Try a twist on traditional American Pancakes by adding lemon zest and juicy raisins – Delicious.
It’s Shrove Tuesday (or Pancake Day as I prefer to call it) on the 17th February so I’m busy busy busy pulling together recipes for some of my favourite pancakes (including traditional pancakes), one of which is these Lemon and Raisin Pancakes.
Unfortunately this means that my mission to build my repertoire of healthy breakfast recipes has stalled after the banana and almond breakfast smoothie, but I’ll be back on it again soon, I promise.
Before I started cooking more I used to buy lemon and raisin pancakes ready-made from the supermarket and heat them up under the grill! Fortunately I’ve figured out how to make my own now, and I think these taste more delicious.
The recipe is really simple, adapted from my Quick, Easy and Really Delicious American Pancake recipe. All you have to do it is add lemon zest to the batter, and add raisins during cooking. You’ll have a whole stack of pancakes in no time (although I may have gotten a little carried away with mine!)
Lemon and Raisin Pancakes
INGREDIENTS
- 200 g Self Raising Flour
- 50 g Caster Sugar
- 250 ml Milk - I use skimmed but any is fine
- 2 Eggs
- Zest of 2-4 lemons - I like my pancakes quite lemony so use 4, but you can use less if you prefer a subtler flavour
- 120 g Raisins
INSTRUCTIONS
- Sift the self raising flour (200g) into a large bowl
- Add the caster sugar (50g)
- In a separate bowl, beat the eggs (2 eggs)
- Add the eggs and milk (250ml) into the flour and sugar and whisk until you have a smooth batter.
- Zest the lemons (2-4 depending on taste) and whisk the zest into the batter.
- Heat a large frying pan to a medium heat and add the pancake mix.
- Sprinkle a few raisins onto each pancake (I use about 10 per pancake).
- Cook until bubbles are starting to form on the top and then flip and cook for another minute until the pancakes are golden brown.
NOTES
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Any nutritional information provided is the estimated nutritional information per serving. Please refer to my guide to Charlotte’s Lively Kitchen nutritional information if you would like to learn more about how this is calculated.
Free From/Suitable For…
The ingredients I used to make this recipe are all free from the following allergens. However, please check any labels carefully for allergens you need to avoid as brands can vary and product recipes can change over time.
- Suitable for Vegetarians
- Tree Nut-Free
- Peanut-Free
- Sesame-Free
- Soya-Free
- Sulphur Dioxide & Sulphite-Free
- Fish-Free
- Crustacean-Free
- Mollusc-Free
- Celery-Free
- Mustard-Free
- Lupin-Free
Nicola Aiston says
Kids and grownups love these in our house! Easy to make, ingredients I usually have in the cupboard and feels like a treat!
Sarah says
These were perfect and looked exactly like the photo. Everyone came back for seconds, even our daughter who isn’t a pancake fan!!
Lucy says
I definitely recommend these pancakes as something a bit different in the morning from the usual cereal or toast. They are really tasty and pretty quick to make.
Marta says
These are really good and simple to make. My kids love them.
Susie says
Yum, yum, yum! I have just made these and they are truely delicious! I too used to buy the Tesco ones, but unfortunately our local Tesco hasn’t stocked them in months, and as I live on a wee island with only one Tesco store I can’t shop around. I am so happy to have found this recipe and I am delighted at how easy they were to make and how delicious they were to eat. Thank you so much!
Charlotte Oates says
I used to buy the Tesco ones too, that’s what inspired these.
Terry Dowson says
Hi Charlotte these look great tried the shop bought ones can’t wait to try these are they suitable for freezing thanks for all the great recipes .
Charlotte Oates says
I’ve not tried freezing them but I have frozen my American Pancakes (which these are based on and it works well). Just pop them under the grill to warm the through.
Lucy says
These taste fantastic! I’ve bought them from Tesco before but thought I’d try making them myself and they turned out perfect.
Charlotte Oates says
I had them from Tesco the first time I tried them too 🙂
Josephine Smith says
I just made these, wonderful! Thank you x
Charlotte Oates says
Fantastic, I’m glad you enjoyed them x
Howie says
I’m experimenting with pancakes as well at the moment, these look awesome!!! Pinned 🙂
Charlotte Oates says
Thanks for pinning. I hope your pancake experiments went well (although I haven’t seen a pancake day recipe appear on your blog so maybe not!)
Ciara (My Fussy Eater) says
These look delicious. Love the idea of lemon and raisin. Will have to give these a go!
Charlotte Oates says
Thanks Ciara. I love the flavour combination although I really have Tesco to thank for the inspiration as if I hadnt tried their ready made ones I probably never have thought to make these.
I hope you like them x
Laura says
These look and sound delicious! Homemade is definitely always best! I’m definitely going to try out this flavour combination soon.
Charlotte Oates says
Thanks Laura. They are yummy. I quite fancy some now for a late night snack!