Perfect, Plate-Size Pancakes

"These pancakes are thick and fluffy, and the center stays moist and tender. After a lot of attempts to find a perfect pancake recipe, I made this one up, and have been so happy with the results!"
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
6

ingredients

  • 2 12 cups flour (some wheat flour may be substituted- I have been successful with 2 cups regular and 1/2 cup wheat fl)
  • 1 12 teaspoons baking soda
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 2 -3 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 cups milk, with about
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice, stirred in to make it curdle (I use 1% milk normally, but any will do)
  • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
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directions

  • Stir the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda) together in good sized bowl.
  • Measure out milk and mix in lemon or lime juice.
  • Let it sit a few moments.
  • Make a well in the dry ingredients.
  • Pour in the milk, oil, egg and vanilla.
  • Whisk all the ingredients together until the batter is fairly smooth; there should only be a few small lumps.
  • Melt enough butter in the bottom of a frying pan to coat it evenly; after it has melted, wipe out any excess with a paper towel or napkin.
  • The pan should be over medium heat.
  • Once the pan is heated, pour about 1/2 cup batter in (or, adjust to fit the size of the pan).
  • Allow the pancake to cook several minutes, until the edges are cooked and there are bubbles appearing and bursting in the middle of the cake.
  • Flip the pancake, and allow to cook about 2 minutes on the raw side.
  • After a minute or two on this side, the cake will raise up and become thicker.
  • Once this happens, only cook the cake another minute or so, until the pan-side is nicely golden.
  • If the bottoms of the cakes are browning too fast, before there are bubbles in the middle or the second side can rise, then turn the heat down on the stove.
  • If the opposite problem is occuring, increase the heat.
  • After a couple, it'll be just right!
  • This recipe makes 6 enormous pancakes; I would imagine that, made a more normal size, it would yield about 12.

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Reviews

  1. These were great! My six-year-old likes a lot of foods, but he doesn't like pancakes. Well, he loved these!
     
  2. The flavor was fine once I got enough milk in it to actually be able to mix it up. It required about twice as much milk as was suggested.
     
  3. Yum! Made as directed and wouldn't change a thing. Fluffy, good flavor, reheated well. The kids really liked the giant size. Thanks for sharing!
     
  4. Great pancakes... although the immature palet of my five yr. old was not able to tell the difference from the box mix. I will definately keep this recipe on hand in case im out of bisquick.
     
  5. perfect pancakes! i didn't have any baking soda left, so i used 4 1/2 tsp of baking powder. it turned out delicious and fluffy. thank you!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Wonderful pancake recipe. I have substituted buttermilk (when I've had it on hand) for the milk/lemon juice. I've made the original recipe (using about 2-1/2 T. sugar) and with the substitution and the pancakes consistently turn out just the way a pancake should. Thanks for the recipe, anaisfern.
     

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An avid cook since age 12, there's nothing I enjoy so much as cooking and sharing recipes with other home chefs. I enjoy making just about anything in the kitchen; if I had to pin myself down, though, I'd most likely identify as a baker. While studying in France, I seized the opportunity to take cuisine courses and got great exposure to pastry techniques. I travel abroad extensively, always incessantly joting notes about what I ate, unusual finds in the grocery stores or markets, and, best of all, new recipes I've learned from local acquaintances I've met.
 
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