Recipes for delicious pancakes

If you have sour milk left in the refrigerator that has turned into kefir, then do not throw it away, but rather, cook light and tasty pancakes with us!

30 min

150 kcal

4.5/5 (2)

Blinis are one of the most popular Russian dishes, especially during Maslenitsa. There are many different ones, but one of the best is kefir pancakes with boiling water. If you mix the dough with kefir, you get tender pancakes that easily come off the pan. These pancakes simply cannot fail even with a very experienced housewife. Is it possible to knead pancake dough using old kefir with hot water? Perhaps baking kefir pancakes with expired kefir is one of the best ways to recycle it, because it will turn out very tasty.

Thin or fluffy pancakes?

Of course, making pancakes starts with the dough. The thickness, fluffiness and airiness of the pancakes depends on what kind of dough you prepare. Pancakes made with kefir often turn out lacy (with holes), since kefir slightly carbonates the dough. This dough is a little thicker than dough for pancakes made with milk or, so if you want to get thin pancakes with kefir, you can add a little water.

If your goal is to make fluffy soft pancakes, then it is better not to add water to the dough.

If you first add boiling water to the flour, you will get so-called custard pancakes. Recipes for pancakes made with kefir and boiling water are very popular among housewives, as such pancakes turn out lacy, that is, with many small holes. But you can cook thin pancakes with kefir in another way. How? Read in our article!

What to consider when preparing pancakes with kefir

Let's talk in more detail about the various intricacies of preparing the dough.

Adding soda

Most housewives add baking soda to the kefir dough. When mixing soda with the acid contained in kefir, it occurs chemical reaction: Carbon dioxide is released and the dough becomes more porous. It is very important to maintain the correct ratio. For one liter of kefir, take from one incomplete teaspoon to two teaspoons of soda. If you put more, the taste of the pancakes will be spoiled by an unpleasant aftertaste, and if there is less soda than required, the pancakes may turn out to be too sour and will not rise.

Sifting flour

If you want to make airy ones, it is advisable to pre-sieve the flour. This will help saturate the dough with air, making the pancakes lighter.

Oil for frying pancakes

Pancakes should be fried only in vegetable oil. Butter is not suitable. It is best to use good quality refined sunflower oil.

Recipe for thin pancakes with kefir

Let's move on to the recipe for pancakes with kefir. There are many of them, but today we have chosen a recipe for you. These fluffy pancakes don't tear when flipped.

You will need:

Ingredients

When preparing pancake dough, it is advisable to follow the following preparation sequence:

  • Beat eggs with sugar.
  • Pour soda into kefir, stir and leave for five minutes. Kefir should rise.
  • Add flour and kefir to the eggs with sugar, mix well so that there are no lumps. It is better to add kefir in parts.
  • Add vegetable oil and salt. Stir.

You can read about another, no less successful and easy way to prepare fluffy pancakes.

Features of baking pancakes

The next important point when preparing pancakes is baking.

First you need to pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat it up. Add very little oil. We need the pancake not to stick to the pan, and it shouldn’t float in the oil.

It is convenient to pour the dough with a ladle. Take enough dough so that it covers the entire bottom with an even thin layer. When the dough hits the pan, shake it from side to side to evenly distribute the dough along the bottom.

Pancakes cook very quickly, usually no more than half a minute. Lift one edge of the pancake to check for doneness. If the pancake is golden on the bottom, turn it over with a special spatula or wide knife. Experienced housewives They often turn pancakes over by simply tossing them in a frying pan, but beginners should not engage in such experiments.

A few seconds are enough for the second side of the pancake to cook until done. Remove the pancake, place it on a plate and start preparing the next one.

We invite you to prepare delicious and juicy pancakes using kefir. The recipe with photos will help you step by step to understand some of the nuances, although in reality even a novice housewife can handle the preparation.


Don't know how to bake pancakes with kefir? Then this simplest recipe is for you. Despite all its simplicity, adhere to the basic rules in preparation: mix the dough with liquids gradually; mix soda with flour, and then with the rest of the ingredients; Do not pour too much oil into the pan. Attention, nursing mothers should avoid this dish.

What you need:

  • 0.5 l of kefir;
  • 3 eggs;
  • 2 tbsp. flour;
  • 1.5 tbsp. Sahara;
  • ½ tsp. salt;
  • ½ tsp. soda;
  • 2 tbsp. vegetable oil.

So, we prepare pancakes with kefir, which are very tasty. A proven recipe to help.


1. Break eggs into a bowl.


2. Add sugar and salt to the eggs.


3. Stir with a whisk.


4. Pour in 2/3 of kefir. Whisk.


5. The flour needs to be sifted and mixed with soda.


6. Add flour into the dough in small portions. Whisk at each stage. The dough will turn out thick, but as we said earlier, later we will add the remaining kefir and everything will be as it should.


7. When the flour has been added completely, add kefir and beat well again.


8. Add butter to the dough, knead.


9. Heat a frying pan, grease with oil. Bake on each side for one minute.

Add kefir pancakes (recipe with step-by-step photos) to your bookmarks to treat your household on weekends tasty treat. Once you get the hang of it, you can try it. It turns out great.

If you are preparing fluffy pancakes with kefir, then you have a wide variety of forms. If you want, you will get almost pancakes; if you want, you will get big flatbreads. There is no water in this recipe, but adding water is allowed in kefir pancakes.


Thick pancakes, even if they are, are served with jam or honey as a hearty afternoon snack. But the most pleasant thing is the time spent on preparation: in about 15 minutes you will get 7 pieces. With thin ones you need to tinker longer and put in more effort.

What you will need:

  • 0.5 l of kefir;
  • 3 eggs;
  • 2.5 tbsp. flour;
  • 3 tbsp. Sahara;
  • ½ tsp. soda;
  • ½ tsp. salt;
  • 2 tbsp. vegetable oil;
  • 50 g butter.

Let's get started.

  1. Mix kefir with eggs, salt, sugar, soda and vegetable oil.
  2. Gradually stir in the flour until a homogeneous mass is formed without any lumps.
  3. Heat a frying pan and grease it with a cube of butter.
  4. Pour in a portion of the batter, tilting the pan to distribute the mixture evenly.
  5. The pancake is fried under the lid. As soon as the dough has strengthened (no longer liquid), use a spatula to lift the layer and turn it over to the other side.
  6. The reverse side is baked for 10 seconds.
  7. Place the finished pancake on a flat dish, grease with a piece of butter and continue baking.
  8. When the stack is ready, pour jam on top.


It seems that if you cook custard pancakes with kefir and boiling water, the eggs may curdle, but if you do everything correctly, you will get a gorgeous lunch treat.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp. kefir;
  • 2.5 tbsp. flour;
  • 1 tbsp. boiling water;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 0.5 tbsp. Sahara;
  • 3 tbsp. vegetable oil;
  • ½ soda;
  • a pinch of salt;

Custard pancakes with kefir: recipe with photos. Let's cook.

  1. First, break the eggs and mix them with salt and sugar.
  2. Pour kefir into the total mass. Mix.
  3. Add soda and boiling water, mix and immediately pour into the general mixture.
  4. Continuing to knead, add flour and butter in small portions.
  5. Remember, in order to get kefir custard pancakes with boiling water, do not stop stirring when adding each ingredient. At the end, beat the dough well.
  6. Heat the pan well, add a few drops of oil and bake. If you are using a Teflon frying pan, you may not need to add any oil at all.

Now our kefir pancakes (thin) are ready. Be sure to bookmark the recipe with photos. There is more.

We can use this pancake recipe during fasting or during a diet.


Surprisingly, the absence of eggs does not spoil the dish in any way, and the minimum set of ingredients saves you when you need to cook something tasty and satisfying, but with limited ingredients.

Choose any filling - anything goes, but the best is mushrooms with onions or honey.

What is required:

  • 500 ml kefir;
  • 250 g sifted flour;
  • 1.5 tbsp. Sahara;
  • ½ salt;
  • ½ soda;
  • 1 tbsp. vegetable oil.

Let's get started.

  1. Pour kefir into a bowl, add soda, salt, sugar. Mix.
  2. Pour in the flour in small portions, stirring constantly with a whisk.
  3. Pour in vegetable oil and finally mix into the dough. If you get a thick dough, add water by eye.
  4. Leave the bowl with the dough alone for 20 minutes.
  5. Bake in a hot frying pan with a few drops of oil.

Since we're talking about Lenten desserts, it's worth remembering the recipe for diet pancakes. To keep the calorie content lower, we will use very little sugar, low-fat kefir and only egg whites.


Don't worry, it will be tasty, but not as greasy as usual.

What you need:

  • 500 g low-fat kefir;
  • 8 tbsp. flour;
  • 1 egg;
  • 150 g water;
  • 1 tsp Sahara;
  • 1 tsp soda;
  • ½ tsp. salt;
  • 50 g vegetable oil;
  • a pinch of citric acid.

Let's start cooking.

  1. Separate the white and beat in a bowl.
  2. Add salt and sugar to the bowl. Mix until light foamy.
  3. Add kefir and mix.
  4. Heat water and pour in a thin stream. Do not forget to stir constantly.
  5. Gradually add flour, soda and citric acid. Stir until smooth. Don't be afraid that the dough turns out thick, that's how it should be.
  6. Pour in the oil and mix everything thoroughly with a whisk again.
  7. Bake in a hot frying pan with a little oil.

Low-fat sour cream is suitable as a filling for a dietary dessert.

The energy value of a dish always depends on its components.

  • the total calorie content of classic kefir pancakes is 195 kcal;
  • buckwheat pancakes – 164 kcal.

How to reduce or increase calories? You can adjust the fat content of kefir. 2% kefir per 100 g is 51 kcal. Accordingly, fatty kefir will be higher in calories and vice versa.

Sugar contains 398 calories. Another dangerous ingredient. You can add less of it or use a sugar substitute. This way you will make the dish more acceptable for your figure.

It is better to avoid butter if you need to reduce the number of calories. Use olive oil instead of sunflower oil.

Pay attention to wheat flour, its calorie content is 342 kcal per 100 g. Replace it with bran flour or buckwheat.

The filling also indirectly affects the calorie content. For example:

  • pancakes with mushrooms – 218 kcal;
  • with honey – 350 kcal.

Now you know all the most useful things about kefir pancakes. We recommend bookmarking the step-by-step recipe with photos and using it when necessary. Cook deliciously.

Traditionally, pancake dough is mixed with milk. However, there is more than one recipe for thin pancakes with holes made with kefir: with soda or yeast, milk or fermented baked milk, and even boiling water. The main difference between such products is a slightly sour taste (just a little!), which does not at all spoil the overall impression of kefir pancakes.

For simple and quick preparation of pancakes with holes, you will need the following products:

  • liter of kefir;
  • 0.25 l of boiling water;
  • premium flour (as much as needed);
  • salt and soda - a spoonful without a slide;
  • a few tablespoons (3-4) sunflower oil;
  • 3 chicken eggs;
  • butter for coating finished products.

How to cook:

  1. Salt the kefir, add the eggs and stir well.
  2. Heat a little to get a fairly warm mass.
  3. While stirring, add flour. The mass should be a little thick, like for a pancake.
  4. Pour baking soda into boiling water, stir quickly, and then pour into the mixture.
  5. Stir in butter.

If the dough turns out to be too liquid, then you need to mix in a little flour. If, on the contrary, it is thick, then you need to dilute it with kefir.

Heat a frying pan and coat it with sunflower oil or lard. Fry on both sides until browned. Coat hot pancakes with butter or melted butter and fill.

Sweet products are made a little differently.

In this case, for 2 glasses of fermented milk product take:

  • 1-2 cups flour;
  • 2 testicles;
  • 250 ml boiling water;
  • a few tablespoons of granulated sugar (depending on taste);
  • 4 tablespoons sunflower oil;
  • a third of a spoon of soda;
  • a little vanilla.

Cooking recipe step by step:

  1. Mix eggs with vanilla and sugar, beat.
  2. Stir in the fermented milk product.
  3. Stirring constantly, add flour in small portions.
  4. Pour in a mixture of soda and boiling water.
  5. Leave to infuse for 7-8 minutes.
  6. Stir in vegetable oil.

The pancakes should turn out very soft and delicate. Any filling can be wrapped in them, but it is better in small quantities. After all products are more fragile than their insipid counterparts, therefore they may break in the process.

Custard pancakes with kefir

The technique for kneading dough for this type of product is somewhat different from the traditional method.

The recipe includes the following products per ¼ liter of fermented milk product:

  • a glass of flour;
  • chicken egg;
  • half a glass of boiling water;
  • a quarter spoon of soda;
  • a couple of tablespoons of sunflower (or other vegetable) oil.

Baking custard pancakes with kefir is quite easy and simple:

  1. Beat kefir and egg.
  2. Gradually stir in flour until smooth.
  3. Quickly stir the baking soda into the boiling water and pour the mixture into the dough.
  4. Stir well and leave for a few minutes to infuse.
  5. Stir in sunflower oil.

After that, fry the pancakes. They definitely won’t stick to the pan, and the finished products will be really thin, which is important. To make them sweet, you need to add a few tablespoons of granulated sugar to the dough.

How to cook lacy pancakes?

To make the pancakes delicate and thin, the kefir mixture is diluted with boiling water. Well, and, of course, they take all the products in the right quantity strictly according to the recipe.

To prepare light “holey” pancakes with half a liter of kefir you will need:

  • a pair of eggs;
  • a glass of flour;
  • half a spoon of soda, salt;
  • 2 tablespoons each of sunflower oil and sugar;
  • lard for greasing the pan.

How to knead the dough:

  1. Separate the yolks from the whites. Beat the first ones with sugar, and put the second ones in the refrigerator.
  2. Stir warm kefir into the yolk mixture.
  3. Mix in the sifted flour in parts until a homogeneous thick mass is formed.
  4. Stir in baking soda and oil.
  5. Salt the chilled whites and then beat until thick foam.
  6. Place the whites into the dough and mix gently.

Bake the pancakes on one side and the other in a hot frying pan coated with lard until browned.

On kefir without eggs

You can make lacy pancakes using fermented milk without eggs.

In this case, for half a liter of kefir take:

  • 0.1 kg flour;
  • half a spoonful of soda and salt;
  • a spoonful of sugar;
  • 3-4 tablespoons of sunflower oil.

Creating pancakes according to this recipe is as simple as the list of ingredients:

  1. Whisk the kefir until bubbles appear.
  2. Mix in all other ingredients except flour. Beat the mass well.
  3. Gradually stir in the flour until a mixture is not too thick without lumps.
  4. Leave for a quarter of an hour.

After the time has passed, we move on to baking.

Without eggs you can knead and choux pastry. In this case, for 0.4 liters of fermented milk product take a spoonful of sugar, a little less than a glass of boiling water, 1-2 cups of flour, half a spoonful of soda and 2-3 spoons of sunflower oil. You can use butter to coat the finished products, but this is not necessary.

The technology for baking such pancakes is as follows:

  1. Mix kefir, soda, spices.
  2. Stir in the sifted flour in parts until a thick mass, like sour cream, is formed.
  3. Continuing to stir, pour boiling water, and then oil.
  4. The resulting dough should have a homogeneous consistency with bubbles.

If you prepare products according to this recipe, then They will be darker compared to milk pancakes, and the taste will be more tender, and they will have more holes.

Thin yeast pancakes

To bake thin pancakes without adding soda, prepare the following products:

  • warm kefir – 1 glass;
  • a spoonful of dry yeast;
  • a pair of testicles;
  • an incomplete glass of hot water;
  • a couple of spoons of sugar;
  • a glass and a quarter of flour;
  • a little salt;

Cooking technology:

  1. Add spices and yeast to half a cup of flour and mix.
  2. Pour in the kefir (warm!) and stir thoroughly.
  3. Cover the container with the dough and place it in a warm place for half an hour.
  4. Beat the eggs a little and stir them into the mixture.
  5. Pour in the remaining flour and stir again.
  6. While stirring with a whisk, pour in hot water.
  7. Keep warm.
  8. After 15 minutes, stir in the butter.

We use the finished dough for its intended purpose - for baking pancakes.

Recipe for pancakes with holes on kefir with boiling water

To create the most delicate pancakes you will need:

  • a pair of testicles;
  • a glass of flour, kefir, boiling water;
  • a third of a teaspoon of salt, soda;
  • spoon of sugar;
  • 3 tablespoons sunflower oil.

How to cook pancakes with kefir with boiling water:

  1. Salt the eggs and then beat until foam appears.
  2. Continuing to whisk, gradually pour in boiling water.
  3. Stir in fermented milk product, sugar, soda.
  4. Mix in flour in parts until a homogeneous dough of sufficient thickness is formed.
  5. Pour in the oil and stir well again.

The pancakes are fried until golden, and then placed on a plate and coated with butter.

With added milk

You can get delicious pancakes with a small hole if you add milk to the dough.

We will prepare the following products for them:

  • 250 ml milk;
  • 500 ml kefir;
  • egg;
  • 25 g sugar;
  • a teaspoon of soda;
  • a pinch of salt;
  • 1-2 cups flour;
  • a couple of tablespoons of sunflower oil.

The cooking technology is as follows:

  1. Spices, eggs and soda are added to slightly warmed kefir. Stir until all grains are dissolved.
  2. Mix in flour in parts. The finished mixture should be very thick and free of lumps.
  3. The milk is brought to a boil, and then poured into the mass in a small stream, while stirring.
  4. Oil is added last and the mixture is mixed well again. If the mixture turns out too liquid, you can add a little more flour.

Pancakes are fried in a heated frying pan on both sides until golden brown. While still hot, they are coated with butter or filled with jam.

With kefir and fermented baked milk

If you want flavorful pancakes, you can knead the dough with fermented baked milk. Then they will turn out even more tender than milk ones. And they go well with jam, condensed milk and even ice cream!

Ingredients:

  • fermented baked milk – 500 ml;
  • kefir – 200 ml;
  • flour – 1.5 cups;
  • eggs – 2 pcs.;
  • sugar – 50 g;
  • a pinch of salt.

Cooking technology:

  1. Thoroughly mix fermented milk products, spices, eggs until a homogeneous mass with small bubbles is formed.
  2. Add flour little by little, mixing well after each addition.
  3. Leave the mixture in a cool place for 0.5 hours.

These kefir pancakes taste almost as tender and tasty as yeast pancakes, only they are prepared much faster and easier. And if you consider that kefir or sour milk is often stored in the refrigerator, then such kefir pancakes are an excellent solution for a delicious meal, and at the same time for recycling the remains of lactic acid products. So, I offer a simple, tasty and practical recipe for pancakes with kefir.

Ingredients:

(16-18 pancakes)

  • 2.5 - 3 cups flour
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups kefir
  • 1 tbsp. spoon of sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. soda
  • 1 glass of water
  • 3 tbsp. vegetable oil

    Pancake dough with kefir

  • So, let's start preparing the pancake dough. We take a convenient, voluminous vessel, for example, an enamel pan. Break three eggs, add salt and sugar. This proportion makes the pancakes taste neutral. If desired, the amount of sugar and salt can be changed.
  • Beat the eggs by hand or using a mixer. Beat until smooth, as if you were making an omelette.
  • Pour in two glasses of kefir or sour milk.
  • Put half a teaspoon baking soda. There is no need to extinguish soda with vinegar; it can be extinguished perfectly by the acid contained in kefir.
  • Sift the flour. If we want to cook thin pancakes with kefir, then measure out two and a half cups of flour. For thick pancakes, the dough should be thicker, so measure out three cups of flour.
  • Combine flour with egg-kefir mixture. If we use a mixer or blender with a broom, then add flour to the liquid. Do not pour out the flour all at once, but in small portions, constantly stirring the dough.
  • If we make dough for pancakes traditional way(without a mixer or blender), then we do the opposite: pour the liquid into the flour. As a result, we should get a fairly thick and homogeneous dough.
  • Pour a glass of boiling water into the dough (use a cup so that the glass does not burst). Brewing the dough this way improves its quality, increases its stickiness, the dough becomes more homogeneous, and it is easier to bake pancakes from it.
  • Mix the dough well, add vegetable oil and mix again. Test the dough for salt and sugar and adjust as necessary.
  • There is one little trick - let the dough stand for 15-20 minutes, this again to improve its quality.
  • Cooking pancakes

  • Well, now we’ll bake pancakes with kefir! Pour a little vegetable oil into a hot frying pan. By the way, to make kefir pancakes more delicate, pour more oil into the pan.
  • Pour in an incomplete ladle of dough. By slightly tilting the pan, we ensure that the dough spreads evenly throughout the pan.
  • We bake the pancake on one side, then turn it over to the other side.
  • Remove the finished pancake from the pan and place it on a plate. Don't forget to grease each pancake with butter.
  • That's all, ours

You can bake pancakes not only with milk: kefir is also suitable for dough. You can eat these pancakes with any fillings and sauces.

Classic recipe

Along with kefir, you can use sour cream, fermented baked milk and yogurt.

Half an hour before cooking, remove all food from the refrigerator. Products of the same temperature combine better.

Ingredients:

  • kefir – 1 glass;
  • raises oil – 3 tbsp;
  • sugar – 2 tbsp;
  • 2 eggs;
  • flour – 1 glass;
  • soda – ¼ tsp;
  • 1 cup boiling water.

Preparation:

  1. Beat sugar and eggs with a mixer.
  2. Add soda to kefir and pour into the eggs.
  3. Add flour, add a pinch of salt, stir so that there are no lumps.
  4. Pour sunflower oil into the dough.
  5. Pour in boiling water while stirring the dough.
  6. Fry in a hot frying pan, grease with oil for the first pancake.

Recipe without eggs

For preparation, you can use kefir of any fat content.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp. Sahara;
  • 0.5 liters of kefir;
  • flour – 100 g;
  • 0.5 tsp soda;
  • raises oil – 3 tbsp.

Preparation:

  1. Pour the kefir into a bowl and whisk using a whisk until bubbles form.
  2. Add butter, a couple of pinches of salt and sugar to kefir. Beat the dough.
  3. Gradually add flour and stir.
  4. Leave the dough for 15 minutes.
  5. Heat a frying pan and bake pancakes.

Delicious kefir pancakes can be served with meat filling or sweet jam and cottage cheese.

Rye pancakes recipe

To prepare the dough, you can use 2 types of flour: rye and wheat. Thanks to rye flour, the taste will be special.

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 cups kefir;
  • 0.5 cups rye flour;
  • soda – 0.5 tsp;
  • 0.5 cups flour;
  • 1 tbsp. Sahara;
  • raises oil – 2 tbsp.

Preparation:

  1. Pour kefir into a bowl and add sugar with eggs, soda. Stir.
  2. Add butter to the mixture and stir.
  3. Sift both types of flour and combine. Add to the dough and beat.
  4. Add flour while stirring the dough.
  5. When the dough is ready, start frying the pancakes.

If the dough is thick, pour in 50 ml. warm water or kefir. You can serve rye pancakes with sweet sauces, red fish, caviar or wrap them in them meat filling or jam.