I need a pancake advise please

[ostaralight]

I'm making pancakes, and they are very thin, not nicely puffy as usual, and they are softish and hard to turn over, and they mostly tear when turned. Also, they are more flexible than usual, so it's very hard to pick them up

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[thulrandir]

Climate conditions can effect the way the flour works, may i ask what recipe your using?

[ostaralight]

1 cup of milk, 1 egg, 3/4 cup of flour, 1 table spoon of sugar. All mixed and baked on cooking oil. A small frying pan, so it's one pancake only, but big and round.

I don't think climate condition was any different from usual...

Today made pancakes again, on high grade flour - perfectly ok!

[chris_san]

I use plain old flour. It might help to throw in a spoonfull of plain yoghurt (which adds to the puffiness) and put the mixture in the fridge for about an hour (which thickens the mixture).

[ostaralight]

Ah, interesting about the yoghurt, I never new this. I should try next time, I like my pancakes puffy:-)

I usually just put a bit more flour when want it thicker.

[stephanie_pegg]

I don't know much about thick hotcake style pancakes, I usually make the thin crepe style ones. (Whisk 2 eggs into a cup of flour + pinch of salt, mix in half a cup of milk and half a cup of water, adding the liquid slowly and mixing as you go. Fry in butter.)

[ostaralight]

Do they bake ok without tearing when you tunt them? I'm sometimes thinking of making thin pancakes so I can wrap filling in them, my grandmother used to do it often, but the ones I'm currently making are tearing easily... Maybe I should try your recipe, and I could make filled pancakes.

[stephanie_pegg]

No, they don't tear as long as you're careful. I don't try to flip them or anything, just wait until they're looking solid and turn them with a spatula. I usually put the filling on them (lemon juice & sugar, or butter & jam, or maple/golden syrup) then roll them up and eat them with my fingers.

(I usually find the first one I cook is a bit of a dud because the frying pan temperature isn't quite right. Don't worry if this happens to you, the rest will be lovely.)

[cryptosporidosi]

baking powder? Its what I use to make pancakes fluffy also less liquid if they are still too runny.

[ostaralight]

What about self-rising flour? Do you use that too? I'm not really skilled with baking powder, but looks like I'd better learn how to use it if I wanna bake stuff. But I was wondering what would be the difference between self-rising flour and a normal flour with baking powder?

[stephanie_pegg]

There is no difference, self-raising flour just comes with the baking powder pre-added. (I've never been stuck in a baking project because I didn't have the self-raising variety, just made my own as needed.)