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Pancakes

A simple dish of cooked batter served hot with butter between layers.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Pancakes

Pancakes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Prepare pancake batter.

Cook and serve

  1. Cook pancakes on a griddle until golden brown.

  2. Spread a little butter between each layer of pancakes.

  3. Stack about six pancakes on each plate.

  4. Serve hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Butter
Adds richness and flavour, and helps keep the layers from drying out.
Pancake batter
Forms the body of the pancakes, setting into a soft, tender structure as it cooks.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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