The Ever-So-Satisfying Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Yes, it's time for me to share with the world the magic of my chocolate chip pancakes. Granted, I found the recipe originally through Nigella Lawson's How to Be a Domestic Goddess, but in the past year or so I have added my own delights here and there and altered the measurements slightly.

Pancake Sunday is always an event. Syrups, juices, and occasionally Sangria? Needless to say, nothing is more comforting than those few hours for brunch in which the only things that fill the air are conversation, music, and the delightful aroma of freshly made chocolate chip pancakes.

Ready for it?

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus 2 dashes
1 tablespoon baking powder
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
1 1/3 cups milk
100 grams chocolate chips

Being the students we are, we have no electric equipment, so all of the work has to be done by the mere strength of our hands. 

As is natural when mixing by hand, I had to separate the wet and dry ingredients. In one bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt and make a well in the centre for the dry ingredients. Unfortunately, due to my pancake-making fervour, I forgot to take a photo of the wet ingredients. However, in a separate bowl, mix the wet ingredients (beaten eggs, milk, butter, and vanilla extract - by the way, do not feel shy in adding extra vanilla!), and once done, pour into the well of the dry ingredients and get ready for the true work to begin. 

With the wet and dry in one bowl, whisk with all your might to get the lumpy bits out of the mixture, and once they are all gone, find your chocolate chips and mix them into the batter!

Then of course it's time to put the pancakes in the pan and start making the ever so famous pancake mountain. I certainly neglected my camera in this stage, but use your ladle and pour a scoopful in the pan. Wait for bubbles to form on the majority of the surface, flip, then wait a minute or two until steam comes out from the centre and the bottom of the pancake looks slightly golden. Repeat until complete!

Pancake Mountain after it started going up for grabs....

With pancakes on the table and syrups in hand, we ducked into the pancake mountain (and the eventual arrival of sangria) and had one wonderful brunch.

Follow the recipe, invite some friends, and I promise that your Sundays can be just as sunny, despite the infamous Scottish weather that is far from predictable....

Until next time, keep calm and munch on.