Queen Elizabeth's Pancake Recipe: Here's How To Make Her Famous 'Drop Scones'

Queen Elizabeth II's pancake recipe from more than six decades ago is garnering attention on social media following the late monarch's death last week.

The Queen's recipe for "drop scones," also called Scotch pancakes, recently resurfaced on Reddit.

The recipe was included in a letter sent in 1960 by Queen Elizabeth II to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, which can be viewed on the National Archives website.

The Queen sent Eisenhower the recipe after the then-president and his wife, Mamie, became fans of the griddle cakes during their visit to Balmoral Castle in Scotland in 1959.

"Seeing a picture of you in today's newspaper standing in front of a barbecue grilling quail reminded me that I had never sent you the recipe of the drop scones which I promised you at Balmoral," Queen Elizabeth wrote in her letter to Eisenhower. "I now hasten to do so, and I do hope you will find them successful."

The Queen then listed the ingredients for enough drop scones for 16 people, which are:

• 4 teacups of flour
• 4 tablespoons of caster sugar
• 2 teacups of milk
• 2 whole eggs
• 2 teaspoons of bicarbonate soda
• 3 teaspoons of cream of tartar
• 2 tablespoons of melted butter

The instructions read: "Beat eggs, sugar, and about half the milk together, add flour, and mix well together, adding the remainder of milk as required, also bicarbonate and cream of tartar, fold in the melted butter."

One teacup is approximately equal to half a cup, Town & Country noted.

In her letter, Queen Elizabeth II also advised that "when there are fewer, I generally put in less flour and milk but use other ingredients as stated. I have also tried using golden syrup or treacle instead of only sugar, and that can be very good too."

"The mixture needs a great deal of beating while making and shouldn't stand about too long before cooking," she wrote in the letter.

Some social media users noted that drop scones are similar to standard American pancakes, only thicker.

"'Drop scones' is a slightly old-fashioned name for what's more commonly called Scotch pancakes, and they're pretty similar to American pancakes. Like American pancakes, they're best cooked and eaten fresh; they only take a few minutes to cook each one," one user wrote.

Another commented, "I made these a few months ago. As an American, these are not the scones you know. They're kind of a thick pancake/blini-type thing with a springy texture. Nice with butter and powdered sugar or toasted leftover with strawberry jam."

Queen Elizabeth passed away at the age of 96 in her Scottish estate Balmoral on Sept. 8.

She will be honored with an official state funeral Monday at Westminster Abbey, which will be followed by a committal service in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.