Hi guys. Welcome back to my channel. In today's video I'm going to be sharing with you some
amazing pancake hacks and recipes. I'm going to show you some sweet ones, some savory ones,
some topping ideas and just some general tips that I've learned throughout the years. Being
originally from Canada means I'm very passionate when it comes to pancakes and we have pancakes
every single week. So I hope you enjoy this video.
I also want to say a huge thank you to Milk & More for sponsoring today's video. They
have been so supportive of my channel in the past and they're a brand and service that
I just love. They are your traditional British milkmen with a twist so you can go online
to their websites or also use their app to order all of your milk and they have so many
other products as well and then it will just arrive at your doorstep before 7:00 AM. They're
also really conscious of sustainable living. They like to use electrical vehicles to deliver
their products. You can get the milk in the traditional glass bottles which you can then
leave out and they'll get reused. They also champion smaller suppliers and local farmers
to get you the very best products. And the one that I really want to show you today is
their organic pancake mix. This is so simple to use and it's also gluten free, dairy free,
a source of fiber and vegan friendly as well. So I'll show you how to make this and I'll
also be sure to put all the links in the description down below for Milk and More. And without
further ado, let's get into my pancake hacks.
Okay. So the first pancake recipe that I'm going to share with you today is a traditional
fluffy pancake that my kids just love. So the first thing that I'm going to do is make
sure the pan is nice and hot, putting it on quite a high heat. And then I may turn this
down once the pancakes are in, but I think if the pan is nice and hot to begin with,
the batter will stay in place. So I'm just going to heat up a tiny bit of coconut oil
to start with and then I'm going to mix up my organic pancake mix that I bought on Milk
& More. So this will make about 15 pancakes in total. Of course you don't have to make
the entire mix, but I have a lot to show you today. So to do this, I'm just going to whisk
up two eggs and about 60 ml of milk with the powder. But if you would rather make vegan
friendly pancakes with this mix, it's super easy to do that. All you have to do is leave
the eggs out and then use about 135 ml of any dairy free milk. Then just whisk it all
up like I am here.
And I have another tip, when it comes to pancake batter, once you have whisked all together,
a really good tip is if you have the time, just leave it for about 10 minutes or you
could even leave it for longer. But I think by letting it set for a little bit gives it
a really nice texture. So as I said, these ones are really nice and fluffy. They also
smell so amazing. The mix has cinnamon and baobab powder in it and you can really smell
it while it's cooking. It gives it a lovely sweetness. So how you know when a pancake
is ready to be flipped is you'll see bubbles in the middle popping and you will see sort
of a dry edge around it. And that's how you know when it's ready to flip. Just wait for
the bubbles. So once it's all done on the other side, then they look like this and you
can stack them up, top them with anything you want to; blueberries, strawberries, bananas,
whipped cream, chocolate. But of course I'm going to put maple syrup on this one. This
is the way we like to have them in our house.
And I have another really good tip, which I've said about 5 million times on my channel,
but the best way I find to cut pancakes up for the kids is to use a pizza cutter. It
is so quick and so easy to do it this way. Makes a nice bite sized pieces for the kids.
And while we're talking about pancakes for the kids, can I just say that I don't think
that they just have to be for breakfast. Pancakes are my favorite, easy, lazy dinner for the
kids. They get so excited if I ever announce that it's pancakes for tea.
Next up, I wanted to show you how you can use cookie cutters to make a really cute pancake.
All you have to do is just put them into the pan, then spoon the pancake mix into them.
Wait a few minutes and flip them as you normally would. The only thing about doing this method
is once you take them out of the pan, you do have to wait for the cookie cutters to
cool down before you can kind of get them out. So it could be a little bit more time
consuming, a little bit more faff than just making normal pancakes. But another good option,
which is a little bit more simple, is to actually just make your normal pancakes and then use
a cookie cutter if you wanted to make shapes for the kids, then you the adults could have
the off cuts or you could display it in a little creative way of like I am here.
Another hack which I have talked about in my meal prep videos is that you can make up
a pancake batter and easily keep that for a few days in your fridge or even better,
make up a big batch of pancakes, store them in Tupperware and put them into your fridge
or they also keep really well in the freezer. This means then that during a busy school
week you don't have to get the frying pan out, you can just take your pancakes out and
they're so easy to heat up. All I do is pop them into the toaster and then you can add
a little bit of butter or maple syrup and it's a great, easy, quick breakfast.
Next up I thought I would show you our favorite protein pancakes. Again, it's super simple
recipe that keeps well in the fridge so you could have it throughout the week if you wanted
to. All you need to do is get one banana, two eggs, some baking powder, and then a big
spoonful of your chosen nut butter. Just whiz all that up in your and then just fry that
as a pancake. You could also add in a big tablespoon of your favorite protein powder
if you want to, or if you just want to add a bit more protein to your pancakes, you can
easily add some protein powder to the mix that I showed earlier. I like to stack these
ones because they are quite thin, top them with fruit and of course maple syrup, but
you don't need to, and yeah, so easy. We actually store it in a little Tupperware like this
that I found on Amazon, I believe. But the good thing about it is it has a lid with a
little spout, so all you have to do is open up the spout and then you can pour that straight
into the frying pan.
Now I thought I would show you a really delicious savory pancake, which would be a great starter
or order at a brunch. The pancakes are really easy to make, I'll put the full recipe in
the description down below, but you basically mix up flour, eggs, milk and baking powder
to make the pancakes. And then you top it with dill, chive, lemon, smoked salmon, and
creme fraiche. So I've actually put some creme fraiche into a bowl, squeezed a wedge of lemon
into it and then mixed it up so it's a bit more like a sauce. Then you can add in your
chive and your dill and then just top your pancake. So I'm going to put the sauce on
first and then add some of the smoked salmon and then also add some more dill on top and
then throw on some capers. And I just think this was so easy to make, really delicious,
loads of flavor in that. And yes, I think this would be really, really nice for a brunch.
I also have a great recipe if you're doing baby led weaning or you're weaning a toddler.
This was Caleb's absolute favorite and it's so simple. All you have to do is cut up a
banana into pieces. Then put those into your favorite pancake batter and you'll want to
cover up each piece of banana in the batter. Then heat your pan with a little bit of oil
or butter as normal and fry those little pieces of banana with the batter on them. And what
you'll get is really cute little banana bites that your baby can easily pick up and hold
once they've cooled down, they don't slide around like banana on its own does and it's
a really nice breakfast for them.
I also wanted to show you how to make a really simple Mickey Mouse pancake. Now this is nothing
compared to some of the pancake art that I've seen online, but this is real life and this
is very achievable. So all you have to do is put the batter in the shape of Mickey Mouse,
doesn't have to be perfect, and then you can top it with some chocolate sauce or some fruit
like I am here and I'm really cute way to make them look like mini is to cut a strawberry
in half and place it like a bow. Now another really, again achievable little surprise that
you can give to your kids is to make a little smiley face on their pancake. So an easy way
to do this is to put a little bit of batter in a separate bowl, mix it with a little bit
of cocoa powder, and then put two little eyes and a mouth in the pan with the cocoa powdered
butter and then add on the normal batter on top. And when you flip this over, you will
see there is a little smiley face on the pancake and this really does make my boys smile.
Next up I'm going to show you how to make the most impressive rainbow pancakes. This
would be perfect for someone's birthday. These are definitely for a special occasion, but
surprisingly easy to make. So I just made up the batter, which was one cup of flour,
one cup of milk and egg, and some baking powder. I wanted this mixture to be as light a color
as possible so that the food coloring would really show up well. Then I took six different
bowls, put six different spoons of batter into them, and now I'm just adding in all
of the different food coloring colors. I ordered these a vibrant food colorings online, so
I'm doing blue one, purple one, red one, green one, an orange and a yellow as well. And I
was really pleased with how this turned out. It was definitely very, very vibrant. Then
I just put each pancake into the pan and I put it on quite a low heat because I didn't
want them to burn or anything to ruin the color in any way. Then you just stack it up
and I showed Caleb this and he was so excited about it. I think, as I said, this would just
be great for a special occasion or if you just want to wow someone, breakfast in bed,
I don't know. But yes, as you can see, Caleb was super excited.
I also wanted to show you a really cool hack on how to make these chocolate filled pancakes.
So simple to do and it works every time. All you have to do is put some chocolate spread
onto some tinfoil or some baking paper. I'm making them in the shape of some small pancakes.
Then you'll want to pop that into your freezer and this doesn't take long at all to freeze
through, but once they are frozen, get them out and peel them off of the paper. These
should come away really easily. And then you'll want to make up your favorite pancake batter.
Pour some into your heated pan, like I've been showing you throughout this video. And
then place the frozen chocolate disc on top of that layer of batter and then another layer
of batter on top. And then just cook it like you normally would and you get this really
delicious like impressive chocolate filled pancake. This is so moreish, it's a brilliant
dessert as well. A real, real treat.
And last but not least, I thought it was show you Matt's favorite way to have pancakes.
This is very much the traditional British way to have them. They're almost like crepes
and I'll link the full recipe down below, but it's pretty much 100 grams of plain flour,
two eggs, 300 ml of milk, and then a tablespoon of vegetable oil and a tiny bit of salt and
you'll see that it's a really, really thin batter. Then just heat up your pan with a
little bit of vegetable oil in it. Again, pour your batter in and then kind of like
just move it around like you would a crepe and then let it heat up and you'll know when
it's ready to flip because the pancake in the pan will slide around and move. So I thought
I would give it a go of flipping it and I pleasantly surprised myself. It was pretty
easy to flip. So then you'll see it's a super thin pancake and then Matt tops it with lemon
and sugar and then folds it all up. And that's the way you Brits love to have it. I'm still
not 100% sure about this way. I'll persevere.
Right, so that's it for this video. I really hope you enjoyed it. Let me know in the comments
below which one was your favorite and what you put on your pancakes. And don't forget
to check out the links in the description for Milk & More and this pancake mix. And
I'll see you in my next one. Bye guys.