Hot Cakes! (thick, delicious pancakes)

Everyone’s had pancakes, but have you tried Japanese hot cakes? These thick, cake-like pancakes are incredibly yummy and worth a try if you’re a pancake lover!

Ingredients:

·      1.5 cups AP flour

·      3 tbsp powdered sugar

·      2 tsp baking powder

·      ½ tsp kosher salt

·      1.25 cups milk

·      4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled

·      ½ tsp vanilla extract

·      2 eggs, separated

·      ¼ tsp cream of tartar

·      You WILL need a couple of 3-inch-wide-by-2.5-inch-high ring molds

Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk the milk, butter, vanilla extract, and egg yolks in a separate bowl, then stir it into the flour mixture. Beat the egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form. Fold in a fourth of the whites into the batter until combined, then gently fold in the remaining egg whites. Spray the ring molds and a nonstick frying pan lightly, and put the pan and the ring molds over medium heat. Fill the ring molds halfway with batter, cover with a lid, and cook until the batter rises to the top of the molds, about 5 minutes. Flip the molds carefully, cover, and cook until golden, another 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate, remove the mold, and enjoy with butter and maple syrup!