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The BEST Homemade Pancake Recipe From Scratch

How to make simple but delicious pancakes from scratch, my family's favorite easy recipe!  This pancake recipe yields incredibly light and fluffy pancakes.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 14 pancakes
Calories: 201 kcal
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 2 2/3 cups all-purpose or cake flour
  • 2 tablespoons baking powder
  • 1/3 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 1/2 cups milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 6 tablespoons oil or melted butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

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  1. In a medium bowl or a large 16 cup capacity liquid measuring cup, whisk together the flour, baking powder, white sugar and salt. 
  2.  In another large capacity liquid measuring cup, combine 2 1/2 cups of milk, eggs, oil and vanilla. Mix until combined. If you need to, add more milk until the batter reaches desired consistency.
  3. Make a well in the dry ingredients, and pour the egg mixture in. Whisk together until the batter is smooth with only a few flour chunks - it doesn't have to be completely smooth. 
  4. Let the batter sit for a while ( 5-10 minutes) and let the chemical reactions start working. This will cause it to fluff up, giving you that texture you want.
  5. If you have a griddle start it heating now on medium heat. I have a cast iron one that I adore, but it takes a while for it to heat up uniformly. If not, heat the largest pan that you have. 
  6. To make the pancakes I use a muffin batter scoop, which is called a #8 disher scoop. This is one of my favourite kitchen hacks, that scoop! It measures out muffins, pancakes, extra large cookies, you name it! 
  7. Take one scoop of batter and pour onto your already heated griddle, fitting on as many as you can at once.  Flip your pancakes when they are slightly bubbled on the surface and golden brown underneath. The key is a medium heat that is ready and raring to go, so they instantly sizzle when you place them on the surface, but not so hot they burn.
  8. Continue to cook all of the batter, placing cooked pancakes on a covered plate when cooked. 
  9. Serve with my Homemade Brown Sugar Sauce. 

Nutrition Information

Serving 1pancake Calories 201kcal (10%) Carbohydrates 26g (9%) Protein 4g (8%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Cholesterol 28mg (9%) Sodium 61mg (3%) Potassium 276mg (8%) Sugar 7g (14%) Vitamin A 120IU (2%) Calcium 140mg (14%) Iron 1.4mg (8%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 14pancakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 201

% Daily Value*

Serving 1pancake
Calories 201kcal 10%
Carbohydrates 26g 9%
Protein 4g 8%
Fat 8g 12%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Cholesterol 28mg 9%
Sodium 61mg 3%
Potassium 276mg 6%
Sugar 7g 14%
Vitamin A 120IU 2%
Calcium 140mg 14%
Iron 1.4mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.