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Thursday, May 10, 2018

This pancake recipe has ruined me for pancakes.  I first had melt in your mouth buttermilk pancakes at The Original Pancake house in California, since then I had to find my own recipe for killer pancakes.  I went through about six recipes, when I found this one.  I adapted it from Martha Stewart, and I have been making them for about 3 years now at least once a week.
I love that you can freeze these pancakes too!!  If my kids or I sleep in on a school day I can just pull a bag of frozen pancakes out of the freezer, microwave them for 2 mins and they have a great hot breakfast.  I have left them in the freezer in a Ziploc freezer bag for about a month and they still come out great.  In fact today was a frozen pancake day at our house.

These pancakes could not be much easier to make, my girls help me make them. They love unwrapping the butter for me and melting it.  The only hint I have for you is to let the butter cool slightly before adding it into the eggs, you don't want to cook those eggs!  Also, you must use BUTTERMILK!!! You cannot do the milk and vinegar trick, believe me I have tried a few times and it doesn't work with this recipe.  Don't do it, trust me.


First, all of the dry ingredients. 2 Cups of flour, 1 tsp. baking soda, 2 tsp baking powder, 3 tbsp. sugar. I whisk those till they are nice and fluffy.  next, 1/2 tsp. salt, 3 large eggs, 4 tbsp melted butter, and 2 1/2 cups of buttermilk. Whisk till just combined.  check the consistency depending on your buttermilk thickness you might need to add just a touch more buttermilk if the batter is too thick.  You want to be able to pick up the spoon and let it drip off, I like to use a 1/3 measuring cup to scoop my pancakes they make the perfect size for us.  heat a griddle to 350 degrees f.  (You can add food coloring for fun holiday pancakes, also sprinkles!!)

The key to the perfect brown is to wait till the top of the pancake forms holes that don't fill, then flip them. if you don't have those holes it will be under cooked and hard to flip.