17/08/2026
I hadn’t made pancakes in almost seven years.
The last time I made them, it was around 2 AM after a house party. We were a little drunk, she wanted something sweet, and this was long before ordering food at that hour was normal.
I remembered making pancakes with my brother as a kid, walked into the kitchen and somehow made a batch from memory. They probably weren’t very good. She didn’t really care.
Some recipes stay attached to people like that.
So, seven years later, I made pancakes again. This time with an actual recipe. 🥞
Easy Homemade Pancakes
Ingredients
• 125 g maida / all-purpose flour (1 cup)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 1 egg
• 180–200 ml milk
• 20 g melted butter
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• Butter for cooking
• Maple syrup or honey, to serve
Method
Mix flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.
In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk, melted butter and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and gently mix until just combined. Don’t overmix; a few small lumps are perfectly fine.
Let the pancake batter rest for about 10 minutes.
Heat a pan over low-medium heat and lightly butter it. Pour in the batter and cook until bubbles start appearing on the surface and the edges begin to set. Flip and cook the other side until golden.
Stack them warm with butter and plenty of maple syrup.
A very basic pancake recipe. Nothing fancy.
Maybe that’s fitting.
Some recipes stop being just food. They quietly become little time capsules.
