This is the fluffy, flavorful pancake recipe you’ve been craving!
Made with staple ingredients like flour, milk, eggs, and baking powder; they’re the perfect start to your morning.
Best of all, they’re as easy as they are delicious, they’ll have everyone asking for seconds
How to Make Pancakes From Scratch
You’ll love how simple it is to whip these up. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!
- Mix dry ingredients per the recipe below with a whisk. In another bowl, whisk wet ingredients.
- Add the wet ingredients and stir just until combined; the batter should be a bit lumpy.
- Cook on a griddle or skillet.
Serve up a stack with butter and maple syrup.
How to Cook Pancakes
- Heat Griddle/Skillet – Heat over medium heat. To test for temperature, add a droplet of water to the surface. If it sizzles, it’s ready—ensure it’s not too hot, or the pancakes will burn.
- Lightly Grease – Use oil to lightly grease the skillet.
- Cook Pancakes – Pour a small amount of pancake batter onto the greased griddle/skillet and cook until the bubbles begin to pop. Flip and cook the other side.
Tips for The Best Pancakes
- Don’t Overmix: The batter should be slightly lumpy and should pour easily. If it’s too thick add a splash of milk. If it’s too runny add a bit of flour to get the right consistency.
- Medium Heat: Cook over medium heat. It takes longer but the results are better (a non-stick skillet works best).
- Use Oil: Butter can burn after a couple of batches. For golden pancakes, heat the oil and then give it a gentle wipe with paper towels before adding the batter.
- Additions: Add things like blueberries, sliced bananas, or chocolate chips to the pancakes in the skillet instead of stirring them into the batter so they don’t burn onto the pan.
Make Ahead
On busy weekday mornings, it’s great to use homemade pancake mix but even better to have pancakes cooked and ready to go, so all they need is warming.
Much like crepes, pancakes can be refrigerated for up to 5 days and kept in the freezer for 2 months. Seal them in a freezer bag or an airtight container for storage (with a piece of parchment in between).
To Reheat Pancakes
Toaster: Pop homemade pancakes straight into the toaster. And it makes them a tiny bit crisp which is delicious.
Microwave: The microwave works too, just heat about 20-30 seconds for 1 serving.
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Any of these delicious breakfast recipes can be prepared ahead of time and reheated in th morning!
Did your family love these Homemade Pancakes? Be sure to leave a rating and a comment below!
Perfectly Fluffy Pancakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar or to taste
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¾ cups milk or as needed
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons melted butter or vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk milk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk to combine.
- Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the wet mixture. Gently stir the batter until just combined, the batter should be slightly lumpy.
- Preheat a griddle or frying pan over medium heat (or to 350°F). Lightly grease with butter or vegetable oil.
- Pour about ¼ cup of batter onto the heated griddle for each pancake. Cook on one side until bubbles form and begin to pop, about 2 minutes. Flip the pancakes over and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes, or until both sides are golden brown.
- Transfer the cooked pancakes to a serving plate or a warmed oven and repeat with the remaining batter.
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Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Breakfast
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Favorite Pancake Toppings
My kids’ absolute favorite thing to do to pancakes, is to spread them with seedless raspberry jam, then drizzle warmed up heavy cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon over them. Trust me when I say this is actually a delicious combination! Other favorite toppings include:
- Butter and real maple syrup, of course!
- Whipped cream and honey… delicious on crepes, too!
- Sliced strawberries… or blackberries, raspberries, blueberries…or all four!!
- Sprinkles, like these fun birthday cake pancakes!
- Various kinds of jam with clotted cream!
- Nutella… this is basically like having dessert for breakfast!
- Cinnamon with a homemade cream cheese topping.
Can I substitute buttermilk for milk?
Hi Carol, other readers have with great results. But when making buttermilk pancakes we love to follow this recipe.
Could I use buttermilk instead of milk ? I was raised on a Mid-west dairy farm over 70 years ago. The hard working men were served pancakes every morning along with oatmeal and eggs. I recall the pancakes were delicious and made from buttermilk. I never got the recipe unfortunately.
Hi Ann, other readers have used buttermilk with great results. But when making buttermilk pancakes we love to follow this recipe.
Fluffy, super quick to make, easy and delicious! THANK YOU! :) I was pressed for time this morning to feed unplanned guests. This was a perfect recipe to include. Everyone enjoyed the pancakes.
So delicious, thank you. The only substitution I made was to replace the milk with homemade alcoholic egg nog. Scrumptious!!
I just made these and they were SOOO good and fluffy. I added a tad bit more sugar, which I probably won’t do again and more milk and added chocolate chips. Will definitely do again
made this recipe first time this morning…my husband gave thumbs up, good enough for me! I did add a bit more sugar and vanilla, but mix went over the top with adding 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon.
these turned out extra fluffy and so so good! this is the first time i’m posting a review, but these were so mouth watering. i would say add a bit more sugar if you like them a bit sweet because these weren’t sweet at all.
Great fluffy pancakes. Delicious.
Hi!! these pancakes were great and moist! for some reason a few tasted like pure egg but the rest were just perfect! (i added a little more sugar) but for next time how do i make some not taste like egg?
I haven’t had this issue so I can’t say for sure what happened. What size eggs did you use? And next time you could try whisking the eggs separately and ensure a really good whisk to make sure they are evenly distributed.