Is It Saturday Yet?

I love Saturday mornings in my house. Unfortunately the girls don't sleep in, but somehow they know it's the weekend and I wake to a little chorus of "we want pantates (pancakes) for breakfast"!! Samahdi then assures me that both Daddy and Willow have told her they want pancakes too. Think she wants pancakes?

So we seem to have a nice little Saturday morning tradition on our hands, and I love it because I have found a very yummy pancake recipe that even Matt can cook...bonus!!! So this is a very practical blog where I will share my first recipe with you all. Maybe it might inspire you to start up your own little saturday morning tradition with your own family, even if it's not pantates!! It's all about creating beautiful moments with those you love. This is one of my moments...

Pancakes

1 1/2 cups full cream milk
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, sifted
1 large egg

1 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted
Melted or softened butter, for greasing pan

1. Put milk, lemon juice and sugar in a bowl. Whisk and set aside for 5 minutes.

2. Mix sifted flour and bicarb soda in a large bowl.

3. Add egg and melted butter to milk mixture and stir well.

4. Combine milk mixture into flour and stir until almost smooth. Don't overmix as pancakes will be tough.
5. Leave batter to stand for at least 5 minutes. This ensures pancakes will be super fluffy!
6. Heat a large frypan on medium heat, when hot brush with butter.

7. Scoop desired amount of mix into frypan and cook!

A little tip I found to get nice high pancakes...

Once you have put the batter in the frypan, flip as soon as the pancake can hold its shape and is a nice gold colour underneath. If you leave it until there are bubbles appearing on the top of the pancake before you flip it, it won't rise as much once it is turned.

This batter makes about 7 medium sized pancakes. Would recommend doubling for a hungry crew of 5.

Serve with your favourite pancake topping. My girls will have nothing but chocolate sauce. I just love a small scraping of butter over the top, and a hot cup of Karmee coffee. Mmmmm....is it Saturday yet???

Enjoy!