Thin pancakes with milk – a simple recipe that always works

We will prepare pancakes with milk. These are traditional pancakes. I will teach you how to make them very thin and maintain the correct proportions of ingredients to ensure that they are delicious and the batter turns out perfectly.

To make thin pancakes at home using milk, you will need:

3 eggs
0.5 teaspoon salt
1-2 tablespoons sugar
125 grams of flour
250 grams milk
2 tablespoons sunflower oil
50 grams butter

Take the eggs. They must be at room temperature. Take them out of the refrigerator in advance. Break them into a bowl in which you will beat them. Beat until thick and foamy.

Homemade thin pancakes with milk

After beating, add salt. Add a little less than half a teaspoon of salt.

If you add even a pinch less salt, the pancakes will not taste right. So, half a teaspoon.

And sugar. Add sugar to taste. I like sweet pancakes, so I add 1-2 tablespoons. But you can add it to your liking, if you like. Mix with the sugar to dissolve it as much as possible.

When the sugar has completely dissolved, you will have a thick mixture.

Homemade thin pancakes with milk

Now, could you take the flour? Pour it in. And mix until smooth.

Once everything is well mixed into a smooth paste, could you take the milk? Very important! The milk should be at room temperature. Please don't heat it, but it should not be straight out of the refrigerator. If the milk is cold, lumps may form.

Add the milk and stir until smooth.

The longer you whisk, the more air and bubbles will be in your pancakes. This is good.

Next, add the oil—approximately one tablespoon. Mix well, and our dough is ready.

How to check if the dough is ready. Take a regular ladle, which we will use to pour our dough, and pour some dough into it. It should be runny, not like water. It should be slightly thick. But it should be very, very watery.

Homemade thin pancakes with milk

If you make it a little thicker, it's okay. Your pancakes will just be denser. But if the batter is too runny, that's not good. Because there's a lot of milk, and they won't come off the pan. But with this recipe, you should get delicious, thin pancakes.

That's why the batter should be runny. If you want thicker pancakes, add a little flour.

Next, leave the batter for at least half an hour to rest, either in the fridge or just on the kitchen table. But if it rests longer, it's no big deal. And if you leave the batter overnight, it will be even tastier.

In the meantime, let's prepare the frying pan. You need a special frying pan for pancakes. It can be any diameter. Mine is about 22 cm. It should be heavy. Lightweight pans made of thin metal are not very good. They heat up quickly, and the pancakes burn. They don't cook through properly.

Homemade thin pancakes with milk

A pancake pan should have a thick bottom that allows the pancake to heat up and form a beautiful, golden crust on top. It also depends on the stove you are cooking on—gas or electric. Even different gas stoves cook differently. It all depends on the stove. However, the most critical aspect is that the pan should have a thick bottom. It doesn't even have to be a pancake pan.

Now, could you take the oil? Before making the first pancake, grease the pan. We already have oil in the batter. Just grease it once before the first pancake so that the pancakes come off easily. You don't need to grease it again. This is optional. Sometimes, when you need to make a large number of pancakes, you will need to grease the pan several times during the process.

And one more thing. Take some regular butter and melt it in the microwave or in a double boiler. After you remove the pancake from the pan, grease it with butter. Do it right away. Don't wait. Then it will soak in the oil and be incredibly delicious.

Homemade thin pancakes with milk

Heat a frying pan. Pour the batter into the centre of the pan and spread it evenly across the surface.

Once the pancake is in the pan, pour butter over it and spread it evenly across the entire surface. Don't be stingy. The more butter you use, the tastier and fluffier your pancakes will be.

Homemade thin pancakes with milk