Simple, soft, fluffy pancakes, an essential that everyone should know. You’ve been good all week. Go on. You deserve freshly made homemade pancakes for breakfast tomorrow!
Pancakes recipe
Homemade pancakes shouldn’t be complicated. It doesn’t matter if they come out wonky or with a splotchy surface instead of being a beautiful, even golden brown – after all, they’ll get smothered in toppings.
But they should be soft and fluffy. And in my world, not too sweet. Because….you know. Toppings. Load up on toppings!
Any day starting with homemade pancakes is a GREAT day!
What goes in homemade pancakes
This is what you need:
flour
baking powder
sugar
egg
milk
vanilla extract – optional
No buttermilk, no baking soda / bi carb, no yoghurt. You only need baking soda for an extra fluff boost when you have add ins in pancakes, like Blueberry Pancakes, because it weighs the batter down.
And of course TOPPINGS! Why limit yourself to just butter and maple syrup? See below for all sorts of ideas!
Pancakes Toppings – what to put on pancakes
Butter and maple syrup – the classic!
Maple syrup alternatives – honey, golden syrup and other sweet syrups suitable for eating raw
Lemon and sugar – one of my favourites! Light sprinkle of sugar and a squeeze of lemon
Strawberries and cream! Pictured below – layer it up like a cake, sandwiching the pancakes with whipped cream and sliced strawberries, then finish with a dusting of icing sugar / powdered sugar;
Sinfully rich sauces – like caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, butterscotch sauce, peanut sauce, anything!
Lemon curd, fruit compotes and sauces – like blueberry sauce (try the one in this Blueberry Cheesecake), Strawberry Sauce (use the one in this Strawberry Cheesecake) or try the warm apple topping in this Apple French Toast
BACON and maple syrup – YES!
Sprinkle of nuts
Fresh fruit – chop it, pile over pancakes with cream!
Ice cream – add a scoop onto a stack and drizzle with maple syrup, chocolate sauce, caramel sauce. Don’t forget the whipped cream!
Dusting of cinnamon and sugar
Pro tip: Keep a STANDBY PANCAKE MIX!
Homemade pancakes aren’t complicated to make, but sometimes it’s that much more appealing if there’s a ready made mix in the cupboard, just like the ones you can buy at the store!
Just measure out the dry ingredients and pop them in a ziplock bag, jar or airtight container, then when you want to make fresh pancakes, just add the wet ingredients!
To make a handy shake ‘n pour bottle like pictured above, you’ll need a 1.5L/1.5Qt+ bottle to leave enough headroom for the required liquids + shaking. I mix the wet ingredients in a jug then pour it in then shake away!
Now, go forth and elevate your morning by making a big stack of these soft, fluffy, golden pancakes! TELL ME what you top YOURS with! – Nagi xx
Watch How To Make It
Simple Fluffy Pancakes recipe video!
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Simple, Fluffy Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups / 300g plain / all purpose flour (Note 1)
- 4 tsp baking powder (Note 1)
- 1/4 cup / 55g white sugar (caster / super fine is best but not essential)
- Pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- 1 3/4 cups / 435 ml cups milk (any type, any fat %)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or essence
- 4 tsp butter , for cooking
Instructions
- Place flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a bowl, whisk to combine.
- Add egg, milk and vanilla. Whisk until lump free – no longer than 30 seconds.
- Heat a non stick skillet – use medium heat if you have a strong stove, medium high if you have a weak one. Add a tiny bit of butter (about 1/2 tsp) and swirl to melt. Use paper towel to mostly wipe the butter off (this is the trick to avoid a dodgy 1st pancake).
- Pour 1/4 cup batter into the middle of the fry pan (I use a slightly heaped ice cream scoop with lever, standard is 1/4 cup).
- Swirl pan lightly to spread or use the ice cream scoop edge to spread into 11cm / 4.5″ circle (ruler is a must) (joking!).
- When bubbles rise to the surface (see video), flip and cook the other side until golden.
- Remove and keep warm in a low oven.
- Use more butter every 2 to 3 pancakes – depends how good your non stick coating is.
- Serve with toppings of choice!
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I’m surprised there isn’t a massive drool hanging from his mouth.
Oh wait. I don’t want to gross you out, but after I wrote this post, I almost slipped on a puddle of drool when I was cleaning that area. Ewwwwww!
Made these for New Year’s Day breakfast for my daughter who loves pancakes. We loved it. So fluffy and delicious! Thank you !!!
This recipe works so well – easy and consistently delicious. (I still always mess up the first one, though, even with the paper towel trick! Am determined to get it right one day.)
Love this recipe. Super delicious. Does anyone know if this is the same recipe to make crepes? Do you just use more liquid to thin it out? Thank you 🙂
Made these yesterday and today, everyone has raved about them being the best pancakes, easy to make and taste awesome!!
I make these so often because my daughter loves them and they are super easy. I cook the whole amount in one go and then freeze in portions to save time in the mornings.
These are by far the fluffiest pancakes I’ve ever made! Soo tasty – I’ve put the leftover batter in the fridge so I can have them again tomorrow. My favourite topping is lemon juice & sugar 😋
So good would do again with family the fluffiest pancakes to make my 12 year old made them and loved them
This recipe makes the most delicious fluffy pancakes. For just the two of us I halve the ingredients using lactose free milk.
The best, delicious and easiest pancake recipe ! My whole family loved these this morning . Thank you for sharing ! <3
Super fluffy pancakes! I used some coconut milk, and added choc chips and dessicated coconut to the batter, then topped them with jam and they tasted like cherry ripe pancakes!!
Finally an actually fluffy pancake recipe. Will be saving this. Thank you.
Delicious and easy, this has become my go to Saturday morning recipe
Thank you so much Nagi for this amazing pancake recipe. Honestly, all your recipes are to die for, they are so good. My sister absoluty loves it when I bake them for her on a Sunday morning. Thank you once again for this wonderful recipe!!
I don’t think I’ve ever left a recipe review before but I wanted to say that this is by far the best pancake (I actually made waffles with it instead) recipe I’ve tried, with similar sentiments from my wife and kids. Thanks!
Best pancake recipe ever!
These pancakes are sooooo good! I made these with my friends when they came over for a sleepover and they loved them!
Thank you as always Nagi for a fail proof recipe when hubby ‘needed’ a fix and we had no shaker pancake mix! I assured him that RTE will work everytime so have faith
I have made pancakes, not often, but enough, they have never turned out like they did tonight! Made father’s day breakfast for dinner tonight for husband. They were perfect! Topped them caramelized bananas, bacon, maple syrup, caramelized white chocolate sauce and whipped cream. They were thick and fluffy and super yummy!
Another good recipe! Thank you so much! Xx
I just made these for my hubby for father’s day and they were so delicious. I’ve saved them so that these are my ho too pancake
Finally, an easy pancake recipe that works! No more too flat pancake PTSD 😅 Next time I might add a little kefir into the mix for extra rise
These are perfect for quickly whipping up fluffy pancakes. It was my first time making them today and this recipe will now be my go to. Thank Nagi and team!
I tried this because I ran out of my go to box mix, which is very good. I will not be buying it in the future. This receipe is so easy. I didn’t have vanilla but substituted almond. My husband loved these pancakes. Definitely will be keeping this receipe. Just looked up a waffle receipe and that is next to try.