Dropping by

When my mother is here she often makes pancakes for the children when they come home from school. These are not the Shrove Tuesday variety, but Scottish Pancakes or Drop Scones. Spoonfuls of the mixture are dropped onto a hot girdle/griddle or frying pan, or straight onto the simmering plate of the Aga. They take a moment to brown and bubble up then they are flipped over to cook through

before being turned out onto a teatowel to cool for just a moment:

then eaten as they come or spread with butter, jam, honey or even golden syrup.

To make : mix 1 cup of self raising flour with a level teaspoon of cream of tartar, half a level teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda, a rounded dessertspoon of caster sugar, an egg and enough milk to give a thickish dropping consistency. Use a tablespoon of mixture per scone and cook in batches of four or so in a hot oiled pan. Eat immediately.

On a cold day, the warm baking smell draws everyone straight to the kitchen when they come into the house, and while it's not just her baking skills which make Granny a popular visitor here, there is usually a crowd (some of them four-legged) around the stove when she's doing a batch of these.

Comments

[Heather]

These Scottish Pancakes look scrumptious -- thank you for the recipe, I will definitely be trying some. And, how sweet to imagine all the "tasters" eagerly crowding around the stove!