Classic pancakes

Pancakes are a good choice for breakfast, snacks and even holiday snacks. The most delicious pancakes are made with full-fat milk. We present 10 simple recipes that are easy to prepare in any kitchen.

Classic pancakes with 0.5 liters of milk

Pancakes prepared according to this recipe turn out very thin, airy and delicate. They are suitable for stuffing; the fillings can be used both sweet and savory.

1. 
   How to cook pancakes according to the classic recipe? You need to break the eggs into a cup individually to check if they are fresh.Then combine the eggs in a deep bowl.
2. 
   Add granulated sugar and salt to the eggs. Beat the mixture with a mixer, whisk or fork until completely combined.
3. 
   Pour the milk into the bowl of the egg mixture and whisk the contents of the bowl again until smooth. Quench the soda with vinegar and pour into the mixture.
4. 
   Sift the flour into a separate container, then add it to the dough little by little.
5. 
   Whisk after each time to avoid lumps.
6. 
   Pour vegetable oil into the dough and stir. The dough is ready.
7. 
   Place the frying pan over high heat, prepare a silicone brush for greasing the frying pan with vegetable oil or a piece of lard (for the same purposes). Take a ladle or large spoon, which will be used to pour the dough into the pan. The dough turns out very liquid.
8. 
   Reduce the heat under the frying pan slightly. Grease a hot frying pan with a minimum amount of vegetable oil, pour in a scoop of dough and rotate the frying pan in a circle, evenly distributing the dough over its surface. Place the frying pan on the fire.
9. 
   When holes appear on top of the pancake and the dough becomes matte and sets, carefully lift the pancake with a silicone spatula and quickly flip it over. This must be done carefully, because the pancakes are very thin and tear easily. Bake all the pancakes this way. Serve with sour cream, butter and sugar or jam.

Bon appetit!

Classic recipe for pancakes for 1 liter of milk with eggs

This amount of milk produces a large number of pancakes, so to prepare them you need to have free time and it is advisable to use 2 frying pans to speed up the process. This amount of pancakes is good to prepare for a large company or for a holiday, such as Maslenitsa.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Servings: 12.

Ingredients:

• Full fat milk – 1 l;
• Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
• Wheat flour – 330 gr.;
• Sugar – 1 tbsp. l.;
• Salt – 1 pinch;
• Refined sunflower oil – 4 tbsp. l.;
• Butter – optional for greasing.

Cooking process:

1. Beat chicken eggs at room temperature with granulated sugar and salt. Add 4 tbsp. l. odorless sunflower oil and mix well.

2. Heat the milk slightly and pour half of it into the egg mixture, stir.

3. Little by little add all the flour, previously sifted into a separate bowl. Stir everything thoroughly with a whisk or beat with a mixer until smooth. The mass will be thick.

4. Gradually pour in the remaining milk, stir everything until smooth, so that you get a fairly liquid dough without lumps.

5. Leave the dough at room temperature for 10-15 minutes so that the ingredients begin to work with each other.

6. Place the pancake pan on maximum heat and heat it up. Lubricate its surface with vegetable oil using a silicone brush (do this only before baking the first pancake).

7. Pour a scoop of batter into the hot frying pan and distribute in a circle. When the surface of the pancake sets, turn it over and fry on the other side. Each side takes about 20 seconds.

8. Grease the finished pancake with a piece of butter.

9. Fry all the pancakes in this way, coat with butter and stack.

Bon appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for yeast pancakes with milk

In the memories of many children, the most delicious were grandma's pancakes, which were baked with yeast. And indeed, such pancakes turn out fluffy, soft, and delicate. If you want, eat it with lard, or dip it in condensed milk.

Cooking time: 2 hours.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 3 cups;
• Milk – 1 l;
• Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
• Sour cream 15% fat – 4 tbsp. l.;
• Fresh yeast – 30 g;
• Granulated sugar – 3 tbsp. l.;
• Salt – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. Heat the milk until warm (it is important not to overheat or leave it cool). Break fresh yeast into pieces, rub between your fingers and stir in milk. Gently add sifted flour in portions, stir so that there are no lumps. Cover the bowl with the dough with a towel and leave in a warm, draft-free place to rise for 1 hour. If fresh yeast needs to be replaced with dry yeast, then you can take 1 packet of the latter, but you need to mix it directly with the flour.

2. Beat the eggs into a bowl. Add granulated sugar, salt, sour cream and beat everything together.

3. Combine the risen dough of flour, milk and yeast with the egg mixture, mix everything until combined. Leave the dough to stand and rise for another half hour.

4. Heat a frying pan over high heat and grease it with vegetable oil.

5. Pour a small amount of dough into the pan, and when holes appear on the surface, turn the pancake over to the other side with a spatula. The less batter you initially pour into the pan, the thinner the pancakes will be.

6. Grease each pancake with butter and place in a stack.

Bon appetit!

Thin pancakes with milk and soda

A beautiful pattern on pancakes can be achieved by adding soda, quenched with vinegar, to the dough. This gives those very air bubbles, which then penetrate the dough and make the pancakes airy. These pancakes can be additionally topped with honey or syrup, it will be very tasty.

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 200 g;
• Eggs C0 – 2 pcs.;
• Milk 3.2% fat – 500 ml;
• Sugar – 2 tbsp. l.;
• Table salt - a pinch;
• Soda – 1 tsp;
• Vinegar – 1 tbsp. l.;
• Vegetable oil – 5 tbsp. l.

Cooking process:

1. Warm the milk slightly and pour into a large bowl. Add eggs and sugar with salt. Beat the mixture with a whisk, mixer or fork.

2. Quench the baking soda with vinegar, pour into the dough and stir.

3. Sift the flour separately. Add flour to the dough in small portions and beat until smooth, removing any lumps.

4. The dough should be quite liquid; the consistency will resemble fatty kefir. If the dough turns out thick, you need to add a little milk, if liquid, add flour.

5. Stir in odorless sunflower oil (about 2 tbsp) into the mixture and let stand at room temperature for about 10 minutes.

6. At this time, heat the pancake frying pan over high heat, reduce the heat slightly and grease the pan with vegetable oil.

7. Pour 1 small scoop of batter into the pan, turn it in a circle to distribute the batter and fry the pancake on one side until holes appear on the surface.

8. Carefully, so as not to tear, turn the pancake over and fry on the other side for just a couple of seconds.

9. Stack the pancakes; if desired, you can first grease each of them with a piece of butter.

Bon appetit!

Pancakes with sour milk with holes

A useful recipe for thrifty housewives: you can use sour milk or kefir in the dough, or you can add both in half. The pancakes turn out very tasty, with a slight sourness and a creamy aftertaste.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 210 g;
• Chicken eggs C2 – 3 pcs.;
• Sour milk – 500 ml;
• Granulated sugar – 2 tbsp. l.;
• Table salt – 0.5 tsp;
• Vanillin - a pinch;
• Deodorized sunflower oil – 5 tbsp. l.

Cooking process:

1. Break small eggs into a cup one at a time to check for freshness. Then mix and place in a large bowl.

2. Add salt and granulated sugar there. Beat the whole mass with a mixer or whisk until smooth. If you need the pancakes sweeter, you need to add a little more sugar.

3. Pour half of the sour milk into the dough, stir until combined.

4. Add pre-sifted flour with a pinch of vanillin to the dough, spoonful at a time, whisk each time to prevent lumps from appearing.

5. When all the flour has been added, pour the rest of the sour milk into the dough and beat everything with a mixer. The dough should be liquid.

6. Pour in 2-3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil into the dough, mix and leave to stand on the table, covered with a towel, for about 5 minutes.

7. Heat a cast-iron frying pan on the stove, grease with a silicone brush with some of the remaining vegetable oil. There should not be a lot of oil, otherwise when spreading the dough over the pan it will not allow the pancake to lie flat.

8. Pour a few tablespoons of dough into the frying pan, distribute the dough in a circle and fry the pancake for about 25 seconds.

9. Turn the pancake over with a silicone spatula and fry on the other side for about another 7-10 seconds.

10. Serve the finished pancakes with jam, honey, sour cream and sugar.

Bon appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for making sweet pancakes with milk

Thin sweet pancakes made with milk are ideal for any sweet filling: fruit, cottage cheese, chocolate. Children will definitely not remain indifferent to this dish.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Full fat milk – 230 ml;
• Purified water – 230 ml;
• Wheat flour – 230 g;
• Chicken eggs – 3 pcs.;
• Granulated sugar – 2 tbsp. l.;
• Vanilla sugar – 1 pack;
• Salt – 0.5 tsp;
• Unscented sunflower oil – 2 tbsp. l. into dough + for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Mix eggs in a deep bowl with water, granulated sugar and vanilla sugar, salt and milk, beat with a blender or mixer until smooth.

2. Sift wheat flour into the mixture little by little, whisk occasionally, breaking up any lumps.

3. Pour vegetable oil into the dough and stir, let stand for about 10 minutes while the pan heats up.

4. Heat a cast iron pancake pan over high heat. Prepare a ladle and silicone brush, pour the remaining vegetable oil into a dry cup.

5. Coat a heated frying pan with a minimal layer of vegetable oil using a brush. Pour a scoop of batter onto the surface and rotate the pan in a circle until the batter spreads into a pancake shape.

6. Fry the pancake on one side until the edges become brittle and the bottom of the pancake is lightly browned.

7. Using a flexible silicone spatula, carefully turn the pancake over to the other side and fry for a few more seconds.

8. Fry all the pancakes in this way. If you need to wrap the filling in the pancakes, then you should wait for them to cool partially.

9. These pancakes can later be easily reheated in the microwave.

Bon appetit!

Pancakes with milk and water without adding eggs

If you want pancakes, but don’t have eggs at home, don’t rush to the store just to buy this product; you can do just fine without it. Pancakes made without eggs are in no way inferior to classic pancakes. This dish will also appeal to those who are allergic to chicken yolk.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 410 g;
• Water – 200 ml;
• Milk – 200 ml;
• Granulated sugar – 2 tbsp. l.;
• Baking soda – 0.3 tsp.l.;
• Salt – 0.5 tsp;
• Refined vegetable oil – 4 tbsp. l.

Cooking process:

1. Mix water and milk in a deep bowl where the dough will be prepared.

2. Add salt and granulated sugar to the milk and water, mix well until the grains dissolve.

3. Sift the flour several times into a separate bowl. Gradually add it to the dough in small portions, stirring vigorously with a whisk or beating the dough with a mixer to eliminate lumps.

4. Quench the baking soda with vinegar and pour into the dough.

5. Pour half of the vegetable oil into the dough and stir, cover with a towel and let stand for 10 minutes so that the ingredients are completely combined with each other. The texture of the dough will resemble liquid sour cream.

6. Pour the second half of the sunflower oil into a clean, dry cup (it will serve to lubricate the frying pan). You must make sure that the cup is completely dry, otherwise, due to drops of water in the cup, the oil in the pan will start to shoot out later.

7. Heat a small cast-iron frying pan over high heat, grease with vegetable oil using a silicone brush.

8. Reduce heat to medium. Pour 1 scoop of dough into the pan and quickly distribute it around, turning the pan.

9. When the surface of the pancake becomes matte and covered with holes, carefully turn the pancake over and fry it on the other side for a few seconds.

10. Fold the pancakes into a neat stack and serve hot.

Bon appetit!

A very simple and delicious recipe for pancakes with milk powder

It is very convenient to keep such a semi-finished product as powdered milk at home: if stored properly, it does not spoil for a long time, you can always dilute it with water and prepare thin, tender pancakes.There is no difference in taste from pancakes made with regular cow's milk at all.

Cooking time: 55 min.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Powdered milk – 200 g;
• Wheat flour – 400 g;
• Warm (boiled) water – 600 ml;
• Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
• Sugar – 4 tsp;
• Baking powder – 2 tsp;
• Salt – 1 tsp. no slide.

Cooking process:

1. In a wide bowl, combine dry milk, flour and baking powder, mix well. The flour needs to be sifted several times in advance, this affects the airiness of the pancakes.

2. Add warm boiled water to the dry mixture and stir. Leave for 1 hour so that the gluten in the flour begins to work. At this stage, it is not necessary to stir lumps of dough until they disappear.

3. After the specified time, add eggs, salt, and granulated sugar to the dough preparation. Mix everything very thoroughly or beat with a mixer to remove even the smallest lumps from the dough.

4. Heat a small frying pan with a thick bottom and walls over high heat, then reduce the heat slightly.

5. Grease the surface of the frying pan with a thin layer of odorless vegetable oil or a piece of unsalted lard, pricked on a fork.

6. Pour a few spoons of dough into the pan, but so that the pancake ends up thin. Rock the pan from side to side to distribute the dough evenly.

7. Bake the pancake on one side for about 10-15 seconds, then turn it over and continue frying it on the other side for about the same amount. Do the same with the rest of the dough.

8. Serve pancakes with tea, coffee or cocoa, seasoning them with sweet sauces or stuffing them with salty filling and frying them in butter.

Bon appetit!

Openwork pancakes with holes on kefir

Openwork pancakes with holes made with kefir, complemented by a sweet curd mass with dried fruits - this is an incredibly tasty dish that will surprise your taste buds and give you true gastronomic pleasure. Prepare the necessary ingredients and get started!

Cooking time – 40 min.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 7.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Boiling water – 1 tbsp.
• Kefir – 2 tbsp.
• Flour – 2 tbsp.
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Soda – ½ tsp.
• Sunflower oil – 2 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Granulated sugar - to taste.

For filling:

• Cottage cheese – 400 gr.
• Sour cream – 1 tbsp.
• Raisins - to taste.
• Granulated sugar - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. To prepare the dough, in a work bowl, combine kefir with salt, sugar, eggs and flour. Then dilute soda in a glass of boiling water and pour the solution into the dough, mix well and leave for 10-15 minutes.

Step 2. Pour vegetable oil into a hot frying pan and distribute a ladle of dough, cook for 60-90 seconds on each side and transfer to a plate.

Step 3. Fry all the pancakes in the same way.

Step 4. To prepare the filling, in a separate container, mix cottage cheese, granulated sugar and sour cream.

Step 5. Add washed and dried raisins.

Step 6. Place a little sweet mixture on the pancake and roll it up.

Step 7. Serve warm and immediately take a sample. Bon appetit!

Lenten pancakes on the water

Lenten pancakes on water are prepared using dry yeast and sunflower oil. Despite the fact that they do not contain ingredients such as egg and milk, the finished pancakes captivate with their delicate taste and melt-in-your-mouth texture. Serve with various preserves or jams.

Cooking time – 40 min.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 4-5.

Ingredients:

• Water – 500 ml.
• Vegetable oil – 3-4 tbsp.
• Dry yeast – 1 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Flour – 250 gr.

Cooking process:

Lenten pancakes made with water have a slightly different texture from those mixed with milk and eggs, but they turn out no less tasty. In this recipe, mix the dough with water, flour and vegetable oil with the addition of soda and citric acid. The pancakes turn out thin and elastic, which is convenient for wrapping any lean filling.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 5 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Water – 450 ml.
• Flour – 200 gr.
• Sugar – 3 tsp.
• Soda – ½ tsp.
• Citric acid – ¼ tsp.
• Salt – ¼ tsp.
• Vegetable oil – 50 ml.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Sift wheat flour through a sieve into a bowl for kneading dough. Add the amount of sugar, salt, soda and citric acid indicated in the recipe proportions. Mix dry ingredients well.

Step 2. Pour water into them portionwise and while kneading at the same time. Knead the dough until it has a smooth, uniform texture. Leave it for 15-20 minutes for the gluten to swell. Then pour in vegetable oil and mix again.

Step 3. Heat the frying pan well and grease it with vegetable oil before the first pancake. Pour the dough into a ladle, spreading it into a thin, even layer. Fry the pancakes over medium heat until golden brown on both sides. Due to the reaction of soda with acid, pancakes are obtained with many holes.

Step 4. Place the baked pancakes in a stack on a plate and cover with a second plate on top so that they steam a little and become more elastic.

Step 5. Serve cooked Lenten pancakes in water with a sweet Lenten topping (honey, jam, nuts) or wrap the Lenten filling in them. Bon appetit!

Custard pancakes on boiling water

Custard pancakes with boiling water are a budget-friendly but incredibly tasty dish that uses only those ingredients that everyone has on hand! We don’t even need milk for cooking, but the final result will exceed all your expectations.

Cooking time – 45 min.

Cooking time – 20-25 min.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Water – 330 ml.
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Soda – 1/3 tsp.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Salt – 2 pinches.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Using a whisk, beat the chicken eggs with the addition of granulated sugar and salt, without stopping beating, add half the warm water.

Step 2. Sift and pour in flour.

Step 3. Stir until smooth.

Step 4. Boil the remaining water and mix with soda, adding it to the dough with constant stirring.

Step 5. Add vegetable oil.

Step 6. Mix again and leave for 20 minutes.

Step 7. Before baking the first pancake, coat a heated frying pan with a thin layer of vegetable oil and heat it, distribute a ladle of dough and fry the pancake on both sides until golden brown.

Step 8. Prepare the rest of the pancakes in the same way and take a sample. Bon appetit!

Lenten pancakes on water with eggs

Lenten pancakes on water with eggs are a quick dish that will become a hearty and flavorful snack for you and your family. Thin pancakes are in perfect harmony with various additives, for example, you can serve the dish with sour cream, thick jam or toppings.

Cooking time – 40 min.

Cooking time – 20-25 min.

Portions – 5.

Ingredients:

• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Flour – 200-250 gr.
• Water – 250 ml.
• Salt – 1 pinch.
• Granulated sugar – 1 pinch.
• Sunflower oil – 3 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Break the eggs into a bowl and add a little sugar.

Step 2.Shake the components.

Step 3. Add the sifted flour and knead a smooth dough without lumps.

Step 4. During the mixing process, gradually pour out the water.

Step 5. Infuse the composition for 15 minutes, and then mix again.

Step 6. Add vegetable oil to the dough and proceed to frying.

Step 7. Pour a little dough into a hot frying pan and distribute it over the surface.

Step 8. Fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown, stack them and invite the family to the meal. Bon appetit!

Thin mineral water pancakes with holes

Thin mineral water pancakes with holes are prepared quite simply and quickly, and they turn out incredibly golden brown and tasty. To prepare the dough, you will need simple and affordable products that are available on the shelves of any kitchen. Diversify your menu!

Cooking time - 30 min.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Portions – 6.

Ingredients:

• Highly carbonated mineral water – 2 tbsp.
• Flour – 2 tbsp.
• Milk – 1 tbsp.
• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Granulated sugar – 1.5 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Sunflower oil – 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Place a glass of mineral water, milk, eggs, salt and granulated sugar into a mixing bowl.

Step 2. Beat.

Step 3. Add pre-sifted flour.

Step 4. Mix until a smooth and homogeneous consistency is obtained.

Step 5. Pour out the remaining mineral water and stir again.

Step 6. Add sunflower oil.

Step 7. After mixing the dough, pour it into a hot frying pan, coated with vegetable oil before baking the first pancake. Fry thin pancakes on both sides until golden brown.

Step 8. Cook and have fun!

Pancakes with whey

Whey pancakes are an exquisite dish that will delight you with its original texture: openwork and incredibly thin. It is recommended to serve such pancakes in combination with rich sour cream, homemade jam or regular white condensed milk - you will lick your fingers!

Cooking time – 60 min.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Whey – 3 tbsp.
• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Granulated sugar – 3 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Flour – 1.5 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Pour the whey into a saucepan and heat slightly.

Step 2. Stir in eggs, salt and sugar.

Step 3. Pour in the wheat flour and mix until smooth.

Step 4. Add vegetable oil, stir and leave to “rest” for 15 minutes. Then stir again.

Step 5. Cook pancakes in a hot frying pan on both sides until golden brown.

Step 6. Before serving, the food can be supplemented with butter and sugar. Bon appetit!

Pancakes with milk and dry yeast

Yeast pancakes made with milk with holes come out incredibly tender, tasty and at the same time thin. They can be served with butter or filled with various fillings to taste. To prepare, take note of the proven recipe with step-by-step photographs.

Cooking time – 20 minutes

Cooking time – 10 minutes

Servings – 4

Ingredients:

• Flour – 300 gr.
• Water – 200 ml.
• Milk – 300 ml.
• Sugar – 60 gr.
• Egg – 3 pcs.
• Vegetable oil – 70 ml.
• Dry yeast – 7 gr.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Butter – for serving.

Cooking process:

Step 1. In a deep bowl, combine eggs and sugar. Beat them until fluffy foam.

Step 2. Continue beating the egg mixture and pour in the milk.Then add vegetable oil, yeast, salt and sifted flour.

Step 3. Add water and mix everything thoroughly until smooth.

Step 4. Place the dough in a warm place for 1 hour. Next, mix it and leave for another 30 minutes.

Step 5. Pour the finished dough in portions into a hot frying pan with vegetable oil. Fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown.

Step 6. Place thin pancakes on a flat plate. Add a piece of butter.

Step 7. Yeast pancakes with milk with holes are ready!