While you can find thin pancakes throughout Europe, crepes are perhaps most associated with France. There are two kinds of French crepe recipes – a buckwheat variety for savory fillings, and a plain flour kind, for sweet fillings. We love both, but if you’re writing a blog devoted to sweets, it’s best to focus on … Read more
Do you prefer your pancakes petite and puffy? This mini Dutch pancakes recipe is for you. A Short History of Poffertjes At some point, Catholic monks in Southern Holland decided that those dry communion wafers just weren’t cutting it. We’re going to guess at some time around the Reformation, when there may have been some … Read more
This South African Pancake Recipe produces delicious thin pancakes that are a bit like a cross between French crepes and American pancakes. A Short History of the Pannekoek Pannekoek are the obvious descendants of Pannenkoek, or a Dutch pancake (not to be confused with a Dutch baby). Pannekoek clearly arrived in South Africa with the … Read more
This easy ube pancake recipe takes all of the sweet earthy deliciousness of ube and packs it into pancake form. What is Ube? Ube is a bright purple yam native to southeast Asia. It has a slightly sweet earthy flavor. It is sometimes confused with taro root, a similar-hued tuber, but taro is less sweet … Read more
Most pancake recipes call for buttermilk to give them a tender texture. But, most people don’t keep buttermilk lying around their refrigerator. A can of evaporated milk, however, lasts forever. Many of us, whether we know it or not, have one rattling around the back of their cabinet. What is Evaporated Milk? Evaporated milk is … Read more
This Ube Mochi pancake recipe has a mildly sweet Ube flavor, vibrant purple color, and a slightly chewy texture. The perfect breakfast treat! A Very Short History of Ube Mochi Pancakes In Spring 2020, perhaps in a good-faith bid to cheer up Americans suffering through the depths of the pandemic, or perhaps as a follow-up … Read more
This confetti pancakes recipe combines classic pancakes with rainbow sprinkles, sweet glaze, and homemade whipped cream. We challenge you to find a better way to start your saturday morning. Who Invented this Confetti Pancakes Recipe? While we’re not too sure who had the genius idea of throwing rainbow sprinkles into regular pancake batter, it’s pretty … Read more
This mochi pancake recipe combines two of our favorite foods – mochi and pancakes! These chewy pancakes are one of our favorite breakfast treats. What is this Mochi Stuff? Mochi refers to mochiko flour, also known as mochi flour, glutinous rice flour, or Japanese sweet rice flour (phew!). To make mochiko flour, you grind up … Read more
There are very few foods that seem to us more traditionally American than pancakes. This makes it especially ironic that our favorite American pancake recipe comes to us (with some modifications) from a Brit, Nigella Lawson. A Short History of Pancakes Although Americans like to claim fluffy pancakes for themselves, pancakes are in fact a … Read more
We are really more bakers than cooks, and pancakes are our Achilles heel. We struggle with the unpredictability of the open flame (give us an oven any day!). There’s nothing more disappointing than tough pancakes, or to discover that you’ve burnt the surface of the pancakes but the middle of the pancakes is raw. So, … Read more