American Bacon Pancakes (D-F)

When I didn't have to avoid dairy, I made these every weekend, but when I had to stop eating dairy I thought it unlikely that I'd ever get to eat these again.

Last week, I whipped up these pancakes for my housemates and I, and who knew one could be full from three pancakes?

I made double the quantity which fed seven:

270g plain flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

4 tbsp caster sugar

260ml soy or almond milk

2 large eggs

4 tbsp Pure spread

1 pack of bacon

 Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl, then add the milk and the eggs.

Then melt a lump of Pure in the microwave and measure out 4 tbsp, Hilary found this in ASDA and it's definatley the best butter replacement that I've found. She's made lots of cakes for me with it and they taste even better than usual.

Plus, it makes exceptionally good buttercream.

Mix that in and keep mixing until it's all smooth.

Whilst that's going on you can be cooking your bacon.

Welcome to my student kitchen..

Once the batter is ready, and the bacon is sizzled, heat up a pan.

Lay a strip of bacon in the pan and pour over a ladle of batter.

I know that bacon and pancakes might seem like a weird combination initially, but they're SO good.

Drizzle with honey or maple syrup and tuck in.

 

French Toast Sunday

At the weekend I posted this picture on Instagram, I'd just made breakfast for my boyfriend and was particularly proud of myself.

I usually use Emily's recipe but after several attempts I felt confident enough that I wouldn't muck it up and could switch it up. 

For one person:
2 slices of bread, or 3 small slices
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1 Tbsp caster sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Toppings galore

Beat some eggs on a plate or  in a wide shallow bowl and add the sugar. 

 Then the milk and vanilla

Lay the slices of bread (works tonnes better with brioche) in the mixture for about 2 mins on each side. 

Whilst they're soaking it all up, bung in the bacon. 

So I may have forgotten to take pictures of the toast cooking. Well done Lottie. 

Basically I heated a large frying pan, with a little butter in it (you may as well go all out) add the bread and turn it over after about 3 mins, making sure it's toasted lightly on each side.

I stacked Josh's onto a plate, draped it with bacon and dotted it with blackberries, we're utterly inundated with blackberries at the moment so they'll be featuring in many a post I expect!