Chieftain Pancakes

Makes about 16

They stand up to the full-on taste of Lyle’s Golden Syrup pretty well. A large stack of them will form the basis of a nutritious and restorative breakfast.

Dry ingredients:

200g plain flour
40g Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Caster sugar
1 rounded tsp baking powder
3g salt

Wet ingredients:

45g melted, unsalted butter
350 ml milk
2 large eggs, beaten
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Method:

Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl, whisk the wet ingredients in another bowl.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth.

Heat a frying pan on high heat until little beads of water run all over the surface. If they skip over the edge your pan is too hot – turn it down.

Melt a little pat of butter in the pan and smear it round with a kitchen towel so the pan is evenly coated. Too much fat in the pan and you’ll be frying the pancakes.

Pour your mixture into the pan until it reaches a diameter of roughly 10 cm.

When you see little bubbles popping on top of the pancake it’s time to flip them over. The other side will take about half the time to be done.

Continue making the pancakes like this until you have a healthy sized stack. If you have extras you can freeze them and cook them in the toaster at a later date for a healthy snack.

Sauce with Lyle’s Golden Syrup.