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These are the most delicious pancakes in the world! At least according to me, my kids, and my grandma, but I think you'll agree with us once you try them.
My grandma taught this recipe to my mom, and she taught it to me, and none of us ever bothered writing it down until now. It's similar to most from-scratch pancake recipes, but what I love about this recipe is it has a little more sugar and an ingredient that most pancake recipes don't have (but should): vanilla.
The result is a pancake that is sweet, fluffy, and addictive. We make them all the time. So without further ado, here's the recipe:
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Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups of white flour
- 3 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1.5 tablespoons of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
- 1.5 cups of whole milk
- 3 tablespoons of melted butter (not margarine)
- 1 egg
Instructions:
1. Mix the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar) together thoroughly.
2. Create a well in the dry mix, and pour the wet ingredients (vanilla extract, whole milk, melted butter, and the egg) into it.
3. Stir it up until it the ingredients are well mixed, but there's no need to keep stirring until all the lumps are gone. In fact, some lumps are good because the pancakes will be fluffier.
4. Preheat your skillet. It should be hot enough that when a drop of water hits the skillet, it sizzles and evaporates right away. Use a 1/4 cup to measure out the right amount of batter, and pour it into your skillet.
5. Wait until bubbles appear in the batter, then flip it over and cook until both sides are golden brown. This recipe should make at least 10 pancakes, possibly a dozen, depending on how much you fill your measuring cup.
6. Add some butter and syrup and start eating!
Let me know if you tried this recipe. I hope you love it as much as we do!
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I thought that was a standard recipe back in the 40’s when my mother made them with Gold Medal flour. And yes, they WERE good. BTW, I enjoy my newsletters. I remember when some of the stuff you write about was just the norm of everyday life.
Good recipe. The vanilla really makes this a recipe a keeper. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you like it! I make these almost every weekend.
I just made a batch of waffles with your mix and boom they are great, I did add a splash more milk and topped with some blueberries, maple syrup, thanks.
I’ve actually never made waffles with this recipe, but now I’m gonna try it!
We tried a dozen pancake recipes and this is the absolute best, we make it every Sunday! Thanks
Glad you like it!
Been making various pancake recipes for 35 years. This one had a bitter-ish after taste. Made the recipe exactly as directed. Even had the same brand of ingredients as the picture (baking powder brand new). As I was making I thought the baking powder was excessive but gave it a try. Result was beautiful looking pancakes but the inside was too spongy. Maybe that’s the trade off for fluffy looking pancakes. I really wanted to like this recipe. 🙁
Really? I’ve never noticed an aftertaste. I might try using less baking powder next time.
I’ve been using that same recipe for years after a lot of experimenting to find the best pancake. I add a little more sugar to mine and about half a teaspoon of cinnamon.
Ooo, I’ve never tried adding cinnamon before. That sounds good!