Fruit
- 1 1/2 cups (225g) blueberries , fresh or frozen (don’t thaw)
- Butter for pan
Dry:
- 1 cup flour , plain / all purpose
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda (aka bi carbonate soda/bi-carb) (Note 2)
- Pinch of salt
Wet:
- 1 egg
- 30g / 2 tbsp melted butter , unsalted
- 3/4 cup milk , any fat % or non dairy
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp white vinegar (Note 3)
Serving:
- Softened butter
- Maple syrup
Instructions
Pancake Batter
- Whisk Dry ingredients.
- Add Wet ingredients, whisk until just incorporated. Stir through blueberries.
Cook
- Melt about 1 tsp butter in a non stick skillet over medium high heat (medium if strong stove).
- Dollop a heaped 1/4 cup into the skillet, quickly nudge into a circle about 10 – 12 cm / 4-5″ wide (smaller = thicker). (Note 4)
- Cook for 1 1/2 minutes until a few bubbles appear and underside is mostly golden.
- Flip with confidence. Cook a further 1 minute – poke centre, should spring back, underside should be golden.
Keep warm & serve
- Transfer to rack and keep warm in 100C/200F oven in single layer (do not stack). Or get 2 pans going (won’t need to keep warm)
- Repeat with remaining batter, using extra butter as required.
- Serve with copious amounts of maple syrup and softened butter.
Recipe Notes:
1. Frozen blueberries – take straight out of freezer, do not thaw (it will leave streaks). Break up with your fingers, add to batter, do minimal stirring, just to disperse. Do not over stir – they bleed into the batter (nobody wants blue pancakes!)
Blueberries come in 125g punnet here in Australia, so I use about 1 1/2 punnets. I toss the leftovers into the pan to warm through then add them onto the stack.
Alternatives: Other small frozen or fresh berries, or chocolate or other chips!
2. Baking soda (aka bi carbonate soda) is 3 – 4 x as strong as baking powder (which is diluted baking soda). Adding a touch of this in addition to baking powder gives these pancakes extra rise. If you don’t have it, add an extra 1 tsp baking powder – rises just slightly less. 🙂
3. Vinegar – activates the baking soda, giving the pancakes extra rise. Read in post for more info. Cannot taste it! Can sub with: lemon juice or other clear vinegar (apple cider, rice vinegar)
4. Ice cream scooper with lever is ideal here, standard size is 1/4 cup!
General:
– These are not too sweet because the assumption is that they’re doused with maple syrup!
– Fluffy but not crazy thick. Too thick and it’s too “bready”. We want soft and fluffy!
– Do not leave batter sitting around – the rising power will dissipate.
– Can use 1 cup self rising flour instead of flour + baking powder (but still need baking soda)
– Can use 3/4 cup buttermilk instead of milk and vinegar
4. Nutrition per pancake excluding toppings (because I cannot be held responsible for how much you use!)
