Raisin Bread Sourdough Hotcakes

These Raisin Bread Sourdough Hotcakes are just the thing for a lazy weekend breakfast or brunch and make good use of any sourdough discard you may have.

These Raisin Bread Sourdough Hotcakes are just the thing for a lazy weekend breakfast or brunch and make good use of any sourdough discard you may have. Hotcakes are essentially little pancakes, but slightly smaller and thicker than the more usual American style pancakes, more like a Scotch pancake (Drop Scone) or a thick Pikelet.

Raisin bread is one of my favourite sweet breads, laced with cinnamon and studded with plump raisins, or a mixture of dried fruit. It’s a taste that is reminiscent of warm, cosy kitchens at my grandparent’s and happy, carefree childhood days. Serve these delectable Raisin Bread Sourdough Hotcakes with lashings of butter and/or gallons of maple syrup. Honey is also divine when served with these fluffy wee morsels.

Hotcakes or Pancakes?

Although I rarely have any sourdough starter discard, because I bake at least 3 sourdough loaves a week, it’s always handy to have a selection of recipes that use discard. And today’s Raisin Bread Sourdough Hotcakes is my latest recipe that makes great use of any sourdough discard you make have. Although, you can feed your starter just to make these if you wish.

You’ve heard of the expression “Selling Like Hotcakes” no doubt, which means something is very popular and is selling fast, well like hotcakes! So, what’s the difference between a hotcake and a pancake? Well, not much, if any difference at all. Hotcake is the 17th century English word used to describe a small pancake, much like a Drop Scone or Griddle Cake, only fatter.

Selling Like Hotcakes

So, where does the expression “Selling like Hotcakes” come from? According to my research, the expression dates back to about 1840 to 1845. It meant just the same then as it does today, and is thought to originate from the fact that freshly made hotcakes were extremely popular at county, church and village fairs, and the long queues to buy these little morsels gave rise to the expression we still use today.

And, if you are interested in more food expressions and their origins there is a nice little list here: The Origins of 10 Food Phrases Here you will discover the meanings behind “Apple of My Eye”, “Big Cheese”, “A Piece of Cake” and many more meanings. There is also an alternative explanation for selling like hotcakes here: Sell like Hotcakes: Origin and Meaning

Step-by-Step Instructions how to make Raisin Bread Sourdough Hotcakes

I’ve listed a step-by-step method below hot to make these Raisin Bread Sourdough Hotcakes. PLEASE NOTE, the FULL recipe with the ingredients is shared at THE END OF THIS POST.

• Mix all the dried ingredients together, and then add the sourdough starter discard and the vanilla extract.
• Stir to make a stiff dough and then add the milk gradually until you have a thick pancake batter.

•  Heat a large non-stick frying pan or a griddle, and grease it with butter.
• Cook 3 or 4 hotcakes at a time by dropping spoonfuls of the mixture on to the hot, greased griddle or frying pan.
• Turn the heat down to low and cook until the underside is golden brown and the top is covered with bubbles, for about 3 to 4 minutes.

• Turn over and cook on the other side. Carry on cooking the hotcakes unto, the batter has gone, keeping all the cooked hotcakes warm in the oven.
• Serve warm with butter, and honey, jam or maple syrup.
• . Can be eaten buttered with jam when cold.

Notes & Alternative Ingredients

If using a baking griddle, it should be well-greased, then heated until a little water sprinkled on the surface skips about in balls, evaporating.

A heavy cast-iron frying pan makes a good substitute to a non-stick frying pan.

These freeze well once cooked and cooled.

If you don’t have any SR flour, you can use plain flour with 1 teaspoon of baking powder.

For a more decadent hotcake, soak the fruit in rum or brandy; drain the fruit and mix the alcohol with the milk when adding.

You can also soak the fruit in hot tea too, but don’t add the tea as it will discolour the batter and the hotcakes.

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I hope you enjoy these Raisin Bread Sourdough Hotcakes if you make them, and please do let me know in the comments below. Karen

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