Ordinary Blinchiki (Thin Pancakes)

Ingredients

• egg yolks
• tsp salt
• tsp sugar
• spoon butter
• glasses milk
• glasses wheat flour
• eggs (whole, incl. 2 whipped whites)
• funt unsalted lard (shpik)
• funt butter (for frying)

Instructions

1. Grind 2 yolks with 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sugar and 1/2 spoon soft butter; thin gradually with 3 glasses of milk (about 1 bottle).
2. Pour this little by little, stirring constantly, into 2 glasses of flour; mix smooth and strain if needed.
3. Fold in 2 whipped egg whites.
4. Fry as in the note, browning on one side only. Yields about 20 pancakes. May also be made on water without eggs or butter.