All American Breakfast

Ever since my epicmealtime adventure I have wanted to make candy bacon without burning it to a crisp and for it to be presentable enough to share with the world. Last Saturday turned out to be the perfect time to recreate the sweety and meaty treat along with some delicious all american pancakes. It was the first Saturday I've had off work in a while and was the perfect day for a relaxed brunch with the boyfriend. I used a Nigella Lawson recipe for the pancakes that I quickly found on the internet as it was fairly simple and I had all the ingredients. The only set back I had was the lack of griddle pan which meant using my big saute pan. Annoyingly I could only make one pancake at a time but I just stacked them up and kept them warm in the oven. Serve with bacon or without but it is a must to have warm maple syrup. Enjoy!



American Pancakes


225g plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
Pinch of salt

1 tsp sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
30g butter, melted and cooled
300ml milk 

butter for frying

Weigh out the dry ingredients and put together in to a bowl. Make a well in the middle and add your wet ingredients, making sure the butter is cool enough not to cook the eggs. Whisk from the middle outwards to ensure no lumps are missed. Leave your batter for at least 20 mins and then pour in to a jug ready to pour out your pancakes. Put a little butter on a heavy bottomed pan or if you're lucky a nice griddle pan. Make sure the pan is nice and hot, then pour out the little circles of joy. Leave to cook until the pancake starts to bubble in the middle, don't be tempted to flip too soon or your pancake will fall apart. It should only need a minute on the other side to get some colour and then you're done! Serve with warm maple syrup (if your maple syrup is in a plastic bottle don't put it in the microwave or it will melt. Luckily I realised this before the bottle totally melted.)

Candy Bacon (easiest recipe so far)

Streaky bacon

brown or muscovado sugar (caster or any light sugar won't be as good)

Preheat the oven to 170°C/Gas Mark 4. Line a flat tray with tin foil and lay out the bacon in strips. Sprinkle the sugar evenly over the bacon and then put in to the oven. Cook for about 10 minutes or until it starts to go golden. Then flip your bacon and sprinkle some more sugar on the other side. Continue cooking until the bacon has crisped up and there is a nice caramel colour to the sugar. Serve warm or wait to cool and blend to create powdered bacon sugar!