Russian Raised Pancakes(Blini) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 3/4 cup milk
1 packet active dry yeast
4 cups all purpose flour
2 large eggs, separated
1 1/2 Tbsp. of butter, melted
1 Tbsp. sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
Vegetable oil
1 1/2 cup Sour Cream (garnish)

Preparation

Heat 1 cup milk to 105 to 115 degrees fahrenheit.
Pour heated milk into large bowl and stir in yeast and 2 cups of flour. Mix until smooth.
Cover the bowl and sit in a warm place for 1 hour or until the batter has doubled in size.
Stir down with a wooden spoon.
Stir in egg yolks, butter, sugar, salt and remaining flour, alternating with remaining milk.
Stir until mixture is almost smooth.
Cover bowl and set aside for 45 minutes to an hour or until batter has doubled in size again.
Stir down batter.
Beat egg whites to stiff peaks and gently fold into the batter.
For each pancake, pour 1/3 cup of the mixture onto a lightly greased griddle for frying pan.
Fry over medium heat for about 4 minutes, turning once, or until pancake is golden brown. You can garnish with sour cream by putting 1 Tbsp. sour cream on the pancake and rolling it up.
Yields 24.