I have several variations of pancake recipes in my inbox and it occurred to me that I need to just post a basic easy pancake recipe. No, you don’t need to run to your local grocer and buy some shake and pour. Everything you need is thankfully probably already in your cupboard! Take a look at how easy and simple it is to make a classic pancake.
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 your 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.
Homemade Pancakes – Step-By-Step With Photos
First, pour all your dry ingredients into the bowl. About 1 1/2 cups of flour, 2 tsp of sugar, a pinch of salt, and 2 tsp of baking powder. Mix these together.
Then add the wet stuff — about 1 cup of milk and an egg. I keep an extra half cup of milk on hand to add in a bit more in case the batter is too thick.
Before adding in the egg, beat it 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. Plus it makes it easier to blend well with the dry ingredients.
Mix everything together and pour onto a heated and greased/pam’d/sprayed griddle. In about 5 minutes, you’ll have breakfast. Got your syrup ready?
Let the homemade pancakes get a lot of bubbles coming up to the surface and slightly cooked and dry around the edges before flipping.
And there you go. Nice fluffy golden brown hot pancakes. There are many, MANY variations. You could add blueberries, walnuts, or sliced bananas. I’ll always refer back to this basic pancake batter to start. 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.
Easy Pancake Recipe
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
- Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. (Flour, baking powder, sugar, salt.)
- Whisk egg in a small bowl and add to the above flour mixture along with the milk.
- Stir together until well blended and pour onto a hot greased griddle.
- Wait until pancakes are bubbling and cooked around the edges and flip.
More Breakfast Recipes You’ll Love
- Homemade Pancake Syrup
- Gingerbread Pancakes
- Barley Pancakes
- Cinnamon French Toast Bake
- Air Fryer French Toast
- Easy Weekday Microwave Oatmeal
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Originally published on Inn The Kitchen, Oct 4, 2009.
Wow, I never knew pancake was so easy to make. I’m just so use to buying mixes.
I usually add a small splash of pure vanilla extract (bought in Mexico) and some cinnamon. It adds just a little more dimension and then I top it off with some real maple syrup. Good base recepie. Oh, an my friends mid-western mother said to use expired milk, like a few days old. I do that sometimes but usually it’s not on purpose. 🙂
I use to buy pancake mixes, but then I got bite by the baking bug, making homemade food, is so much better, both taste and health. You see what’s in your food, with out all the added ingredients that are very unhealthy. Made these just now, And they were delish. Thanks for the sharing.
You have a fan for life!
I usually buy and use pancake mix. Recently, due to the influence of a friend, I started becoming more aware of a lot of questionable ingredients added to processed foods and mixes. I googled homemade pancakes and several sites caught my eye. Yours stood out because you explained it from scratch. I can atlest say that this recipe created the best-tasting, fluffy pancakes that I’ve ever made. I’m a fan of yours for life!
Thank you for sharing.
Delicious!! I reduced salt to 1/4 tsp and added 1/2 tsp vanilla… no longer need to buy my favorite mix ($). Glad I tried this recipe! Next time might add a bit of cinnamon.
Been using this recipe for years now and my family and I love, love, love it!!! 😊💞
So glad you’re enjoying it!