It’s 3:30 in the morning and I couldn’t sleep. I’ve been craving for something to eat but I couldn’t put my finger on it… Until I got the urge to have some pancakes. Out of nowhere, I got a craving for bacon, sausages and pancakes! [Maybe because it was what Jack Nicholson was having for breakfast in the movie "As Good As It Gets" which was showing on HBO].

I got out of bed, went to the kitchen and opened the pantry. I couldn’t find any “one step” pancake mix… What to do? OH! I spotted some flour, baking soda… Why not make pancakes from scratch?! Though I’ve never tried it before,  I decided to give it a try.

I went back to my room, got on the net and keyed in the keywords: “pancake recipe from scratch” and lo and behold, a link to AllRecipes.com showed it. It was a link to “Good Old Fashioned Pancakes“. The picture was mouthwatering:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 1/4 cups milk
1 egg
3 tablespoons butter, melted

Instructions:

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth.

Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

MISSING INGREDIENTS!!!

I didn’t have any milk either BUT I was craving. Nothing could stop me at that point. I ended up using soy milk. I just had to use more. Instead of 1 1/4 cup, I ended up using 1 3/4 cup.

I also added a little more butter, and used 3 1/2 tbsp instead of 3 tbsp.

It took me 2 failed attempts before I got the consistency right. Yum yum yum!

Happy Valentines everyone!