Basic Pancake Mix Recipe recipe
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Basic Pancake Mix Recipe

Say goodbye to Aunt Jemima, once you taste these homemade pancakes I think you'll agree they're much better than the boxed kind! Add a bit of vanilla or fruit (frozen blueberries work well) to make them extra special. If you want, mix up the dry ingredients in advance and give it away as a gift (with instructions on how to finish making the pancakes) or just store it for even quicker pancakes on Sunday mornings.

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Servings: 3 Servings
Total Time (median): 0 : 25 Active Time: 0 : 10

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Ingredients


Preparation

In a bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients.

Make a well in the centre and pour in the milk.

Start with 1 1/4 cups milk, adding up to another 1/4 cup if necessary, as you mix it with the flour.

Add the two eggs, vanilla if using and oil, whisking until mixed but still a bit lumpy.

Heat a frying pan (if it is not non-stick, you will need to melt a bit of butter or oil in it) and when hot, pour in some pancake mix.

How much depends on how experienced you are at flipping pancakes and how big you want them. We do about 1/4 cup a time for small, easy-to-flip pancakes but you could make this as much as 1/2 cup of pancake mix.

If you are adding fruit, I like to sprinkle it on top of the pancake now.

When the pancake starts to bubble on top and is golden brown on the cooked side, turn it and continue cooking until both sides are golden brown.

The first pancake is always a bit of a test so adjust the batter by adding more flour if you need to make it thicker or more milk if you want a thinner pancake. In either case, just add a few spoonfuls at a time until you get it right.

Repeat the cooking process with the remaining batter. You may need to adjust the heat as pan tends to get hotter as you keep making pancakes.

Keep the cooked pancakes covered with a tea towel, to keep them warm while you finish cooking the rest.


Cuisine: American Main Ingredient: Flour

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I have always used box pancake mix. Today I tried your recipe and it was awesome! My husband doesn't care for pancakes and usaully eats one or two. Today he ate four and said it was really, really good. Will definately use this recipe from now on. Thank you .

vickycollinsvickycollins :  :  14w ago


This recipe was great. The first pancake we made tasted a little floury but we just added a little more sugar and the rest came out awesome. Thanks for the chance to make this recipe. My family will enjoy this one for years to come!!!

drewste_2005drewste_2005 :  :  16w 6d ago


Very light and fluffy. Will never buy store mix again

ROBERTBOYDROBERTBOYD : : 0:25 total time : 0:10 active time :  21w 3d ago


We have been addicted to a speciality pancake mix. It is hard to find, so we tried bisquick and Krusteaz...they all lacked something. This is a simple and great recipe.

magnolia1640magnolia1640 :  :  22w 5d ago


Great and simple

jandclinanjandclinan :  :  23w ago


Delicious. I found some white, whole wheat flour (go figure....had never heard of that, at Fresh Market) and used that....It had the nutritional value of regular whole wheat flour, but the lightness of white flour. Made a sauce of sliced, ripe bananas and sliced Louisiana strawberries. Cooked them down with just a touch of butter and brown sugar till thick, warm and syrupy. Mmm.

stepinastepina :  :  32w 5d ago


We used whole wheat flour and this was delicious.

jitterjitter :  :  39w 5d ago


perfect look, thick and spongy but desagreable taste of baking soda which needs to be covered by maple sirup for example. Suggestion: reduce the quantity of baking powder and soda, instead let the preparation rest for half an hour before cooking.

anibaltaminaanibaltamina : : 0:20 total time : 0:10 active time :  45w 5d ago


I had the worst pancakes ever in a diner last weekend so these were a JOY! So simple to put together and cook, they took seconds (but then aagian I did have a skillet). Hooray for this recipe!!

biskityasbiskityas : : 0:15 total time : 0:05 active time :  1y 39w 4d ago


This is my wife Linda's favorite pancake recipe.

warnerjimwarnerjim : comment : 0:25 total time : 0:10 active time :  2y 1w 6d ago


i loved this pancake recipe me and my best friend made this into waffles and it was delicious an idea i have is put food coloring in it ecspecially if you have little kids like i do

I LOVE WAFFLES

alyzanalyzan :  :  2y 8w 4d ago


add ripe mashed bananas

raingoddessraingoddess :  :  2y 27w 3d ago


Wow. These were so fresh and delicious. My husband was totaly wowed by this recipe. This is a recipe that i think i will stick to for life. It was so simple and quick that with having a baby cooking long meals doesn't fit in my schedule. Thank you jim for allowing me to use your recipe.

AndriaRoperAndriaRoper : : 0:20 total time : 0:10 active time :  2y 33w 4d ago


Easy, handy, and inexpensive!

KarylBKarylB : : 0:25 total time : 0:10 active time :  2y 33w 5d ago


This is my wife Linda''s favorite pancake recipe. My kids loved this. I ran out of bisquick and tried this and my kids said don't buy the box stuff again.

lellylelly : : 0:25 total time : 0:10 active time :  2y 37w 6d ago


This is my wife Linda's favorite pancake recipe.

lellylelly : : 0:25 total time : 0:10 active time :  2y 37w 6d ago


My 4 year old daughter liked them. I thought they were good too but I prefer a thicker, fluffier pancake. Like the ones at IHOP.

jodilynjodilyn :  :  3y 12w 2d ago


This is my wife Linda's favorite pancake recipe.

[I posted this recipe.]

jimshimjimshim : : 0:25 total time : 0:10 active time :  3y 13w 2d ago


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