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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I love to top them with strawberries and cream.
I like just butter and a bit of no-sugar syrup, or apple butter. My husband and boys love peanut butter on theirs.
I am a plain kind of girl, butter and real maple syrup.
I love pancakes for breakfast and dinner topped with butter and maple syrup. Or blueberries.
Boysenberry syrup for sure. My grandson loves strawberries and whip cream
Butter, then Maple syrup.
Boysenberry syrup. My grandbaby likes strawberries and whip cream.
I like them slathered with butter and topped with pecan’s, berries, and pecan syrup.
Yummmm!!!!
I love strawberries on my pancakes.
My husband loves his pancakes with walnuts & maple syrup! If I have a ripe banana sometimes I mash it & add to batter!
Love pure maple syrup!
Your recipe for pancakes looks delightful! I would top the pancakes with several pats of real butter and lots of real maple syrup!
We love butter and warmed up maple syrup on our pancakes.
I love pancakes and that’s why I add cinnamon in the batter. To top my pancakes I add butter, Nutella and maple syrup.
I like my pancakes with butter and maple syrup
We like pure maple syrup on our cakes. But if we are in the mood for savory roast beef gravy with small chunks of beef mixed into it and served on top of the pancakes.
I love a little melted butter and fresh fruit (whatever is in season)!
This looks like a delicious recipe for fluffy pancakes. I like to serve my pancakes with fresh strawberries and/or blueberries with whipped cream. This would be a delicious breakfast for Christmas morning.
My granddaughter and I Love a sprinkle of cinnamon, banana and maple syrup!
We love real butter and real maple syrup and blueberries. Yummy!
We like to eat our pancake whit Brown sugar, thank you
Fresh blueberries for me please!
Excellent recipe I like them topped with peanut butter.
Saturday mornings are our big breakfast day and my kids ALWAYS ask for pancakes so my husband is continually on the lookout for an easy, delicious, made-from-scratch recipe. I will be sending this one his way for sure! We are pretty basic with toppings… just butter and maple syrup but I will need to try that PB&J with leftover pancakes trick next time!
Just butter and syrup!!!!
These look beautiful!!
I love topping my pancakes with butter and maple syrup Maybe not fancy, but simple and delicious.
I love cooking down some blueberries and adding syrup. Love it
I love Blueberries on my pancakes! My boy loves Chocolate Chips, but we can agree that maple syrup is the best!
I love them plain but if I top them, whipped cream and strawberries are the best!
These sound so yummy~ ultimate comfort food for Christmas morning!
I love the classic topping of real butter and real maple syrup. Merry Christmas, Shawn! ❄️☃️
Plenty of butter, Log Cabin syrup, slice strawberries and whipped cream! Yummy!
I love maple syrup on mine, but my husband piles on fresh fruit, then syrup.
just butter for me : ) The pancake is perfect as is!
Ever since I was little we’d top ours with jam, as an adult I like jam and yogurt. My husband and kids like peanut butter and maple syrup!
Nothing beats pancakes with real maple syrup.
I have a dried buttermilk powder ready anytime I need buttermilk in a recipe.
A memory of my childhood 62 years ago was going to the neighbors who had 6 kids and getting PB&J sammiches made with leftover pancakes. I still make these lol If I have to have them hot, I only want a dab of butter nothing else.
I like butter and saskatoon syrup on my pancakes.
I enjoy butter and Vermont Maple Syrup
My favourite pancake topping is cream cheese icing; especially on red velvet pancakes.
We’ll be making these Christmas morning for the kids with butter, syrup and Christmas sprinkles!!
Yum! Top with Lyle’s Golden Syrup (just a little), then cinnamon whipped cream and a sprinkle of pecans or walnuts! Sometimes I put the nuts in the batter, too. My fallback is syrup and blueberries or strawberries.
I like maple syrup plus plain yogurt on top: delicious and not too sweet. Try it, you’ll like it!
I love lots and lots of melty butter and warm maple syrup on my pancakes!! : )
Thanks for sharing this pancake recipe. Our families favorite breakfast! We use Sugar Free syrup due to the Diabetics in our family. We, too, like fruit toppings…strawberries, raspberries, blueberries & bananas!
I so enjoy reading your posts.I also make alot of your recipes.
Have a very blessed Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I love to add creamy peanut butter to my pancake as soon as they come off the griddle so the heat melts the peanut butter and then I top with syrup! Yummm This is a great recipe and thanks so much for sharing it. Would I be able to substitute the milk with a non-dairy milk and still have the same outcome? My daughter is severely allergic to dairy, but she loves pancakes. I’ve always had trouble finding a good recipe to use for her without dairy milk. Either way, this one look delicious and I appreciate you sharing!
My grandson is allergic to dairy milk so we use almond and coconut milk. No soy milk because his brother can’t tolerate soy.