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Pancakes for One

When you want an indulgent breakfast or breakfast-for-dinner on those days you're home alone, turn to this easy recipe for pancakes for one. No egg recipe for tender pancakes. You're going to love them!
Course Breakfast, Treat
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 1 serving
Calories 442kcal

Ingredients

  • ½ cup self rising flour
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar
  • cup whole milk about 1/4" shy of the top of the half cup measure
  • 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil I use avocado oil
  • a sprinkle of cinnamon or other pancake-y type spice optional
  • splash of vanilla/citrus zest/chocolate chips--whatever optional

For Serving

  • 1 Tablespoon butter

Instructions

The Procedure

  • Preheat the skillet over medium/medium-high heat. Set the timer for five minutes.
  • In your bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients, including zest, if using. Do not mix in any "chunky" mixins here--only spices or zest
  • Stir oil into milk, and add vanilla, if you're using it.
  • Pour over dry ingredients and whisk slowly until just incorporated.
  • Let the batter sit until the timer goes off.
  • Rub a little butter onto your skillet.
  • Pour 1/3 of your pancake batter into the skillet.
  • While your pancake cooks, heat up the maple syrup so it's ready to go.
  • Let pancake cook until the bubbles around the edges pop but don't fill back in with batter, about 3-4 minutes. If using blueberries, cinnamon chips, chocolate chips, etc, sprinkle on a few evenly over the top of the pancake before flipping.
  • Flip pancake and cook about 2 minutes.
  • While the second side of the pancake cooks, put a wee pat of butter on your plate.
  • Place this pancake onto plate on top of butter.
  • Make 2 more pancakes the same way you made the first.
  • Put a wee pat of butter on top of your first pancake.
  • Pile on the other 2 pancakes as they finish cooking, adding a small pat of butter in between each pancake.
  • Turn off stove.
  • Pour syrup on top of pancakes.
  • Eat.

Notes

Rather than plating each pancake before plating the next, you can keep the cooked pancakes warm in a toaster oven and then plate everything all at once.
 
As a special treat, rather than using plain maple syrup, try some of the Bourbon barrel-aged maple syrups that are out now. Very good! It's pricey, but these are pancakes for one, and that means you're not sharing with your kids or your husband. Indulge!
 
Nutritionals calculated without the butter (or syrup) for serving. Just so you know.
 
I made my pancakes for one with lemon zest in the batter and fresh blueberries sprinkled on top of each pancake as it cooked.

Nutrition

Calories: 442kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 36mg | Potassium: 169mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 130IU | Calcium: 92mg | Iron: 0.6mg