Name: Scotch Pancakes
Yield: Makes 2 dozen
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons golden syrup; 25 g/1 oz castor sugar; 1 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 large egg; 2 level teaspoons cream of tartar; ½ level teaspoon salt; a scant 2 dl/⅓ pint milk; 225 g/8 oz plain flour

Preparation info

Makes
2 dozen

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Calendar Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

About

Ideally these should be cooked on an old-fashioned iron girdle but a heavy cast-iron pan with a good flat base will do just as well. Thoroughly heating the pan is the first step towards success; test with a small spoonful of the mixture before making the pancakes in earnest.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz plain flour
½ level teaspoon salt

Cake
Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

Sift together the flour, salt, cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda. Make a well in the centre and add the sugar, syrup and egg. Gradually add the milk, stirring from the centre of the bowl and slowly drawing in the flour from around the sides. Beat to a smooth, thick batter.

Have the girdle or frying pan well heated. Grease the surface with an oiled paper and drop dessertspoons of t

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