Vyatka pancakes
Description
The bake comes together simply and quickly. With this recipe, the dough rises in about 30 minutes, and you’ll need about the same time to cook the pancakes. All in all—just over an hour—and you’ll have a tasty, filling bake on the table for the whole family. You can serve koloby for breakfast or as a nourishing snack during the day. In the book *Vyatka Cuisine*, the authors suggest baking the pancakes in a Russian oven over an open fire in a cast-iron skillet, but if that isn’t an option for you, just bake them on the stove in a pancake pan, turning them over. Serve cooled or slightly warm.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients.
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Step 2
Add sugar and yeast to warm milk. Stir.
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Step 3
Then add the flour and mix everything again until smooth.
- 4
Step 4
Cover the bowl with a towel and leave for 30 minutes.
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Step 5
Then add the egg and salt.
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Step 6
Mix and begin making the pancakes.
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Step 7
Heat the skillet and brush it with oil. Ladle in the batter, spreading it evenly over the skillet. The batter will begin to “breathe”—that is, characteristic holes will form.
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Step 8
As soon as the batter sets, flip the pancake and fry it on the other side.
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Step 9
Traditionally blini are brushed with butter and stacked in a pile.