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A stack of Easy English Pancakes on a black plate on a surface of scattered sugar with a white pot of chocolate sauce, plate of chopped strawberries and bananas, a glass of milk, two eggs, slices of lemon,½ tablespoon of vegetable oil and ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract on the side
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Easy English Pancakes - Sweet Crepes

These Easy English Pancakes - Sweet Crepes make the best breakfast.
This simple British recipe uses a homemade pancake mix made from scratch. The ingredients for this thin pancake batter are flour, eggs, milk, sugar, oil, and vanilla extract is optional. Quick to cook, ready in minutes.
Topping suggestions for crepes include traditional lemon and sugar, strawberry with icing sugar or banana with chocolate sauce. Can be made ahead and kept refrigerated or frozen.
Perfect for Pancake day, UK and US measurements given.
Prep Time5 minutes
Active Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert, Sweet
Cuisine: British, European, French
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Yield: 6 Pancakes
Calories: 185kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

Pancake mix

  • 30 grams Sugar Caster is best but granulated is fine too.
  • 360 ml Milk skimmed, semi or whole.
  • 2 medium Eggs
  • ½ tablespoon Vegetable Oil can substitute for other oils or use melted butter
  • ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract optional
  • 160 grams Plain Flour
  • Spray Oil To spray pan between each pancake

Pancake Toppings Optional

  • Nutella
  • Strawberries
  • Lemon
  • Sugar or Icing Sugar
  • Banana
  • Chocolate Sauce
  • Raspberry Sauce

Instructions

Prepare Pancake Mix Batter

  • Measure 30 grams Sugar, 360 ml Milk2 medium Eggs, ½ tablespoon Vegetable Oil, and ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract into a large jug.
    Pouring milk into a glass jug with two raw eggs to make our pancake mix
  • Use a hand blender or whisk, to combine the ingredients together. (can be done by hand using a whisk).
    Whisking the crepes mixture with a hand held mixer in a glass jug
  • Add 160 grams Plain Flour in a spoonfull at a time. Continue to blend with the hand mixer between each spoonful. Whisk or blend until smooth and no lumps of flour can be seen.
    Placing in plain flour with a silver tablespoon into the pancake batter mixture in a glass jug while whisking with a hand held whisk

Cook Pancakes

  • Prepare your pan with a few sprays of Spray Oil. Allow to heat before pouring pancake batter into the pan.
    Spray Oil
    Spraying oil onto a pancake frying pan to cook our Easy English Pancakes
  • Try to keep the mixture in a thin layer, if needed you can tilt the pan to cover the whole surface of the pan.
    Fry on medium heat for about 1 - 1½ minute until you can easily get the spatula under the pancake.
    Turning our homemade British pancake over with a black spatula
  • Flip using your spatula onto the other side and cook for another ½ -1 minutes
    Turning our homemade British pancake over with a black spatula
  • Serve straight away or pile up into a stack, keep covered with foil to retain heat until all ready.
    A stack of Easy English Pancakes on a black plate with two eggs,½ tablespoon of vegetable oil and ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract on the side
  • Serve with your choice of toppings!
    Nutella, Strawberries, Lemon, Sugar or Icing Sugar, Banana, Chocolate Sauce, Raspberry Sauce
    Four folded Easy English Pancakes served on a black plate with scattered chopped strawberries on the plate with sprinkled icing sugar and chocolate sauce on top

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Nutrition

Calories: 185kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 47mg | Potassium: 128mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 176IU | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 1mg