It is believed that baking pancakes is a trifle, especially for experienced housewives. But one who has recently begun to develop his culinary abilities, only in general terms imagines how to make pancake dough. And at the same time misses some of the subtleties of cooking.

Tips for making pancake dough

There are many ways to create a test. The simplest solution is to make pancake dough in water or milk, following a traditional recipe. Pancakes on the water - a more budgetary and low-calorie option, and the dough on milk is more tasty, tender.

Here are some suggestions:

  1. Beat eggs with a whisk.
  2. It is better to sift the flour, then it will become more airy, and the dough will turn out more magnificent.
  3. In order not to grease the pan each time during baking, vegetable oil is added to the dough at the cooking stage.
  4. The dough is poured only on a very hot pan.
  5. If the basis for the test is water, then it is taken in boiled form.
  6. The thickness of the pancakes depends on the consistency of the dough and on how much it is poured into the pan.
  7. Before baking, the finished mass is allowed to stand for a while.
  8. When baking, use a ladle in which a portion for one pancake will be placed.

On milk for delicate pancakes

Pancakes come out openwork due to the increased oxygen content in the dough.

To get fishnet pancakes, you should cook:

  • eggs - 3 pcs.;
  • sugar - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • milk - 3 glasses;
  • salt - ½ tsp;
  • flour - 1.5 cups;
  • soda - 1 tsp;
  • flavourless refined oil - 2 tbsp. l

The process step by step:

  1. In a deep bowl, whisk and mix eggs with sugar and salt.
  2. Add a portion of milk (1 cup).
  3. Flour along with soda is introduced into the resulting mass.
  4. Stir so that there are no lumps.
  5. Top up the remaining milk (2 cups), then butter.Stir until smooth. Let it brew.
  6. Pour a little dough into the pan to make a thin pancake.

In order to form many holes during baking, the dough on pancakes in milk should be similar in consistency to liquid sour cream.

Gentle pancakes on custard dough

If you add boiling water to the dough when kneading - along with the usual ingredients - the pancakes will turn out to be light, melting in your mouth.

Choux pastry is called good reason - it contains a glass of boiling water.

And besides this, you should take:

  • 2 eggs;
  • 2-3 tbsp. l Sahara;
  • 1/3 tsp salts;
  • 1 cup of milk;
  • 1 cup flour (if necessary, you can add more);
  • 1-2 tbsp. l odorless vegetable oil;
  • take 1/4 tsp. vanillin or replace it with vanilla sugar (1 pack).

Stages of preparation:

  1. In a deep container, mix eggs with sugar and salt (if there is vanillin, put it), pour milk.
  2. Add flour, mix until the lumps disappear. Pour in vegetable oil. Again they interfere, achieving uniformity.
  3. Prepare a glass of boiling water. The dough in the dishes begins to be actively mixed, and at the same time slowly - with a thin stream - pour boiling water into it.
  4. Continue to mix until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
  5. Go to baking.

Also popular is the option of making custard dough with the addition of kefir instead of milk (kefir is taken in the same amount as milk - 1 cup).

Kefir yeast with semolina

If thin pancakes are slightly fed up, you can bake thicker and lush pancakes without the presence of flour, it will be replaced by semolina. But it should be remembered that the kefir base gives the finished dish a slightly sour taste.

Products that you will need:

  1. semolina - 1 cup (or a little more);
  2. kefir - 1 cup;
  3. salt - 1/3 tsp;
  4. eggs - 2 pcs.;
  5. flavourless refined oil - 2 tbsp. l .;
  6. yeast (preferably dry) - 1 tsp;
  7. sugar - 2 tbsp. l

Start the dough in several stages:

  1. Yeast and sugar are added to slightly warmed kefir. Stir well and put in a warm place for 30 minutes, covering the container with a towel.
  2. Beat eggs with salt, combine with semolina, and then pour all this into the finished kefir-yeast mixture.
  3. Vegetable oil is added there, mixed thoroughly.
  4. Leave the dough alone for 15 minutes, then begin to bake.

Pancakes with kefir with the addition of semolina are more nutritious compared to openwork pancakes.

A simple recipe for cooking in a bottle

When the familiar recipes are mastered, you can experiment by opening the dough in a bottle.

For pancakes take:

  • flour - 11-12 tbsp. l .;
  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • sugar - 2 tbsp. l (if necessary, take 3 tbsp. l.);
  • milk - 600 ml;
  • salt - ½ tsp;
  • flavourless refined oil - 2-3 tbsp. l

In order not to spill or spill anything, use a kitchen funnel.

Tasty recipe:pancakes with sour milk

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. In a clean plastic bottle, first put the flour, then send all the other components.
  2. The bottle is closed with a lid and begin to shake, thoroughly mixing its contents. The mixture should be homogeneous, without lumps.
  3. A small amount of dough is poured directly from the bottle into a hot pan, it is evenly distributed and a pancake is baked.

The “bottle” method is also convenient in that after the completion of the cooking process, less dirty dishes are left.

The use of various recipes for the preparation of pancakes will allow you to feel the taste variety of your favorite dish and choose the one you like most.

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