Homemade pancakes

🥞 Classic Homemade Pancakes

Ingredients (makes ~8 pancakes)

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

• 3 ½ tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tbsp granulated sugar

• 1 ¼ cups milk

• 1 large egg

• 3 tbsp melted butter (plus extra for cooking)

• 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional, but delicious)

Instructions

1. Mix dry ingredients:
   In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.

2. Mix wet ingredients:
   In another bowl, whisk milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla.

3. Combine:
   Pour wet into dry and stir gently until just combined — small lumps are okay! Overmixing = dense pancakes.

4. Cook pancakes:

   • Heat a nonstick skillet or griddle over medium heat and lightly grease with butter.

   • Pour ~¼ cup batter per pancake. Cook 2–3 minutes until bubbles form on top and edges look set.

   • Flip and cook 1–2 minutes more until golden brown.

5. Serve:
   Stack, drizzle with maple syrup, and add butter, fresh fruit, or whipped cream.

Tips for Fluffy Pancakes

• Let batter rest 5–10 minutes before cooking (activates baking powder).

• Don’t press pancakes with a spatula — keep them light and airy.

• Use a hot pan but not smoking — medium heat is perfect.

Fun Variations

• Blueberry pancakes: Fold in ½ cup fresh or frozen blueberries.

• Chocolate chip pancakes: Fold in ¼–½ cup chocolate chips.

• Banana pancakes: Mash 1 ripe banana into wet ingredients.

• Pumpkin spice pancakes: Add ½ cup pumpkin puree + ½ tsp cinnamon + pinch nutmeg.

These pancakes are classic, fluffy, and easy to master — a total crowd-pleaser 😋

If you want, I can give a 5-minute blender pancake recipe that’s even faster and still fluffy.