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Pancakes are something my brother and I always used to make on Saturday mornings. The book we got the recipe from has its pages glued together with the remnants of many mixtures making it easy to find. I've cooked them so many times that the recipe is now ingrained in my memory.

Golden Syrup was always one of my favorites to put on top, or making a giant stack with it spread in between each layer and slicing it in quarters like a cake. Maple syrup, blueberries, raspberries, strawberry jam was always good as well.

I hadn't made them in quite some time since leaving home so I cobbled together some ingredients as best I could and went nuts. This time I tried frying a banana in brown sugar, honey, butter into caramel deliciousness. Rarely I eat breakfasts like this, but frankly, I don't give a damn.

The recipe below has likenesses to pikelets but I still consider them pancakes.

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Pancakes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups wholemeal flour
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar
• 2 eggs

Equipment:

1. Frying pan

Method:

1. Combine milk and vinegar in a small container and let sit.
2. Sift flour into mixing bowl with baking powder and sugar
3. Crack eggs into bowl and mix lightly.
4. Melt butter in microwave and stir into the mixture.
5. Gradually add the milk until you get the desired consistency, you may need more or less milk depending on how dry the flour is.
6. Beat well until mixture is smooth and uniform.
7. Preheat frying pan with a small amount of butter, add a small amount of batter to check the heat, if it's not right the first pancake is usually a failure.
8. Continue pouring batter into frypan with around 3 tablespoons of mixture per pancake and cook for around 30 seconds on each side, depending on the mix, you may or may not get bubbles to let you know when to turn them.