Teaching a child to make pancakes without scales - What's the easiest way to do it? The classic english/french one rather than fluffy American ones

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Just that really - a recipe they can whisk up easily for breakfast after a sleepover once they've had a bit of practice...

Really looking for quantities and how they measure rather than the method

We just use 1 mug of flour, 1 mug of milk, 1 egg. Whisk, cook, eat!

Pancakes are pretty forgiving. I learnt to make them at university with no measuring equipment whatsoever. I’d start with a mug full of flour, an egg, a tiny pinch of salt and add milk a little at a time til the consistency looks right. You can put sugar in the batter if you like but I almost never did. And you can use water or a mix of milk and water if you’re short on milk.

I use 1 mug SR flour, 1 mug milk, 1 Egg. But that's American thick pancakes. I reckon using plain flour instead of SR and adding a bit more milk would make thinner traditional pancakes.

1 egg to 1 cup of plain flour and a cup of milk

Successful pancakes are more about the pan than the batter

We use 2 eggs, half a cup of water, half a cup of milk, 12 heaped tbsps of flour, 2 little pinches of salt and half a tbsp of oil. Fry them on a bit of butter. perfect every time!

And when I say cup I mean half a cup of any old mug

We use 2 mugs milk to 1 mug plain flour and 2 eggs - great consistency for batter and slightly more crepe-like pancakes

Put a mug of milk in a large jug, whisk in an egg until nice and frothy, add self raising or plain flour to the required thickness, a few large spoonfuls at a time.
Whisk in lots of bubbles and make nice fluffy pancakes.
My granddaughters use my electric milk frother, it seems to cope quite well unless the batter is very thick.

2 cups flour, 2 cups milk, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 table spoons baking powder, pinch of salt

Cups being the American measurements, not any old coffee mug but I’d recommend getting a set off Amazon as much easier to use than scales for junior bakers.

It does make the American style fluffy pancakes but I don’t think a kid could manage to do thin crepes and flip them properly, even I struggle, but if you are really set on thin ones then leaving out the baking powder would probably do it!

I’d quite like to come to your house for a sleepover please.

Intherain..... Two tablespoons baking powder! That can't be right do you mean teaspoons?

We are also a do it by eye 'til it looks about right household, so cannot help.

Oops yes teaspoons if baking powder! Tablespoons of sugar. Good catch, thanks !

We use the 1 egg 1 cup of milk 1 cup of flour method too.
Ds likes thinner pancakes so we make his last and add a bit more milk to the batter.

Thanks - going to have delicious fun testing these out!

@PortiasBiscuit ... look forward to seeing you!