BUTTERMILK PANCAKES
Buttermilk pancakes are our favorite pancakes for Sunday morning breakfast. We have been enjoying these pancakes for many many years. We love them with blueberries or just plain. They are super versatile, add whichever toppings you love. I didn’t include the blueberries in the recipe since you can add them if you like, but these pancakes are great either way!
Buttermilk Pancakes Ingredients Needed:
All-purpose flour
Sugar
Baking soda
Baking powder
Egg
Buttermilk (could use regular milk but I think they are better with buttermilk)
Oil (I use Olive Oil)
Butter
Vanilla flavoring
As you can see these are made with just simple ingredients. I have made them with canola oil and with olive oil and feel olive oil makes a fluffier pancake. So either will work just fine.
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“The pancakes are absolutely perfect and delicious. I followed the recipe exactly as written and they are so moist! The best pancake recipe I’ve found! Thanks for sharing!” – Loni
“My family loved these light, tasty pancakes. The best part is that I can make up several portions of the dry ingredients to have on hand when there’s a yen for pancakes! Thank you for this recipe.” – Helene
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Buttermilk Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1 cup buttermilk could use regular milk but I think they are better with buttermilk
- 1/4 cup oil I use Olive Oil
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together with a large spoon until batter is smooth. Make sure your skillet or griddle is hot. I spray mine with cooking spray before each cooking.
- Drop by spoonfuls into pan or onto griddle. Turn when bubbles start to appear on top. Serve with your favorite toppings. Makes 10 to 12 pancakes depending on size. Batter will keep in refrigerator for several days.
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Awesome! Just made these and I used my big flat cast iron griddle! A keeper and I’m in love with SO many of your recipes, I’ve saved at least a dozen! A great big thank you !!
You are very welcome! So glad you are enjoying the recipes. We love these pancakes too.
The pancakes are absolutely perfect and delicious. I followed the recipe exactly as written and they are so moist! The best pancake recipe I’ve found! Thanks for sharing!
So glad you enjoyed these pancakes, they have been a family favorite for many years.
I love your recipes. I follow you on Instagram and the photos make me so hungry. .. thanks for giving us great food with everyday ingredients and easy preparation.
So happy you are enjoying the recipes, Norma, and thank you for your great comment. Happy to have you as part of our community.
I love you recipes and your substitutions and the comments substitutions also. Thank you for easy most common ingredient recipes. Love them all. Never to old to learn new things.
You are very welcome Rachel. Thank you for the kind comment. Have a wonderful weekend 🙂
Why do you put 1/4 cup oil, plus 4 tbsp. melted butter in the batter? Does the melted butter go on the cooked pancakes or in batter?
Going to try this recipe when family comes home for Thanksgiving.
It goes in the batter. This is the way I have always made them. Leave it out if you want.
These are wonderful!!!
For the syrup I blended maple syrup, any kind, with fresh or frozen blueberries and poured over these pancakes.
You can use any kind of fresh fruit.
If you want to make them light and fluffy use diet 7up instead of the buttermilk. I use the buttermilk for the family, but for me I use diet 7up.
My family loved these light, tasty pancakes. The best part is that I can make up several portions of the dry ingredients to have on hand when there’s a yen for pancakes! Thank you for this recipe.
These are delicious. They taste almost like miniature cakes. I may reduce the sugar to 1/8 of a cup next time just to tinker with the recipe, since the all-natural maple syrup we use is so sweet. But I have a feeling the original here is the perfect version.
My husband and I made these pancakes this morning and we both agree, some of the best we have tasted. Tater Tot knows his stuff!
Renee, So happy you enjoyed these pancakes and thank you for letting me know. Have a great week.
Thanks so much for posting this. My nana used to make me pancakes when I was a child. I never thought to ask for a recipe before she passed away. I just thought she got it out of a box. I have never been able to mimic how tasty they were until now! It’s because nana didn’t make the pancakes out of a box, she made them like you!!! Thanks for a great taste of my past.
Thank you so much Kelli for your kind comment. It is people like you that enjoy my recipes that make it all worthwhile.
mm absolutely delicious!! We make pancakes on the weekend and my recipe is very similar. It’s the one thing that ties us together on the weekends when all the boys are here together in the house.
We use maple syrup but we also use cooked down strawberries in a thick syrup that is absolutely delicious.