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HAPPY 19TH MILA ARIEL PALAMITA (fong)! May you get whatever you ask for, from university offers to being an AIDS volunteer (I'm still quite worried about this one)! :)
Coincidentally, it's Pancake Day today! & surprise surprise, I made pancakes for myself. I remembered when I saw my leftover buttermilk from Saturday's session of cake baking. By then, it was too late to invite some lucky people over for some pancake fest. I said lucky because well, my pancakes turned out not too bad and if anyone did come over, they would have been lucky enough to share my pride and joy. Or, they could be lucky because the buttermilk is supposed to expire today (opened it 2 days ago- they indicated that it should be used 2 days after opening)... we shall see.
The recipe I followed was from a recipe-sharing website. I have always wanted to try it but I had never used buttermilk before until the previous Saturday. I'm glad that I get to try out 2 new recipes within 3 days!! Or 3 actually. I'm actually going to try my luck at (spicy) egg fried rice tonight. :)
Anyway, back to where we were at. Here's the recipe I followed. Okay, so basically I reaped ~5 slightly smaller MacDonald's pancakes (actual output was 3 varied sizes) with:
Keep in mind this is for one medium to large serving. I'm quite full after finishing the batch.
Dry Ingredients:
1 cup of flour (I used Self Raising Flour- if not follow the website's suggestion: baking powder + baking soda)
3 and 1/2 tablespoon of sugar
1/4 teaspoon of salt
Wet Ingredients:
1 cup of buttermilk
1 large egg (size doesn't really matter actually)
2 tablespoons of margarine/butter (I think I used margarine)
3-4 tablespoons of milk
For frying:
Olive oil, peanut oil, canola oil, any kind of cooking oil (not sure about this), margarine or butter. Your choice! I'd say use oil because the latter 2 tend to evaporate quite fast, causing the batter to stick to the pan = messy.
Optional:
Blueberries, honey and... well whatever you want to add to your pancake! :)
Steps:
1. Mix dry ingredients.
One cup of SRF. I found out on Saturday that the actual 1 cup (in picture) is pretty small. All along I thought one cup refers to the normal... mugs.
SRF, sugar and salt in.
2. Mix wet ingredients.
Leftover buttermilk.
Milk & butter. Do try to melt the butter before you add it into the mix. I didn't and ended up with small chunks of butter in my batter.
Add the egg in and whisk the WET ingredients together.
Yea, like this. See the little chunks of butter?
3. Leave aside until you're ready to cook.
Dry and wet ingredients are both ready! :)
Do a bit of random things.
I was all alone at home, it's perfectly justified to pose with random things.
♥ ♥ ♥
(I look totally alcohol-loverish here)
4. When you're ready, mix the 2 together. The recipe says don't over stir... I wasn't too sure what that meant but I suppose once the ingredients are mixed until they are not more "flour bubbles" it's fine.
It should remind you a bit of mushy porridge/ oats.
5. Add a bit of oil/ margarine/ butter to skillet/pan.
I wanted to test if olive oil/ margarine or butter (whichever I used) tasted better for frying pancakes.
FAIL. Cannot be a chef-blogger-wannabe already :(
This picture looks too steady to believe.
6. Pour the mixture into the heated skillet and leave it there for a while before you lightly scrape the bottom. Flip it once the upper layer is not too liquidy/ the bottom is starting to turn black (just flip one side by a bit).
Heated = sizzle.
Are you ready, batter? >:D
IN YOU GOOO~
FAIL 2. Premature flip. (the pancake looks like roti prata here)
Trial 2: with butter.
.........................
7. READY TO SERVE BABY! :)
It was quite big a portion... and I had to finish all of it.
I've been craving for blueberries lately.
Pancakes + blueberries + honey...
...YUMMO! Unglam much rofl.
Here's something random. I never realised blueberries look like such on the inside. It's like a micro fruit with micro seeds.
HAPPY 19TH MILA ARIEL PALAMITA (fong)! May you get whatever you ask for, from university offers to being an AIDS volunteer (I'm still quite worried about this one)! :)
Coincidentally, it's Pancake Day today! & surprise surprise, I made pancakes for myself. I remembered when I saw my leftover buttermilk from Saturday's session of cake baking. By then, it was too late to invite some lucky people over for some pancake fest. I said lucky because well, my pancakes turned out not too bad and if anyone did come over, they would have been lucky enough to share my pride and joy. Or, they could be lucky because the buttermilk is supposed to expire today (opened it 2 days ago- they indicated that it should be used 2 days after opening)... we shall see.
The recipe I followed was from a recipe-sharing website. I have always wanted to try it but I had never used buttermilk before until the previous Saturday. I'm glad that I get to try out 2 new recipes within 3 days!! Or 3 actually. I'm actually going to try my luck at (spicy) egg fried rice tonight. :)
Anyway, back to where we were at. Here's the recipe I followed. Okay, so basically I reaped ~5 slightly smaller MacDonald's pancakes (actual output was 3 varied sizes) with:
Keep in mind this is for one medium to large serving. I'm quite full after finishing the batch.Dry Ingredients:
1 cup of flour (I used Self Raising Flour- if not follow the website's suggestion: baking powder + baking soda)
3 and 1/2 tablespoon of sugar
1/4 teaspoon of salt
Wet Ingredients:
1 cup of buttermilk
1 large egg (size doesn't really matter actually)
2 tablespoons of margarine/butter (I think I used margarine)
3-4 tablespoons of milk
For frying:
Olive oil, peanut oil, canola oil, any kind of cooking oil (not sure about this), margarine or butter. Your choice! I'd say use oil because the latter 2 tend to evaporate quite fast, causing the batter to stick to the pan = messy.
Optional:
Blueberries, honey and... well whatever you want to add to your pancake! :)
Steps:
1. Mix dry ingredients.
One cup of SRF. I found out on Saturday that the actual 1 cup (in picture) is pretty small. All along I thought one cup refers to the normal... mugs.
SRF, sugar and salt in.2. Mix wet ingredients.
Leftover buttermilk.
Milk & butter. Do try to melt the butter before you add it into the mix. I didn't and ended up with small chunks of butter in my batter.
Add the egg in and whisk the WET ingredients together.
Yea, like this. See the little chunks of butter?3. Leave aside until you're ready to cook.
Dry and wet ingredients are both ready! :)
Do a bit of random things.
I was all alone at home, it's perfectly justified to pose with random things.
♥ ♥ ♥(I look totally alcohol-loverish here)
4. When you're ready, mix the 2 together. The recipe says don't over stir... I wasn't too sure what that meant but I suppose once the ingredients are mixed until they are not more "flour bubbles" it's fine.
It should remind you a bit of mushy porridge/ oats.5. Add a bit of oil/ margarine/ butter to skillet/pan.
I wanted to test if olive oil/ margarine or butter (whichever I used) tasted better for frying pancakes.
FAIL. Cannot be a chef-blogger-wannabe already :(
This picture looks too steady to believe.6. Pour the mixture into the heated skillet and leave it there for a while before you lightly scrape the bottom. Flip it once the upper layer is not too liquidy/ the bottom is starting to turn black (just flip one side by a bit).
Heated = sizzle.
Are you ready, batter? >:D
IN YOU GOOO~
FAIL 2. Premature flip. (the pancake looks like roti prata here)
After a few more flipping. Ready! Golden-brownish in colour.
Trial 2: with butter.
Repeat same steps as trial 1. Note the change in size.
Result of trial 2. Looking good! :)
Trial 3: get personal, add Baileys! (used olive oil with this one)
Oops, underestimated the remaining batter.
Uhhohhh I'm in troooubleee~
Result of trial 2. Looking good! :)
Trial 3: get personal, add Baileys! (used olive oil with this one)
Oops, underestimated the remaining batter.
Uhhohhh I'm in troooubleee~
.........................7. READY TO SERVE BABY! :)
It was quite big a portion... and I had to finish all of it.
I've been craving for blueberries lately.
Pancakes + blueberries + honey...
...YUMMO! Unglam much rofl.
Here's something random. I never realised blueberries look like such on the inside. It's like a micro fruit with micro seeds.Conclusion: diet plan is a total failure. Not forgetting the fried rice tonight... LE SIGH. The pancake tasted pretty interesting though, the buttermilk gave the pancakes a very slight sour-ish taste (perhaps from the buttermilk/ salt/ SPOILT BUTTERMILK OMG??!!!) which makes it more appealing to me. I never really liked pancakes because I get sick of it after the 2nd one. Or maybe this one is different because I made it myself. You know like how your appetite is bigger if you were to eat the things you cooked (something that taste better than expected) yourself? Sigh, the kickboxing session I went to yesterday has gone down the drain. :'(
Alrighty, I have come to an end for this mega long post. I hope this gave you an inspiration to cook! :)
P.S. I've learnt that you can make your own buttermilk by adding a tablespoon of white vinegar to a cup of milk. Stir well and leave it for... 15 minutes? & off you go.
Alrighty, I have come to an end for this mega long post. I hope this gave you an inspiration to cook! :)
P.S. I've learnt that you can make your own buttermilk by adding a tablespoon of white vinegar to a cup of milk. Stir well and leave it for... 15 minutes? & off you go.
