Basic Pancakes

A fan favorite in most families, pancakes are inexpensive to make at home and once you perfect your pancake flipping technique, they're quick and easy, too.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup (120g) all purpose flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1 egg

• 3/4 cup milk (2% milk used for nutrition information)

• 1 tbsp melted butter

• cooking spray, butter or oil for the pan (I assume 2 tsp total gets absorbed into the pancakes during cooking)

Method:

1. Sift or whisk together the dry ingredients

2. In a separate bowl, whisk together egg and milk.

3. Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients, stir until smooth, then add melted butter and stir in until incorporated.

4. Heat a skillet over medium heat, spray with cooking spray or add a little of the oil (just enough to coat the bottom, don't use the entire 2 tsp mentioned above at once).

5. Once the pan is hot enough that water flicked at it sizzles when it hits the pan, use a small ladle, a large spoon, or similar utensil to gently drop portions of pancake batter into the pan. Cook on the first side until the bubbles burst but don't close back up. Flip once and cook on the other side until golden.

Tip: If your pancakes are burning on the outside before being cooked through, your heat is set too high - turn it down a little.

Variations:

1. Add 1/2 cup of finely chopped or grated apple with 1/2 tsp of cinnamon to your batter

2. Add 1/2 cup of blueberries or any other berries to your batter

3. Add 1/2 cup of chocolate chips (mini chocolate chips work better) to your batter

Nutrition (serving size based on recipe being equally divided into 4 portions): 205.6 calories, 7.8g total fat (3.1g saturated, 0.1g naturally occurring trans), 57.9mg cholesterol, 178.7mg sodium, 132.1mg potassium, 26.9g carbohydrates (1g fiber, 2.5g sugars), 6.5g protein

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