Easy Homemade Pancake Recipe (2024)

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This homemade pancake recipe is one we’ve been making for over a decade! I picked it up years ago when working with innkeepers and I think you’ll love how light and fluffy these homemade pancakes turn out! And the recipe has been tested to give you great results each time.

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So next time you’re looking in your pantry for store-bought pancake mix, I hope you remember to have this recipe saved! No need to run to your local grocer and buy some shake and pour. Everything you need is probably already in your pantry. Take scroll through the tips below, or simply click the ‘jump to recipe’ button to look at how easy and simple it is to make a classic pancake.

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Homemade Pancakes – What You’ll Need

Grab the following items out of your pantry: flour,sugar,salt,baking powder. Open your refrigerator door and pull out one single egg and a carton of milk. Get a big mixing bowl out of your cabinet, and a whisk or a large fork. Let’s get started! This will take 5 minutes, tops.

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Ingredients For Making Homemade Pancakes From Scratch

Quickly scrolling to look for a grocery list or what to search for in your pantry? Here are the items you’ll need in list form:

  • flour
  • sugar
  • salt
  • baking powder
  • one egg
  • one cup of milk (plant based milk works too. I like to use oatmilk)
  • butter or oil for greasing sauté pan or griddle

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How To Make Homemade Pancakes

First, pour all the dry ingredients into the bowl. That includes about 1 1/2 cups of flour, 2 tsp of sugar, a pinch of salt, and 2 teaspoons of baking powder.

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Mix the dry ingredients together with a whisk or a fork until they are well blended. If you would like, you could put this mix into a sealed jar or container to have as a homemade pancake mix. But if you’re ready to make pancakes now, just scroll to the next step for the refrigerated ingredients you’ll need to add.

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Next, beat the egg in a small bowl just a bit with a fork so that the yolk and egg whites are well mixed. It makes the pancakes a bit fluffier when you do this first by incorporating a little air into the whisked egg. Plus it makes it easier to properly blend the egg well with the dry ingredients.

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Then add the wet ingredients to the bowl of flour: about 1 cup of milk and a whisked egg. TIP: I keep an extra half cup of milk on hand to add in a bit more in case the batter is too thick. Measuring flour can sometimes be tricking when using cups instead of weight. So just in case you added a heaping cup of flour in the steps above, it is good to have some extra milk on hand in case you need to thin the batter.

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And there you have it! A quick and easy homemade pancake recipe. Now the batter is ready to cook.

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After you’ve mixed all the ingredients together, heat a griddle or non-stick saute pan and add a dab of butter or oil. Pour pancake batter onto a heated griddle and wait for bubbles to form.In about 5 minutes, you’ll have breakfast. Got your syrup ready?

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Let the homemade pancakes get a lot of bubbles coming up to the surface and slightly cooked and dry around the edges before flipping.

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Flip the pancakes and let them cook an additional one or two minutes until the second side is nice and golden. And there you go. Nice golden brown and delicious homemade fluffy pancakes.

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Look at these wonderfully fluffy pancakes! Just the perfect texture and color.

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Homemade Pancake Toppings

Now, as for toppings, there are so many variations. You could top with fresh blueberries, like we have here. Or raspberries, figs, sliced bananas. Nuts are also a great topping, especially walnuts or pecans. My husband loves to put peanut butter on his pancakes! I like to have a side of maple syrup to dip each bite into.

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Making Different Flavors Of Homemade Pancakes

Now, when it comes to cooking fruit in with your pancakes, it could change up how long it takes them to cook. For blueberries, I recommend using frozen so they don’t burst and create a sugary sticky mess on your pan. Sliced bananas cooked in with the batter are so sweet and tasty. And thinly sliced apples are a great way to make apple pancakes in the fall. No matter how many creative variations you try, refer back to this homemade pancake recipe as the base.

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After making these, try our barley pancakes with blueberry sauce or lemon pancakes too! And if you’re in a festive spirit, there’s also gingerbread pancakes.

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Fluffy Pancake Recipe

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

This fluffy pancake recipe makes the easiest homemade pancakes!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg (beaten)
  • 1 1/2 cup milk
  • **A note about flour. You can also nix the baking powder and use self rising flour for fluffier pancakes.

Instructions

  1. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. (Flour, baking powder, sugar, salt.)
  2. Whisk egg in a small bowl and add to the above flour mixture along with the milk.
  3. Stir together until well blended and pour onto a hot greased griddle.
  4. Wait until pancakes are bubbling and cooked around the edges and flip.
  5. Serve with fresh fruit and maple syrup.

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Originally published on Inn The Kitchen,Oct 4, 2009. Updated 2022.

Easy Homemade Pancake Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Is pancake mix better with water or milk? ›

1. Use Milk/ Alternative Milk Instead Of Water. Even though the mix may call for water, you can easily substitute that for an alternative milk (I like oat milk). You may have to add a dash more due to the difference in consistency, but it'll taste so much better!

Is plain flour or self-raising flour better for pancakes? ›

Do you use plain or self-raising flour for pancakes? For thicker pancakes, use self-raising flour. If you don't have any self-raising flour in the pantry you can make your own at home using plain flour and baking powder. This also lets you control the raising agents in your batter for thicker pancakes.

What is a substitute for all purpose flour in pancakes? ›

Oat Flour. This flour alternative is made with ground oats. High in fiber and slightly sweet in flavor, oat flour will most often be seen as a flour replacement for a portion of the white or wheat flour in homemade bread, pancakes, and other baked goods.

Can you use plain flour instead of all purpose for pancakes? ›

Therefore if you want to swap it for plain or all purpose flour, you will need to add some additional baking powder and also a little salt if you like. Some people like to add salt to recipes and some don't, so I'll leave that up to you as it won't affect the pancakes.

What is the secret to a fluffy pancake? ›

Whether you are making your own batter or using a pancake mix, the the secret to fluffier pancakes rests in air pockets. Yes—air pockets. Air pockets make the difference between a pancake and crepe, which means it's crucial that you get the perfect amount of bubbles in your batter to form a fluffy pancake.

What not to do when making pancakes? ›

Don't let the lumps fool you into overmixing!
  1. You ignore the heat during cooking. If you are not using an electric skillet, you must pay attention to the heat when you start cooking the pancakes. ...
  2. You've been using the wrong pan. ...
  3. You flip your pancakes too soon. ...
  4. You don't fully preheat your pan.

What is the most important ingredient in pancakes? ›

Flour is the main ingredient to any pancake. It provides the structure. Different types of flours alter the structure because some flours absorb more moisture or create more gluten (which binds the structure together) than others.

What does an extra egg do to pancakes? ›

Eggs are a crucial ingredient. They provide the cakes with the structure to hold light bubbles. Eggs also give the batter additional, richer flavor from the yolk fat. If you add too many eggs, you'll have “pancakes” that look more like custard or crepes.

Why are restaurant pancakes so good? ›

Additionally, griddles ensure the cooking surface stays perfectly heated both before and after the batter hits it — resulting in an evenly-cooked, griddle-kissed final product. Years of cooking on a griddle may also imbue it with that unique, indescribable flavor that comes with diner food, like a cast-iron frying pan.

Should I add eggs to pancake mix? ›

Add an Egg

Even if your pancake mix doesn't call for an egg, mix one into the batter. The egg will add richness to the recipe and make the end result taste like homemade pancakes. If your pancake mix already calls for an egg, try adding an extra one.

What happens if you don't put baking soda in pancakes? ›

You technically can leave out baking soda in certain recipes (like chocolate chip cookies or pancakes) in a pinch, but you need to understand that your finished product will not be as light and fluffy as the recipe intended. Unless you have no other option, you really should use a leavening substitute.

What happens if you use self-raising flour in pancakes? ›

The convenience of self-rising flour allows you to get them on the table in 10 minutes or less, and you won't sacrifice flavor or texture either. The pancakes are fork-tender, light, fluffy, and complete with a drizzle of maple syrup.

What type of flour is best for pancakes? ›

Plain flour is best for thinner, crêpe-style pancakes; self-raising flour for fluffy American-style pancakes; and gram (chickpea) flour for socca pancakes. Wholegrain flours (like wholemeal and buckwheat flour) also work a treat for crêpe-style pancakes and American-style pancakes.

What is the mixture of ingredients called when making pancakes? ›

Pancake batter is composed of two crucial parts: dry ingredients (usually flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt) and wet ingredients (usually milk, eggs and butter).

What do the four ingredients of pancakes represent? ›

Simple pancake recipe

It might interest you that all four ingredients represent four things of significance at Easter time. Eggs symbolise creation, flour represents the staff of life, salt is wholesomeness, and milk symbolises purity.

What are the ingredients in no name old fashioned pancake mix? ›

Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour, Yellow Corn Flour, Sugars (dextrose,sugar), Modified Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate, Rice Flour, Bakingsoda, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Guar Gum.

What ingredient makes pancakes rise? ›

Pancakes and waffles typically both contain baking soda, which causes them to rise. As soon as the baking soda is combined with the wet ingredients (which contain an acidic ingredient, like often buttermilk), it starts producing carbon dioxide gas bubbles that cause the batter to rise.

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