Bacon and Maple Syrup Pancakes

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If you get lucky Pancakes!

Recipe Type: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Author: Caroline Artiss

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 10 mins

Total time: 20 mins

Serves: 2

The salty bacon and sweet maple syrup make a perfection combination on top of thick fluffy pancakes.

Ingredients

  • Pancake Batter:
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup / 125g plain flour
  • 2 tbsp yoghurt Greek,
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate soda
  • 3 tbsp milk
  • Pinch of salt

 

  • Maple syrup
  • 4 rashers of bacon

Instructions

  1. Start by mixing the yoghurt and bicarbonate of soda in a small bowl and leave to one side
  2. It will fizz up.
  3. Next add the flour to a roomy bowl, crack the eggs into the centre and begin to whisk into the flour
  4. Slowly adding the milk in, whisk all the lumps out, then add the yogurt and a pinch of salt, whisk all together until smooth
  5. Heat a small knob of butter in a pan and put a spoonful of the pancake mix in the pan and leave to cook for 1 - 2 minutes each side
  6. Taking care not to burn – they burn easily so keep the heat low
  7. While the pancakes are cooking, you can put your bacon under the grill to cook
  8. Serve pancakes with a couple of rashers of bacon on top and lashings of maple syrup
  9. To save your pancakes going cold while your cooking them all, cover with a clean tea towel, or tin foil.