Who doesn't love Pancakes?

With a special request for pancakes, I woke up an hour earlier on Sunday morning to get cracking in the kitchen. It was a pleasure anyway, playing with flour and enjoying the quietness in the morning.

This recipe leaves you with a light and fluffy pancake that can be eaten in many ways - roll them up with savory or sweet filling; eat them plain as they are; simply dust confectioners' sugar over them or have them they way I did, with butter and maple syrup!

Here're the simple ingredients and recipe:

- 1 cup flour (do not sift)

- 2 teaspoons baking powder

- 1/4 teaspoon salt

- 2 tablespoons white sugar

- 1 large egg

- 1 cup milk

- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened)

1. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Set aside.

2. In another bowl, whisk together egg, milk and butter.

3. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and mix until it is combined. The batter should have small lumps. Do not over mix or your pancakes will be tough.

4. Heat a small or med size frying pan to medium heat. Brush the pan with butter.

5. Pour 1/4 cup of the batter onto the pan.

6. Once several bubbles appear, it is time to make that flip!

7. Then let it cook for another 1-2 mins on the other side. And it's done!

I am not sure if this will work for you - but I turn the heat to low after my first pancake as I realise that my second pancake always burn a lil too fast and after I turn the heat down, the rest of the pancakes turn out beautifully! Don't despair if a few don't turn out the way you want them to, keep pouring in the batter and do as many pancakes as you can. After a few tries, you will get the hang of it.