Easy Homemade Pancakes
Easy, delicious homemade pancakes made with super simple ingredients
Yield: 10 large pancakes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/4 cups milk (preferably whole milk)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- vegetable oil or butter for cooking
Instructions
- Preheat griddle to 350 degrees F. Place butter in a small bowl and heat in microwave just until melted. Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a separate medium bowl, whisk together wet ingredients (egg, milk, water, and vanilla extract) until fully combined.
- Create a well in the middle of the dry ingredients by pushing the flour mixture up against the walls of the bowl. Pour the wet ingredients and cooled melted butter into the well. Use a spoon to gently mix wet and dry ingredients together; stir just until no dry patches of flour remain and big lumps are gone. (Don't overmix! There will still be small lumps in the batter.) Allow batter to rest for 5 minutes before cooking, for fluffier pancakes.
- Add a little vegetable oil or butter to the preheated griddle and use a paper towel to spread it evenly across the surface. Add about 1/2 cup of batter for each pancake (use the measuring cup to help spread batter into a circle). Cook 1-2 minutes, until bubbles have started to form and pop on the surface. Flip pancakes and cook another 1 minute. Both sides should be golden brown.
- Remove pancakes from griddle and repeat step 5 with remaining batter. Recipe makes 8-10 large pancakes. Serve warm with butter and syrup.