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How To Make Perfect Pancakes

David Smith
2022-11-18
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Light and fluffy, veritably Perfect Pancakes are a recipe that everyone needs to have in their pocket.

I’ve been making this pancake recipe for as long as I can remember and every single person who has tried these pancakes has loved them.

Perfect Pancakes

The original version of these pancakes was made with whole wheat flour and I shared it here on the website over 11 years ago. It was one of the first blog posts I wrote. The idea that whole wheat waffles really could be light and fluffy? It was a bit of a breakfast game-changer for us.

Over the years I’ve shared versions of that recipe with myriad friends and readers who asked for a traditional flour recipe, considering yes, it can be well-timed for all-purpose flour, and it has received nothing but raves from everyone who tries the pancakes.

That said, it was way past time I finally shared the recipe here exactly as we make it today. The recipe can hands be doubled or tripled to feed a prod or fill the freezer for future breakfasts.

This pancake recipe has been such a hit, I plane shared it in The Weekday Lunches and Breakfasts Cookbook a few years ago too.

If you’re looking for veritably perfect Light and Fluffy Gluten Free Pancakes, you’ll want to trammels out that recipe too. With so many five-star rave reviews, that recipe is a must for anyone who needs to eat gluten-free.

How To Make Pancakes Fluffy

Light and fluffy pancakes are a breakfast favorite. I like to make a giant batch on the weekend and freeze them for easy breakfasts throughout the week.

Topped with peanut butter and Brown Sugar Butter Syrup or Buttermilk Syrup, berries and whipped cream, butter and peach jam, these pancakes are a breakfast that the unshortened family loves.

Want to know how to make perfect pancakes that turn out fluffy and light every single time? Let the thrash rest. I unchangingly mix together the thrash surpassing turning on the griddle.

Do you know how you scrutinizingly unchangingly get a lousy first batch of pancakes? This prevents that! The thrash thickens just unbearable while it rests to ensure the pancakes turn out unconfined each time.

Simply permitting the thrash to rest for 5-10 minutes makes an enormous difference in the results.

I turn on the griddle and then pour myself a cup of coffee and set out some toppings for the pancakes or maybe I’ll prep salary for the oven if I’m feeling ambitious.

Perfect Pancakes are possible every single time.

If you make pancakes often, nothing beats a unconfined electric griddle for streamlining the cooking process. A few years ago, when my 15-year-old griddle finally died, I tested every single griddle I could get my hands on.

When I finally tried this uneaten large electric griddle, I knew I’d found THE ONE. It’s a little on the spendy side, but I am telling you now, it beats all the others hands-down.

This nylon flexible turner is a pancake-making must-have, as is a dough whisk. If you aren’t familiar with the awesomeness that is a dough whisk for pancakes and waffles, you are missing out. It’s a crazy-looking tool, but it stirs the thrash just unbearable without overmixing it.

I’ve tried pretty much all of the nifty pancake-pouring gadgets out there, and I stand by a good old measuring cup as the easiest way to make pancakes. I use the ¼ or ⅓ cup sizes for most pancake making – this set that I use every day will indulge you to improvise for all kinds of sizes.

How To Make Perfect Pancakes

Whisk together the dry ingredients and set aside. Add the milk and the eggs, whisk to combine, and then add the butter. Whisk once increasingly and then let the thrash rest while the griddle or pan heats.
Heat a flat-bottom nonstick skillet or electric griddle (this is my favorite griddle) over medium heat. Butter the skillet or griddle lightly and then pour well-nigh ¼ cup of thrash onto the griddle for each pancake.
Let melt until they uncork to rainbow on top and they are lightly browned on the bottom. Flip and melt the second side just until golden brown. Serve warm with the toppings of your choice.

Perfectly fluffy pancakes - made from scratch

How To Freeze Pancakes

Allow the pancakes to tomfool completely, surpassing storing them in an snapped ziploc bag. Reheat the frozen pancakes in the microwave.

I commonly triple this recipe for my family, so that we’ll have plenty to stash in the freezer for easy breakfasts.

Easy Pancake Variations

I venerate blueberry waffles and the same goes for pancakes. Increasingly often than not (basically unendingly I can get my hands on fresh blueberries) I add them to the pancakes.

To make sure each pancake has a unconfined number of berries, I like to add the berries without pouring the thrash on the griddle. Scatter 8-10 berries over the top of the soapy pancakes surpassing flipping them over.

If chocolate tweedle pancakes are increasingly your style, sprinkle chocolate fries wideness the soapy pancakes in place of the blueberries above.

For diner-style pancakes that everyone loves, you’ll want to try these Buttermilk Pancakes too!

Homemade Pancakes - they turn out light and fluffy every time!

Perfect Pancakes

Light and fluffy pancakes are a recipe that everyone needs to have in their pocket.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 4-inch pancakes

Calories 104kcal

Ingredients

2½ cups all-purpose flour
2 tbsp baking powder
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp kosher salt
2 cups milk
2 eggs
2 tbsp butter melted and cooled

Instructions

Whisk together the flour, sultry powder, sugar, and salt. Set aside. Add the milk and the eggs, whisk to combine. Add the melted butter. Whisk once increasingly and then let the thrash rest while the griddle or pan heats.
Heat a flat-bottom nonstick skillet or electric griddle over medium heat. Butter the skillet or griddle lightly and then pour well-nigh ¼ cup of thrash onto the griddle for each pancake.
Let melt undisturbed until they uncork to rainbow on top and they are lightly browned on the bottom. Flip and melt second side just until golden brown. Serve warm with the toppings of your choice.

Notes

FREEZER MEAL: Let the pancakes tomfool completely, surpassing storing them in an snapped zipclose bag. Reheat the frozen pancakes in the microwave. I commonly triple this recipe for my family, so that we’ll have plenty in the freezer for easy breakfasts.