Copy-Cat Hoito Finnish Pancakes

MissyDressage's Note:

This recipe tastes almost the same as the finnish pancakes at the Hoito in Thunderbay ON.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 3

Yield: 6.0 pancakes

• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup flour

Directions:

1. Combine and whisk all ingredients until smooth.
2. Let the batter rest for 30 minutes (or sit in fridge overnight).
3. Heat non-stick or lightly greased pan to medium.
4. Pour in a thin layer of the batter just so it covers the bottom.
5. Once it is golden brown on one side, flip and cook the other.
6. Serve with maple syrup, butter, fruit, or jam.

Reviews

[manitobamel]

Best pancakes ever! Just like the Hoito, now we don't have to stand in line forever to have these tender goodies. My daughter loves them, quote " I love the crunchie parts!" No I didn't burn them, but they do have a yummy crunch on the outside if you golden them to perfection. Enjoy the taste of Thunder Bay. Someone should put a "persian" recipe on here too...*

[rb340]

perfect. One addition is to substitute a half to one cup sour or buttermilk and use a cast pan with generous dab of butter quite hot which adds to the crunchy edges and bubbles much like the flat top stove they surely use

[Thunder Bay Laura]

Having grown up in Thunder Bay and being of Finnish descent, I have gone to the Hoito more times than I can remember. Over the years, I have tried to replicate these pancakes at home but they have never tasted close. This is the best recipe I have tried - the vanilla adds that bit of extra flavour that makes Hoito pancakes taste unique. With that said though, the most important ingredient in this recipe is the melted butter in the batter and the refrigeration time. The melted butter when cooled in the batter distributes little butter 'buds' throughout and that is what is responsible for making the little popped bubble texture in the Hoito pancakes when cooked. Thanks for sharing this one, it goes into my cookbook permanently!