by Elizabeth Fraser

Created on: January 29, 2011

Pancakes have been a classic breakfast food that has origins that date all the way back to prehistoric times! Here is a fool proof recipe for fluffy, delicious pancakes that are sure to please.

Ingredients: flour (1 cup), sugar (2 tablespoons), baking powder (2 tablespoons), salt (1 tablespoon), egg (1), milk (1cup), vanilla extract (2 tablespoons), vegetable oil (2 tablespoons)

1. The first step is to mix all of the wet ingredients ( egg,milk,vanilla extract and vegitable oil) in one bowl and all of the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder and salt) in another. Once both are mixed thoroughly you're ready to start cooking.

2. You should put some sort of butter or non stick spray in the pan before you start cooking the pancakes to reduce sticking and burning. Once the pan is lubricated, slowly pour the batter in until your pancake spreads out to desired size.

3. Cooking shouldn't take all too long so keep a close eye on them just to make sure they don't burn. A good tip for helping you figure out when one side is done is to watch for bubbles within the other sides batter. Once both sides of the pancake are golden brown they're ready to eat!

Some great ideas for pancake toppings are :

1. Blue Berry Syrup

Ingredients: 3 cups of blueberries (fresh or frozen), 1 cup of sugar, quarter cup of water and a quarter cup of corn starch.

- Put your corn starch, water, sugar and blueberries in a sauce pan on medium until the blueberries become quite soft and the mixture blends itself together. You should stir this consistently with a whisk to assure that it doesn't burn.

2. Buttermilk Syrup.

Ingredients: 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of buttermilk, half a cup of butter, 2 tablespoons of corn syrup and 2 tablespoons of vanilla extract.

Add the sugar, buttermilk, butter and corn syrup to a boil, maintain the boil for about five minutes. Once the five minutes is up, remove from heat and then add your vanilla extract.

3. Pineapple syrup.

Ingredients: One and a half cups of pineapple juice, 1 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon of corn starch and two tablespoons of butter.

Bring the pineapple juice and sugar to a boil and then add in the butter and corn starch. Once it's cooled and thickened a bit, it's ready to serve.

This simple recipe should make about 2 servings of pancakes. I hope you enjoy!

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