today we're gonna go over how to make your basic pancakes fluffier and how to
make my version of a Japanese soufflé pancake they should uh they should call these
fun-sized
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yeahhhhhhh..... hey. welcome and welcome back my name is andrew i am the number two of
the team of two at Make It Dairy Free dot com so I was um I was thinking the
other day ya know rare occasion, right? there are probably a lot of people
out there that just don't know how to make a good vegan pancake or are making
pancakes and saying to themselves why is this pancake so flat but now you have a
hungry family to feed and you gotta go out to put something on that breakfast
table now if you're lucky enough you're in a house like mine and they not gonna
let you live this thing down you know what I mean dad I know it's getting hot
outside but we're not on the beach did you just toss me a frisbee? dad did you
just take one of pop-pop's records and put it on my plate?
what is this? dad where's the UH where's the hole at? I could probably help pump
some air into this thing
uh huh. yup. my family.
sometimes the sarcasm is it's on the other end of the spectrum. Awww dad I had
no idea you were making crepes I thought you said pancakes aww thank you.*gasp* oh my god
flat bread pizza for breakfast DAD! where's the toppings who are these
kids talking to? nah they not they're not talking to us. NOPE! alright let's get in
the kitchen and show them who's bad
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Jomon.
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okay it's time to get you ready to come out the kitchen swinging we're
gonna start out by making our flax egg the flax egg and the next ingredient need
just a few minutes to set up so we're gonna end up doing those first if you're
uncertain what a flax egg is it's basically the vegan version of an egg
but you don't necessarily cook it you use this solely as a binder where an egg
is typically called for like quick breads or cookies or even pancakes a
tablespoon of ground flaxseed a couple tablespoons of water and then you wait
after that we're making a vegan buttermilk simply some milk and vinegar
and again you wait while you have that stuff going grab the rest of your
ingredients out when ready add the egg and the butter milk to the bowl with
vanilla oil and whisk it together whisk until you have a few bubbles
incorporated into your batter what we're trying to do is you get a little
bit of air trapped inside the mix and that's gonna help later make our
pancakes light and fluffy next up are the dry ingredients this recipe can
technically be One Bowl all you do is add the dry stuff
on top of the wet stuff and your one less dish. ayy. one less dish is one less
dish in a bowl add your dry stuff flour baking powder salt and give it a quick
whisk so the reason I put up with an extra dish is because I actually like to
mix my flour in two parts to ensure a dense free pancake we want to basically
fold the wet stuff and the dry stuff together now if you've been here before
you will kind of have an idea what the batter is supposed to look like
so you could definitely mix instead of fold but if you're a novice to making
pancakes or ultimately just want to be really careful then definitely fold
until everything's incorporated from here you want your batter to rest for a
few minutes to help build up some of that reaction between the vinegar and
the baking powder and stuff like that
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from here add some oil in the skillet I
like to use vegan butter instead of using vegan oil because I like that a
hint of butter flavor in the final product. pour your batter on the skillet
and give it roughly about two minutes to cook now you don't want to base this
entirely off of time so what you're looking for is bubbles to be on top that
have popped but not close ultimately leaving teeny holes on the surface so
when it's time to flip the pancake over its literally in the flick of the wrist
you don't want to flip the pancake so hard that you're slamming it back on to
the skillet the reason you don't want to do that is because you're gonna lose all
the bubbles that were incorporated into the pancake and those bubbles are
actually what helps it get some lift to get a nice thick pancake which are light
and fluffy what you want to do is you want to be very controlled with your
flip don't go too slow because too slow means the pancake will slide off
whenever you're turning over once you get the pancake on to the other side
give roughly about a minute or so and you
should be good to go
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okay so let me just say these pancakes definitely take just
a little bit of practice to conquer these things are super awesome extra
fluffy it's almost like someone made you a like a personal cake so this time
around with your wet ingredients we're actually going to use a beater with a
whisk attachment this will help us get all the air possibly into the wet stuff
making it nice and frothy as for the dry stuff only a few changes this time
around if you have cake flour you can use that if you don't you can use
all-purpose flour put some cornstarch next tip here to help keep this light
and fluffy we're going to sift all of the dry ingredients into the wet stuff this
is gonna help ensure that all the particles of dry stuff is separated as
much as possible when mixing together carefully combine them slowly until just
incorporated we want to try to keep as much air as possible into the batter
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when cooking we're going to use biscuit cutters or cookie cutters that are
circular you honestly could probably do this with like any shape that isn't too
intricate this way you can make something pretty cool for the kiddos or
yourself butter the interior of the cutter then add it into the skillet for
a few secs to heat up then pour your batter right in the same cooking idea
here you're looking for all those little bubbles at the top so now we're going to
flip I like to push the cutter to the side of the pan where it kind of lifts
right up and I can get the spatula right underneath I cook a lot so my hands
don't feel heat as much but I would definitely recommend getting some gloves
or maybe some mitts when using you know this kind of method once again it is all
in the wrist for the flip after you practice a few times you'll definitely
be able to nail it. I really hope you guys get a chance to
meet these and they turn out awesome send some pics so we can feature you on
the gram now that you know how to make some boss type pancakes head to the
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please be safe wishing you the best for you and your family and believe in good. Peace.
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