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Pancake Day is upon us and my family can eat their body weight in pancakes. Learn how to make the best fluffy sourdough pancakes in town right here.

The best fluffy sourdough pancakes

How to make The Best Fluffy Sourdough Pancakes in town

Sourdough pancakes are a fantastic way to use up sourdough discard. If you have never made sourdough you can read my How to make a sourdough starter here. if you have a starter you know that it need to be fed everyday and so there will be discarded starter every day.

Pancakes are so easy to make and so quick. I can have a batch made up in less than 10 minutes.

The best fluffy sourdough pancakes

Types of pancakes

This recipe makes American style fluffy pancakes, but you can make crepes from sourdough as well.

These are soft fluffy and delicious. They only need a few ingredients and no resting period so you can make them straight away.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Sourdough starter
  • 1 Egg
  • 1tsp Vanilla essence
  • 1/2 tsp Baking powder
the best fluffy sourdough pancakes

Method: How to make the Best fluffy sourdough pancakes.

  • Start by mixing together the sourdough discard to the other ingredients. Whisk together using a ballon whisk.
  • If you are cooking on an Aga you will be cooking on your simmering plate. Otherwise set a cast iron pan on a medium heat to warm up.
  • On the Aga place a piece of bake o glide over the hot plate.
  • On a regular cooker add a tiny bit of oil to a warmed pan.
  • Using a 1/4 cup measure drop 3 pancakes onto your pan/bake o glide.
Pancakes cooking
  • When bubbles start to form and the pancakes are firming up around the edges flip them over to cook on the other side.
cooking pancakes flipped
  • Once they are cooked through put them in the oven to keep warm.
  • Now do that all again until there is no mixture left.
  • This should make appropriately 8-9 pancakes
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  • Stack your pancakes and add the toppings of your choice. A firm favourite here is bananas with Maple syrup.
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I hope you enjoy these sourdough pancakes.

Happy Pancake Day my friends. Enjoy!!

See you all soon

Happy making and happy baking

Sam x

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Measuring cups

Balloon whisk

Bake o Glide

Maple syrup

The best fluffy sourdough pancakes

The Best Fluffy Sourdough Pancakes

These are soft fluffy and delicious. They only need a few ingredients and no resting period so you can make them straight away.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Breakfast

Equipment

  • Cast iron frying pan

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Sourdough starter
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp Baking powder

Instructions
 

  • Start by mixing together the sourdough discard to the other ingredients. Whisk together using a ballon whisk.
  • If you are cooking on an Aga you will be cooking on your simmering plate. Otherwise set a cast iron pan on a medium heat to warm up.
  • On the Aga place a piece of bake o glide over the hot plate.
  • On a regular cooker add a tiny bit of oil to a warmed pan.
  • Using a 1/4 cup measure drop 3 pancakes onto your pan/bake o glide.
  • When bubbles start to form and the pancakes are firming up around the edges flip them over to cook on the other side.
  • Once they are cooked through put them in the oven to keep warm.
  • Now do that all again until there is no mixture left.
Keyword breakfast, discard, Fermented, fluffy, healthy, sourdough, the best

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