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This is the best homemade pancakes recipe from scratch. You can fool around with all sorts of other ingredients when it comes to pancakes, but in the end it’s always Grandma’s recipe that rules them all. This was my Grandma’s and then my Mom’s recipe and now it’s all that I use for my family anymore! It’s perfect every time! I also have a great Belgian Waffles recipe if you want to try those as well.

Homemade Pancakes Recipe From Scratch

Pancakes From Scratch

Now if you are wanting to get all fancy, you can try my Blueberry Yogurt Pancakes or my Apple Pie Pancakes. Those are a bit more fiddly but also delicious. Or if you prefer egg dishes, how about Shirred Eggs?

Nothing beats a good pancakes from scratch recipe, but if you are like me, the directions go a little differently…….

First, you get up on the first day back to school and get all the ingredients for your pancake recipe ready because it is back to school tradition that the kids get pancakes the first day, then are left to fend for themselves and eat toast or starve the rest of the school year. Then you freak out when you don’t have flour. That was this morning. Happy back to school *eyeroll*. Then you proceed to try your family’s pancakes with cake flour instead and discover that cake flour made the lightest, fluffiest version of your family’s pancake recipe yet.

Sky High,Fluffy Pancakes

I have a whole post on how to make fluffy pancakes, so make sure to read that! I suggest letting the batter sit for a while ( 5-10 minutes) and let the chemical reactions start working. This always works out in the mornings when I am busy trying to get kids out the door as magically I somehow get distracted easily and let the batter sit by accident. I’ve also found that waiting to heat your griddle AFTER you make the pancakes gives you that time to let the batter sit.

Homemade Pancakes with Butter on Top

Pancakes Tools & Equipment

Making pancakes from scratch is easier than you think, simply use the ingredients listed below in my recipe card and follow the simple instructions. Make sure you have the following equipment ready for this recipe:

A griddle. A flipper (to flip the pancakes). A large bowl to prepare the ingredients and the batter in.

Once you have your equipment ready, jump down to my recipe, print it out and you’ll be well on your way!

A Good Griddle is Essential for Making Pancakes

Pancakes are my nemesis. It has taken me years of frustration, and finally cluing in and finally having a dang good griddle, ( I have a permanent one in the middle of my gas stove top) to finally make them at home without throwing a temper tantrum. I also have a counter top griddle which honestly works the best.

I didn’t want to have to store another appliance but if you are the type of person that makes pancakes, sausage or eggs for breakfast every weekend, you need a griddle. A pan just doesn’t work as well.

Homemade Pancakes with Butter & Brown Sugar Sauce

Making Pancakes From Scratch Tips & Tricks

Use a hot griddle. Not as hot as a lot of recipes tell you, because then you just burn the outside of the pancake and the inside is raw. Try using a medium-high heat setting.

Get a wide spatula/flipper. This will help you lift the pancake properly and turn it over. I like flippers.

Serve this with my Homemade Brown Sugar Sauce (that’s what is in the photos)

If you want lighter, fluffier pancakes use the cake flour, but the end product pancakes do soak up the syrup more than the all purpose flour pancake recipe does. I personally like it better, and will keep a bag of cake flour on hand for pancakes.

Don’t have cake flour? See below for instructions!

IF YOU ARE USING SIFTED FLOUR, adjust your liquid measurements! I do NOT use sifted flour and that is why your batter will be too runny. Don’t sift your flour!

How to make Cake Flour to use in a Pancake Recipe

Making your own cake flour is so easy it’s not even funny! I just happened to have a bag of it, but when I make pancakes and don’t have that bag anymore (because obviously I am bad at remembering to buy flour) I will make some cake flour. All you have to do is:

For every cup of all-purpose flour that you use, you are going to remove 2 tbsp of the flour, then replace it with 2 tbsp of cornstarch and whisk in. So for example, scoop 4 cups of all-purpose flour into a bowl. You will then remove 8 tbsp ( which is 1/2 cup) of the all-purpose flour and put it back in the bag. Then you will get 1/2 cup of cor

nstarch and add that into the bowl of flour. Take a whisk and whisk it all together. Voila! Cake flour!

Close up of brown sugar sauce

Using Whole Wheat Flour in Your Pancake Recipe

This recipe is the perfect base for any pancakes. You can substitute whole wheat flour easily (just add another 1/2 tsp of baking powder to compensate for the heaviness), you can add almost any fruit you can think of, and they fluff up beautifully – and as I discovered, cake flour in pancakes is the boss.

This is the recipe that my mom used while we were growing up as she always made pancakes from scratch. And I do mean always! Even during the 80’s heyday’s of everything “boxed”, my mom always made pancakes from scratch!. She would freeze then and then we would eat them during the week for a quick breakfast!Try my Overnight Cinnamon French Toast Casserole or my Best Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins for more great breakfast and brunch recipes!

Happy cooking!

Karlynn

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