This is the BEST Classic Pancakes Recipe because it is buttery, fluffy and super easy to make. No buttermilk, no whipping egg whites, just a super quick and delicious pancake that’s loaded with flavor!
We love to top these pancakes with my homemade buttermilk syrup for an extra special treat!
Skip the box mix, you probably already have all the ingredients on hand to make these deliciously fluffy pancakes right now!
Classic Pancake Recipe Ingredients:
- All Purpose Flour – I haven’t tested this recipe using any other types of flours, but I’m thinking you could easily use half all purpose and half whole wheat to give these pancakes a little more chew to them.
- Baking Powder – helps give the pancakes that fluffy rise!
- Salt
- Sugar – just a touch for a little added sweetness
- Warm Milk – make sure you warm it!
- Egg at room temperature
- Melted Butter
- Vanilla Extract
With these simple ingredients you’ll be able to whip up some super tasty pancakes that are fresh, flavorful and fluffy!
How To Make Fluffy Homemade Pancakes:
Start by sifting together the dry ingredients into a large bowl. I like to use my fine mesh strainer to get the dry ingredients sifted.
Whisk together the wet ingredients in a smaller bowl and pour that into the dry ingredients.
Whisk until the batter is just combined, there may be some small clumps, but this is ok. You don’t want to over mix the batter.
Heat a griddle up and coat with non stick spray or butter. Cook pancakes until golden brown on each side.
Good Old Fashioned Pancakes
This pancake recipe is very similar to my Classic Waffle Recipe. The warm milk and melted butter mingle together and make the pancakes extra buttery and delicious.
I use baking powder instead of buttermilk and baking soda because I rarely keep buttermilk on hand (I’m guessing you don’t either?).
This way I can easily make my family pancakes with the ingredients I do keep in my kitchen.
What Can I Substitute Baking Powder With?
I typically always have baking powder on hand, but what if you happen to run out and you want to make this pancake recipe? Can you leave baking powder out completely?
If you don’t add any baking powder the pancakes will not get much rise out of them. You’ll end up with flat pancakes (similar to my Dad’s 3 ingredient pancakes), but with a few more ingredients.
To substitute the baking powder you can mix 1/2 tsp cream of tartar with 1/4 tsp baking soda for every 1 tsp of baking powder required. Since this recipe calls for 3 tsp baking powder, you’ll need 1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar plus 3/4 tsp baking soda. Just sift these ingredients in with the other dry ingredients.
Top your pancakes with butter and syrup, maybe some fresh cut fruit too… just watch how fast they disappear!
I’m sure you’ll be obsessed with the texture of these pancakes as much as I am.
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Best Classic Pancake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour, (185 grams)
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp white sugar
- 1 ¼ cup milk, warm
- 1 egg, lightly beaten - room temperature
- 3 tbsp butter, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Sift together dry ingredients. Combine wet ingredients in separate bowl and whisk just until combined. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir just until combined.
- Use 1/4 cup measuring cup to scoop batter onto an oiled griddle over medium high heat. Cook until pancakes are golden brown on each side.
- Keep warm until ready to enjoy.
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Love butter and dark Karo syrup, sometimes butter, a little brown sugar and sliced peaches or bananas.
I love these pancakes enough to eat them plain but I slow down to put butter & syrup on top! Blueberries & strawberries on the side!
Love to top with sugar-free syrup & butter 🙂
I love any kind of fruit on my pancakes
These look great! I love to put peanut butter on my pancakes!
i love chopped pears added to pancake mix and also i soften pears in microwave in a little bit of maple syrup and serve warm over pancakes with butter and cinnamon sprinkle on top mmm-mmm delish happy holidays to all !!
My favorite pancake topping is fresh blueberries and homemade blueberry syrup, or REAL maple syrup.
I make this mix in bulk…then I add the wet the morning we make..saves time, kids can help even on school mornings…love to also make. big batch and freeze…love this recipe!
Can’t wait to try these types with warm buttermilk or maple syrup. Yummy, thanks for sharing.
I love my pancakes with lots of butter and syrup! So yummy!
I love to eat my pancakes with my home made spicy pumpkin butter and butter. So good! Thank you for all the yummy recipes.
Hi from Nashville, TN. I love blueberries and also pecans!!!Merry Christmas and happy New Year!!!!!!!
I love to top my pancakes with nut butter and a drizzle of Mike’s hot honey!
I guess I’m a traditionalist. I like just butter and syrup on my pancakes. My husband loves blueberry pancakes though.
I love pancakes Hawaiian style, with pineapple and macadamia nuts on top and lots of yummy coconut syrup! Soooo gooood!!!
I top mine with butter and real maple syrup. I’ll often add chopped berries that are fresh.
Fresh cut apples cooked in a cinnamon syrup glaze! Yum!
I love my pancakes with butter, fresh raspberries, raspberry coulis mixed with real maple syrup.
When pancakes are delicious, fresh and hot they are best with just butter and syrup. I spread the butter and poor the syrup. Yummy pancakes are a time to not worry about butter but enjoy my kids, family and Saturday mornings. Your pancakes remind me of Saturday mornings with my mom.
I like Peanut butter and syrup on mine! Love Pancakes!
I like peanut butter banana and crumbled bacon with real Canadian maple syrup
Looking forward to trying this recipe with the family. We always go the traditional route – butter & real maple syrup!
Thank you for sharing!!!
I absolutely love syrup and bacon! Nothing beats that for me!!!
I love, love, LOVE chunky peanut butter with a little splash of maple syrup on my pancakes! It’s soooo good!
This recipe for pancakes is simply and delicious . My go to for every time my kids requests pancakes for breakfast, which is all the time.
I collect a variety of fruit syrups for topping pancakes! Chokecherry is my very favorite.
I like bananas, walnuts & pure maple syrup on top of my pancakes
We love strawberries and whipped cream for special breakfasts!
I love peanut butter on top of my pancakes along with real maple syrup from my nephews sugar bush!
Blueberries are the Best pancake topping! With real butter and maple syrup of course!
Strawberry sauce and whipped cream!
If the pancakes are really yummy, I eat them plain 🙂
Can’t wait to try this recipe; only have buttermilk on hand when a recipe calls for it!
Thanks!
My 88 year old mother loves her pancakes with real butter, strawberry preserves & lots of whip cream. I love it also, but my favorite is real butter & maple syrup.
My favorite way to top pancakes is with macerated strawberries and maple syrup. Yum! Now I have to go and get some strawberries. 🙂
My favourite is the Summerlann blueberries syrup for the Okanagan in B.C. Canada
Yum! I’m definitely making this recipe on Christmas morning! The most amazing pancake topper in my family is the maple syrup I order by the gallon from Hilltop Boilers in Maine. They title it “Grade A: Very Dark Color with Strong Flavor (traditional Grade B, best for cooking only)” but it’s actually caramelized gold on pancakes and French Toast, as well as in apple pie, big mugs of tea and everything else!
I prefer the simple toppings such as lemon juice or maple syrup.
We love spreading pancakes with peanut butter, then drizzle maple syrup on top.
Yummy!
great way to start the morning
Lots of butter and maple syrup!
Strawberries and whipped cream are the best!!! I love your recipes!! Thanks for sharing.
Can’t wait to try this recipe! Hubby likes butter and warm syrup…for me honey and blueberries!
With a classic recipe like this I like to add the ordinary, I suppose, plant butter and warmed maple syrup.
Classic, here! Real butter and maple syrup! Although, I’m definitely going to try your buttermilk syrup recipe linked with this post. Thank you for great recipes that are quick, easy, but very delicious!
I’m a purist – real butter and real maple syrup!
I just like butter and syrup.