Here’s a simple, classic recipe for fluffy pancakes — light, soft, and perfect for breakfast or brunch.
🥞 Fluffy Pancakes
🛒 Ingredients (Serves 4, about 8 pancakes)
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 1 large egg
- 3 tbsp melted butter (plus extra for cooking)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
👩🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Mix Dry Ingredients
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
2️⃣ Mix Wet Ingredients
- In another bowl, whisk milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract until combined.
3️⃣ Combine Wet & Dry
- Pour wet mixture into dry ingredients.
- Stir gently until just combined — small lumps are okay.
- Do not overmix, or pancakes will be dense.
4️⃣ Cook Pancakes
- Heat a nonstick skillet or griddle over medium heat.
- Lightly grease with butter.
- Pour ¼ cup batter per pancake.
- Cook until bubbles form on the surface and edges look set (2–3 minutes).
- Flip and cook another 1–2 minutes until golden and cooked through.
5️⃣ Serve
- Serve warm with butter, maple syrup, fresh fruit, or any toppings you like.
🔥 Tips & Variations
- Extra fluffy: Separate the egg, whip the white to soft peaks, fold in at the end.
- Buttermilk pancakes: Replace milk with buttermilk and reduce baking powder to 2 tsp — gives tangy flavor and extra fluffiness.
- Flavor boost: Add cinnamon, nutmeg, or lemon zest to the batter.
- Chocolate or fruit: Fold in chocolate chips, blueberries, or sliced bananas before cooking.
- Keep warm: Place cooked pancakes on a baking sheet in a 200°F (95°C) oven while finishing the batch.
If you want, I can give you a restaurant-style ultra-fluffy pancakes recipe that comes out perfectly tall, soft, and cloud-like every time.
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