Professional Baker Teaches You How To Make BLUEBERRY PANCAKES!

Let's start with a basic breakfast .

Pancake , fluffy , blueberry pancakes .

And it all starts with the dry ingredients .

I sift my dry ingredients together starting with two cups of all purpose flour .

I add just a little bit of sugar .

Only a quarter cup .

Really ?

The sweetness in breakfast pancakes comes from what you put on top .

Let's talk maple syrup .

Two teaspoons of baking powder .

Half a teaspoon of baking soda and just a pinch of salt .

I'll just sift this all together .

And the next step is to mix your wet ingredients .

I do love using buttermilk in my pancakes .

One in three quarters of a cup .

It reacts with your leavening ingredients to make them nice and fluffy .

And it adds a beautiful flavor .

If you don't have butter milk , don't worry , you can still make your pancakes for breakfast .

Just take the same measurement of milk , add a tablespoon and a half of lemon juice and that will accomplish the same thing .

Just give it a quick stir before you add your other ingredients .

A quarter cup of vegetable oil , two eggs .

And when I'm making blueberry pancakes , I like to put in a little lemon zest is one of the things that's great about a fluffy pancake recipe .

Like this is you have minimal dishes .

So , to start your morning off , right , you just make a cup of coffee , start making pancakes and they're done before .

You know it .

When you're mixing your wet ingredients into your dry , it's important not to over mix .

Don't use electric beaters or a mixer .

Just whisk it by hand and you do actually want to see a few lumps that way .

You know , you'll have tender fluffy light pancakes there .

And that's exactly what I mean .

It's generally smooth , but you can actually see a few lumps .

I've got a non stick pan that I'm preheating just above medium .

Now , as a general rule , the first pancake you make is kind of your test pancake .

You got to figure out the right temperature for the pan , but always consider that first pancake , the chef's privilege .

It has no calories and you simply make it disappear by eating it .

Even though I'm using a nonstick pan .

I like to grease the pan lightly with butter more for the flavor .

And the nice even browning you get drop a little full of batter .

I think I can fit three pancakes into this pan .

And this is the point where I add my fresh blueberries .

I drop them in the top of the pancake .

That way I can evenly distribute them and everybody gets the same amount of blueberries in their pancakes .

Because if you were to stir them into the batter , some would float to the top , some would sink to the bottom and you could end up with a pancake with one blueberry , a pancake with 12 blueberries .

Well , that's not fair .

And if blueberry pancakes aren't your thing , you could do the same step with chocolate chips with sliced banana , with raspberries .

Whatever you choose , I find when I cook pancakes that they cook about 3 to 4 minutes on the first side and then when you flip them over , they only take about two minutes more .

You can tell when it's time to flip because you'll see the batter on the outside edge lose its shine that way .

You know , it's cooking from underneath .

Now it's time to flip my pancakes .

Hm .

I can really smell that lemon and you can see how the blueberry is cooking through just perfectly .

And this is about the time when all the sleepy heads upstairs smell the pancakes and start trickling downstairs for breakfast .

Go another touch of butter .

I think like so many people pancakes for me were a weekend treat .

You knew it was Saturday when you could smell pancakes being made .

If you're making these on the weekend and you have a few extra left , just keep them in the fridge .

And then when it comes to Monday morning , when you're in a hurry , just take them out of the fridge , pop them in the toaster for a few seconds and you've got a quick breakfast on the go there .

This is gonna be my stack hot off the griddle and of course you can't have a breakfast pancake without maple syrup .

Um What a treat .

Oh , they're so tender and warm .

Got all those blueberries in there .

So here it is a great classic breakfast pancake .