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Published OnJanuary 29, 2024

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This Fluffy Pancake Recipe is the best stack of pancakes you will ever have! The pancake batter is so easy to make, and baking them is even easier. This is the best recipe for all the busy mornings, you’ll never use a mix again once you try this recipe.

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Best Fluffy Pancakes Recipe

Pancakes are some of my favorite breakfasts because they taste great and are incredibly easy to make. These are even freezer friendly so you can have pancakes ready to go when you are!

This recipe is extra fluffy because it uses a combination ofbuttermilk, baking sodaandbaking powder.Baking powder is most often used in pancakes because regular pancake batter doesn’t contain acid that would activate baking soda. However, this fluffy pancake recipe uses both baking powderandbaking soda. The baking soda is activated with the acid in the buttermilk. The extra leavening and the acid results in an extra fluffy pancake recipe.

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Ingredients Needed

Granulated Sugar: You can also use brown sugar
Baking Soda: Baking soda is activated by the buttermilk and the two work together to produce an extra fluffy pancake!
Baking Powder: To help them be extra fluffy!
Vegetable Oil: You can substitute this for melted butter!
Buttermilk: Buttermilk is the best way to get a fluffy pancake! If you don’t have any buttermilk on hand, make your own!

Be sure to see the recipe card below for full ingredients & instructions!

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How to make Fluffy Pancakes

Preheat griddle 350°F or heat frying pan or large skillet over medium heat.
If using milk, add vinegar or lemon juice to the milk and let it sit while you whisk the dry ingredients.
Whisk flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl.
Whisk egg, buttermilk, and oil and add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture. Whisk until combined (batter may have small lumps). Cook pancakes immediately so the bubbles created by the baking soda don’t dissipate.
You’ll know your pan is hot when the water dances: flick a bit of water on the pan. If it dances around (i.e. boils), your pan is ready. If it sits, let it heat up a bit longer.
Pour about 1/8 to 1/4 cup batter onto griddle. Cook pancakes, flipping halfway, on griddle or in pan greased with cooking spray. You know they’re ready to flip when the bubbles form on the top and start to pop and the bottom is golden. Serve warm with syrup.

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Expert Tips

You will know the pancakes are ready to be flipped in the pan when they start to bubble on top!
I love serving these with strawberries and blueberries on the side, along with pancake syrup or maple syrup.
The secret to fluffy pancakes is using baking soda, baking powder and buttermilk!
You can use any kind of milk: regular, nonfat, almond milk, or oat milk.
To keep the pancakes warm while cooking them, preheat the oven to the lowest temperature and add cooked pancakes to a baking sheet set in a single layer on the middle rack.
Freeze between paper towels in a ziploc bag for up to one month. Reheat frozen pancakes in the microwave or in the toaster.

FAQs

Can you freeze pancakes?

Yes you can! Freeze them in airtight freezer bags, separated by paper towels so they are easy to grab and go! You can freeze them for up to 3 months!

Easy Fluffy Pancake Recipe

4.97 from 27 votes

This easy fluffy pancake recipe is homemade and makes the best ever buttermilk pancakes!

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Ingredients

▢ 1 cup (124g) all-purpose flour
▢ 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
▢ ¼ teaspoon salt
▢ ½ teaspoon baking soda
▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder
▢ 1 large egg
▢ 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or melted butter
▢ 1 cup (237ml) buttermilk

Instructions

Preheat griddle 350°F or heat frying pan over medium heat until a fleck of water “dances” in the pan.
If using milk, add vinegar or lemon juice to the milk and let it sit while you whisk the dry ingredients.
Whisk flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
Add egg, buttermilk, and oil. Whisk until combined (batter may be slightly lumpy). Cook pancakes immediately so the bubbles created by the baking soda don't dissipate.
You’ll know your pan is hot when the water dances: flick a bit of water on the pan. If it dances around (i.e. boils), your pan is ready. If it sits, let it heat up a bit longer.
Cook pancakes, flipping halfway, on griddle or in pan greased with cooking spray. You know they’re ready to flip when the bubbles form on the top and start to pop and the bottom is golden. Serve warm with syrup.
Freeze between paper towels in a ziploc bag for up to one month. Reheat in the microwave.

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Recipe Notes

You will know the pancakes are ready to be flipped in the pan when they start to bubble on top!
You can use any kind of milk: regular, nonfat, almond milk, or oat milk.

To keep the pancakes warm while cooking them, preheat the oven to the lowest temperature and add cooked pancakes to a baking sheet set in a single layer on the middle rack.

Freeze between paper towels in a ziploc bag for up to one month. Reheat frozen pancakes in the microwave or in the toaster.

Recipe Nutrition

Nutritional information not guaranteed to be accurate

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Author Dorothy Kern

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32 Comments

Thank you for this simple yet perfect pancake recipe My family loves this recipe it is the only one I will ever use
I have tripled the recipe for my family or just use 1 cup It’s very versatile for the most perfect and delicious 😋 I use recipe as is just double or triple the ingredients and then any extras I freeze
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My family said these were the best pancakes I’ve ever made. Thanks so much for making our breakfasts even better.
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Best pancakes ever😋. Thank you!!!
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I’ve made these several times all ways (buttermilk, 1/2 milk and Greek yogurt) but today I made them with 1/2 C. 2 % milk and 1/2 C. Full fat sour cream. Whoa!!!! Fluff, fluff, fluffy! This is the only way I’m making these from now on. Deeeeelicious!!
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Best pancakes ever, so light and fluffy. Thank you
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Didn’t have buttermilk the first time so I did the milk/vinegar trick. The pancakes were very thin, still tasty though. Second time I used 1/2 C. Whole milk, 1/2 C. Greek yogurt. This is the secret! Thick, fluffy and absolutely mouthwatering. I’ll never buy a box mix again!
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These were delicious! I used kefir (cultured low-fat milk yogurt) in place of the buttermilk and added fresh blueberries. Fluffy, light and perfectly sweet. No more box mix for me!
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Quick and easy recipe with amazing results. Whole family loved these pancakes including our picky eater.
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FAQs

What is the secret to a fluffy pancake? ›

The secret is in the egg whites!

To give your pancakes that fluffy text, beat only the egg whites for 3 minutes on medium speed. They'll start turning creamy, which means it's time to add them to the pancake mixture. Use a wooden spatula to incorporate everything. There you have it!

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What makes pancakes rise and fluffy? ›

Pancakes and waffles typically both contain baking soda, which causes them to rise. As soon as the baking soda is combined with the wet ingredients (which contain an acidic ingredient, like often buttermilk), it starts producing carbon dioxide gas bubbles that cause the batter to rise.

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What substance makes batter fluffy? ›

Baking Soda

It's used to chemically leaven doughs and batters when it is mixed with an acid. Combining baking soda with an acid produces a chemical reaction that releases carbon dioxide gas which causes the food to expand and become fluffy. Think about light and airy pancakes. That's the baking soda at work.

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Does adding more baking powder make pancakes fluffier? ›

Top tips for fluffy pancakes

Don't be tempted to add more than the recipe suggests, as too much baking powder will make pancakes taste soapy. Alternatively, you could use self-raising flour, which will add to the amount of raising agent in the recipe and potentially make your pancakes fluffier.

What happens if you overbeat pancake mix? ›

A slightly lumpy pancake batter is actually a good thing. Sure, our natural instinct when mixing a batter is to make sure everything is nice and smooth—but resist it. Over-mixing develops gluten in the batter, which means heavier, chewier pancakes, rather than light and fluffy hotcakes.

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Does more baking powder mean more rise? ›

Baking powder is a combination of 1 part baking soda to two parts cream of tartar. Since the alkali and the acid are already mixed together, it only needs moisture and heat to release carbon dioxide and cause the baked good to rise. Baking powder will probably make the dough or batter rise a bit more than baking soda.