The first meal in the morning, according to doctors and nutritionists, should be the highest in calories. Breakfast is usually served with porridge, pastries, eggs of various types, and sandwiches. But nothing wakes you up from your morning sluggishness faster than the sight of hot, buttery, fluffy pancakes. They will give you strength to last until lunch and lift your spirits. Fluffy yeast pancakes are often made with dry yeast to speed up the process.
There are countless recipes. Different countries prepare them in their own way, even different regions of the same country have their own baking secrets. What countries are there! Every housewife knows the recipe for making “those” pancakes that her own children eat without argument or persuasion. We offer you two step-by-step recipes with photos of pancakes with yeast dough. In the first case, we will make a quick knead, in the second, we will first prepare the dough. In both versions we use dry instant yeast. Try both and compare.
The best recipe for pancakes with yeast
We'll start with the most delicious cooking method. The delicacy will turn out sweet and will double in size during frying, so take this into account when distributing the dough in the pan.
By the way, this dish is an excellent option for a hearty breakfast or afternoon snack. And the kids really like it too.
Ingredients:
- Flour - 0.5 kg;
- Milk - 0.5 l;
- Sugar - 2 tbsp;
- Salt - 1 tsp;
- Dry yeast - 6 g;
- Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. + for frying.
Cooking method:
1. Take a deep bowl and sift flour into it. Add yeast, sugar and salt. Mix everything thoroughly.
2. Pour warm milk into a small saucepan and add vegetable oil.
Cold milk cannot be used, otherwise the pancakes will not turn out fluffy.
3. Now gradually pour the milk into the flour, constantly stirring the mixture until smooth. Leave the dough in a warm place for 30 minutes to rise.
4. After time has passed, stir the dough again. Heat a frying pan by adding a large amount of oil. Using a tablespoon, place the dough into the pan and fry on both sides for 5 minutes on each.
Don’t skimp on the oil; we want our product to sink in it and get a beautiful ruddy color when frying.
5. This dish can be served with fresh sour cream or sweet jam.
Lush yeast pancakes with milk
And since the milk method is considered the most popular and classic, I offer you another option for kneading the dough, but in a slightly different sequence.
Previously, pancakes were considered a symbol of homeliness.
Ingredients:
- Flour - 250 gr.;
- Milk - 200 ml;
- Dry yeast - 1 tsp;
- Salt - a pinch;
- Sugar - 2 tbsp;
- Vegetable oil - for frying.
Cooking method:
1. Heat the milk to 35-40 degrees and pour into a deep container. Add sugar and salt, stir. After this, add the yeast, leave for 5-10 minutes so that it begins to ferment.
2. Next, add the sifted flour to the milk and mix the mixture well so that there are no lumps.
3. The dough should turn out like thick sour cream.
4. Leave our mass in a warm place for 30-40 minutes. It is advisable to cover the top of the dishes with a damp cloth.
5. Then heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and spoon out the dough with a damp tablespoon. Bake on both sides until golden brown. Place the finished donuts on paper napkins to remove excess oil.
It is best to fry the treat over medium heat so that it is cooked inside.
With dry yeast
Pancakes can be prepared with either pressed or dry yeast. The last option is used by housewives much more often. The recipe requires: 2 selected chicken eggs, a pinch of salt and the same amount of vanilla sugar, 2 large spoons of granulated sugar and unflavored butter, half a liter of full-fat milk, 9 g of dry quick yeast, half a kilo of flour.
- Combine the dairy product, half the flour and other bulk ingredients (except vanilla sugar).
- The dough will rise in a warm place for about half an hour.
- A chicken egg is driven into the bubbling mass and vanilla sugar is added.
- The remaining flour is added and the non-aromatic oil is poured out.
- The dough is left warm for 60-70 minutes. It should not be stirred after rising.
- The pancakes are fried on both sides.
A tablespoon of dough is used for one pancake.
Step-by-step recipe for pancakes made with yeast and kefir
Kefir comes to the rescue instead of milk. Using it, by the way, you can do without yeast, and add only a little soda.
But I still offer you the option of adding raw yeast. I really like this method, as the delicacy is not very greasy.
Ingredients:
- Flour - 500 gr.;
- Kefir - 2 tbsp.;
- Egg - 2 pcs.;
- Sugar - 1.5 tbsp;
- Salt - 0.5 tsp;
- Yeast - 25 gr.;
- Vegetable oil - 3-4 tbsp. spoons.
Cooking method:
1. Yeast must be crushed and diluted in warm kefir.
2. Next, sift the flour and add it to the prepared mixture, beat in the eggs, mix everything. Cover the bowl with a towel and leave in a warm place for the dough to rise.
The yeast fermentation process requires 40-45 minutes.
3. After time, add sugar and salt, pour in vegetable oil and mix everything.
4. Again, leave the dough alone for 15 minutes.
5. In a prepared frying pan with plenty of vegetable oil, fry the flatbreads on both sides until golden brown.
To prevent the dough from sticking to the spoon, periodically dip it in cold water.
Kefir recipe
If the housewife has kefir on hand, then you can make delicious pancakes from it. In addition to this dairy product (1 liter), take: 2 chicken eggs, 3 cups of flour, 30 g of raw yeast, 75 g of granulated sugar, a pinch of fine salt.
- Yeast dissolves in the heated liquid.
- Next, eggs are driven into the mixture and all dry ingredients are added. Flour is added last.
- The thoroughly kneaded mass is left in a warm place for half an hour to rise.
- Bake pancakes in the usual way.
Appetizing yeast pancakes with kefir are delicious to eat both hot and cold.
Recipe for sour milk with raw yeast
And if you are about to prepare this dish and suddenly discover that your milk has soured, what should you do? It doesn’t matter, because even in such cases there is an excellent option for kneading dough. Haven't tried it yet? So it's time. Read the cooking method and remember all the nuances.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour - 0.5 tbsp;
- Egg - 1 pc.;
- Sugar - 1 tbsp;
- Salt - 1 pinch;
- Yeast - 25 gr.;
- Sour milk - 200 ml.
Cooking method:
1. Break an egg into any deep bowl, add sugar and salt, beat everything well with a whisk.
2. In another bowl, mix sour milk and pre-crushed yeast. Gradually add flour, moving everything around. Combine the two mixtures, stir again and leave alone in a warm place for an hour.
3. Crack the frying pan and pour in vegetable oil. Using a spoon, lay out oval-shaped pieces. Fry on both sides until golden brown.
4. This is what the finished treat looks like. Serve with any sweet sauce or sour cream. Bon appetit!!
Lenten pancakes without milk
This recipe, without eggs or dairy, is very suitable for those who are on a diet or observing Lent, as well as an option for those who are allergic to certain foods.
Ingredients:
- Dry yeast - 11 g;
- Flour - 4 tbsp;
- Warm water - 2.5 tbsp;
- Sugar - 5 tbsp;
- Salt - 1 tsp;
- Vegetable oil - for frying.
Cooking method:
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water, add sugar and salt. Then add flour and mix everything well. Leave the dough alone in a warm place for an hour.
2. When the dough has doubled in size, start frying. To do this, split the frying pan, pour in vegetable oil and bake the crumpets on both sides for 5 minutes on each side over medium heat.
3. Serve with honey and hot tea.
How to cook “Pancakes on sourdough”
Prepare your ingredients.
Pour warm water, milk into a bowl, dissolve salt, sugar, yeast, stir.
Pour 5-7 teaspoons of total flour into a bowl, stir, cover with film and place in a warm place for 15-20 minutes.
After 15-20 minutes, the dough will begin to bubble slightly, which means that the yeast has “woke up” and the fermentation process has begun, add the remaining flour.
Knead the dough, cover again with film and place in a warm place to ferment for 30-45 minutes.
After fermentation, the dough has increased in volume, has become fluffy, many air bubbles are visible in it, and you can fry pancakes.
Place the frying pan over medium heat, pour in vegetable oil, add the pancakes and fry on all sides.
The pancakes turned out to be very fluffy and to fry them on all sides, you can put them on one side and then swap them.
The pancakes turned out delicious, fluffy with a fried crispy crust. Pour tea or coffee and serve it hot with sour cream, jam, condensed milk or honey.
