![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZhyYHwicDjQJx7Vd9m6Px8vrnNnrRtmYPzycya4umDAx/image.png) Yesterday there was a post by @jen0revision about pancake making [here](https://steemit.com/review/@jen0revision/review-just-add-water-pancake-mixture). It was a review of a ready made pancake mixture bought at Marks and Spencer’s (M&S) really cheaply. The post tempted me to have a go and making my own pancakes from scratch today using a recipe by Delia Smith that I found on the BBC website [here](https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/basicpancakeswithsuga_66226). The recipe varies a bit from what I normally do because it adds some water to the milk and melted butter at the end to stop the mixture from sticking. I did just that and to make it totally ‘fool-proof’ I also used a Teflon frying pan. Cooking on an induction hob has been a bit hard for me because I find that if I use the normal metal frying pan, things stick badly so Teflon had to come to my rescue. Also, normally my first pancake is a total disaster but with this (buttery) recipe I even managed to eat the first one. I will not give you the full recipe as you can find it following the link above. I will only comment that the recipe gets you to melt 50g of butter but then in the recipe you only use two table spoons' worth. There’s a lot of melted butter left so you need to use that up on the pan instead of a bit of oil - I normally just use oil rather than butter but this time I followed the recipe. I varied the ‘temperature’ between 140 and 180 and had no issues burning the mixture : the pancakes cooked well on both sides : ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXhd7DcesvacW3YN3Mvj5eRKJWsvEKb96gmZzCEtMhJNY/image.png) _{I didn't dare to flip them over.} The recipe yielded 9 pancakes comfortably which were shared fairly amongst those present. I went for sprinkling sugar and then lemon juice on the two I had. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUL3TDWUTPnGmP68t8zcHcvWbxFuTesmQGmQTHrgRFwoC/image.png) I found a Youtube video with a bit of the history behind pancake-making on Shrove Tuesday and a good tutorial on how to make a pancake in this same style if you fancy : _{Melted butter is also used in this recipe.} I enjoyed making the pancakes but they looked a bit pale and reminded me a bit of a wrap in comparison to the pancakes made by @ jen0revision which were _American Style_, ie smaller and _fluffier_. Thanks for reading !