It only takes less than a minute on each side. Serve with butter and syrup.

You can vary this recipe by adding many different ingredients to the batter like chocolate chips, mashed banana, blueberries, or my favorite: lemon zest.

Enjoy!

Comments

[eric]

Those look REALLY good!!!
mmm...Pancakes!!!
Ruth sometimes adds shredded cheddar cheese after she has poured the batter on the pan. The kids really like that!

[Michelle]

YO QUIERO PANKEI!

[KIRA]

Además de la vainilla, a mi me gusta agregarle un poco de canela cuando estoy mezclando los ingredientes secos. Delicioso ! .

[Don Ray]

You are killing me. I guess I am going to have to head to the kitchn and whip up a batch!