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    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes

    Published: Mar 28, 2017 · Modified: Jun 1, 2023 by Ashley

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    The fluffiest pancakes you've ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.

    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes: The fluffiest pancakes you’ve ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.

    Weekends are all about breakfast in my house. Luckily, I have a husband who is more than willing to spend some time making pretty much any breakfast food that gets requested on those mornings.

    So while I drink an entire pot a few cups of coffee and our son plays Minecraft, he cooks up a storm.

    Total keeper.

    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes: The fluffiest pancakes you’ve ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.

    These pancakes (a.k.a. flapjacks, a.k.a. griddle cakes) are the culmination of yeeeeears of testing multiple pancake recipes and variations.

    We've tweaked this from our favorite parts of several different recipes and come up with the best, go-to, standard buttermilk pancake recipe.

    If you're looking for a fun spin on traditional pancakes, these colorful birthday cake pancakes with sprinkles are another awesome option.

    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes: The fluffiest pancakes you’ve ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.

    One key part of this recipe is that the batter needs time to take a quick rest. This allows it to get light and airy, which results in magnificently fluffy pancakes.

    If you don't have buttermilk on hand, you can use regular milk and stir in 1 tablespoon of white vinegar to it. Let the mixture sit for 5-10 minutes at room temperature, and proceed with the recipe as directed.

    It's super helpful for those times when you reeeeeally want buttermilk pancakes but don't have any buttermilk on hand.

    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes: The fluffiest pancakes you’ve ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.

    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes: The fluffiest pancakes you’ve ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.

    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes: The fluffiest pancakes you’ve ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.

    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes: The fluffiest pancakes you’ve ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.

    We like to use a scoop for consistently-sized pancakes. You can also use a ladle or measuring cup if you don't have a scoop that size in your kitchen.

    We find that a #16 scoop, which measures about ¼ cup of batter, works out beautifully here.

    We've been using our Griddler for pancakes for over a decade now, but if you don't have a griddle at home, a non-stick skillet will work just fine.

    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes: The fluffiest pancakes you’ve ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.

    Also note that there's a specific time when you should be flipping your pancakes. You'll see the surface of each pancake fill with bubbles while cooking. Wait for those bubbles to start to pop, and that's the indication that you should flip 'em.

    Once you get the hang of it, it's super easy to have a comforting, delicious breakfast on the table in under 30 minutes.

    A post shared by Ashley Covelli (@bigflavors) on Mar 19, 2017 at 8:21am PDT

    There are countless variations to these delicious pancakes. You can dress 'em up or dress 'em down, and rest assured, they'll always be a hit!

    We typically serve them with butter (bonus points if it's Kerrygold Irish Butter) and pure maple syrup.

    This time around, we made some "TNT" pancakes for our son's stuffed Creeper from Minecraft by sprinkling it with chia seeds and green sprinkles. He loved it!

    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes: The fluffiest pancakes you’ve ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.

    What are your favorite pancake toppings? I'd love to hear about them in the comments section below!

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    Blue plate holding a stack of buttermilk pancakes with syrup being poured over top and strawberries in the background.

    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes

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    • Author: Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen - Ashley Covelli
    • Prep Time: 15 minutes
    • Cook Time: 10 minutes
    • Total Time: 25 minutes
    • Yield: 6 to 8 pancakes 1x
    • Category: Breakfast
    • Method: Stovetop
    • Cuisine: American
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    The fluffiest pancakes you ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.


    Ingredients

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    • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
    • 1 cup all-purpose flour (or ½ cup all-purpose flour, ½ cup whole wheat flour)
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon table (granulated) salt
    • Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg (optional)
    • 1 large egg
    • 1 teaspoon sugar
    • ¾ cup buttermilk
    • ½ cup milk
    • Peanut or grapeseed oil, for greasing the griddle
    • Butter and pure maple syrup, for serving

    Instructions

    1. In a medium bowl, melt the butter and set aside to cool. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg (if using). Once butter is cool, add egg and sugar and whisk to combine. Add buttermilk and milk and whisk again to combine.
    2. Pour the milk mixture into flour mixture, and gently stir just until combined. Let stand for 10 minutes.
    3. While the batter is sitting, preheat a griddle to medium-high. Once hot, lightly coat the griddle with oil. Drop the batter onto the prepared griddle (we use a #16 scoop, which is around ¼ cup per scoop), leaving space between each pancake.
    4. Cook until pancakes are covered with bubbles and the bubbles start to pop. Use a spatula to flip, and cook the other side until golden brown, about 2 minutes more.
    5. Serve pancakes piping hot with butter and pure maple syrup.

    Notes

    Variations:

    – Mocha Chip Pancakes: Follow the link to this original recipe!

    – Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pancakes: Add 1 tablespoon Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder, ½ Cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips to the Batter

    – Sunflour & Oates Pancakes: Sprinkle on a handful of Sunflower Seeds and Instant Oates to each pancake as soon as the batter hits the griddle

    – Bacon Pancakes: Add ¼ Cup Cooked Bacon to the Batter

    – Blueberry Pancakes: Add ½ Cup Fresh Blueberries to the Batter

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size:
    • Calories: 154
    • Sugar: 3.3 g
    • Sodium: 460.1 mg
    • Fat: 5.9 g
    • Saturated Fat: 3.3 g
    • Carbohydrates: 20.8 g
    • Fiber: 0.7 g
    • Protein: 4.9 g
    • Cholesterol: 45 mg

    Keywords: buttermilk, buttermilk pancakes, whole wheat flour

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    Our Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes: The fluffiest pancakes you’ve ever had are less than 30 minutes away! These light, airy buttermilk pancakes are hands-down one of our favorite breakfast recipes.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Katy ~

      June 21, 2009 at 8:01 pm

      Ashely, I like your new profile picture!

      Pancakes look awesome! Pile 'em up!

      Reply
    2. finsmom

      June 21, 2009 at 10:29 pm

      Nothing beats a big stack of these! Yum!

      Reply
    3. The Douglas & Lydia Stewart Clan

      June 25, 2009 at 3:56 pm

      I always love a good pancake recipe!

      Reply
    4. Analida's Ethnic Spoon

      March 20, 2017 at 10:22 pm

      I love sliced bananas on my pancakes!

      Reply
      • BigFlavorsFromATinyKitchen

        March 24, 2017 at 8:37 am

        Us too! Bananas with sunflower seeds is another favorite 🙂

        Reply
    5. Radha

      March 21, 2017 at 6:48 am

      Nice

      Reply
      • BigFlavorsFromATinyKitchen

        March 24, 2017 at 8:37 am

        Thanks, Radha 🙂

        Reply
    6. kortneykh

      March 24, 2017 at 6:27 am

      Never seen chia seeds in a pancake. What a great way to add an extra layer of texture.

      Reply
      • BigFlavorsFromATinyKitchen

        March 24, 2017 at 8:37 am

        It really is! We love popping chia seeds in SO many different breakfast foods!

        Reply
    7. Vintage Kitty

      March 24, 2017 at 8:57 pm

      Buttermilk pancakes are my husbands weekend guilty pleasure and he's always trying to perfect them. I'll have to surprise him with these one weekend.

      Reply
    8. Allie R Taylor

      March 28, 2017 at 10:10 pm

      We love buttermilk pancakes at our house too Ashley, especially on the weekends. These look perfect. I'm so glad you get a relaxing Saturday morning and COFFEE.

      Reply
    9. rosanna Rosanova

      September 18, 2018 at 2:23 pm

      I can't wait for the weekend to try these pancakes!!! Thanks for making my fave breakfast look even better.
      ro

      Reply

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