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Best Ever Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes

Making pancakes from scratch is totally worth it and this recipe is really THE BEST.
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Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 4 People without bacon and potatoes etc. Pancakes as the main breakfast food.
Calories 413 kcal

Equipment

  • Griddle is ideal but a properly hot fry pan will definitely work.

Ingredients
  

Sift and stir the dry ingredients together

  • 2 C Flour
  • 1 Tsp Salt
  • 1.25 Tsp Baking Soda
  • 3/4 Tsp Baking Powder

Whisk together the wet ingredients

  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 C Buttermilk (whole ?!)
  • 4 Tbl Butter Melted - I've used 3 Tbl successfully before...

Instructions
 

  • Turn on your griddle / warm the fry pan you'll be using - target is 375℉ degrees.
  • Turn on your oven to 200℉ or turn on your warming drawer.
  • Melt and cool the butter.
  • Sift and mix together the dry ingredients. Yes, sift...
  • Fairly vigorously whisk together the liquid. make sure the butter is NOT hot hot hot - else you will scramble the eggs. Get some air into the liquid!
  • Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients with a spatula - stirring delicately and only until the largest of lumps are gone.
  • Set a timer for 15 minutes and wait. Set the table or something...
  • Use a large spoon or measuring cup or pour from a very large measuring cup onto the griddle. Let the pancakes cook while the batter produces bubbles and they burst. Use a timer / stopwatch on your watch/phone to see how long it took the first side to cook.
  • After the pancakes have a few large holes that haven't receded / filled back in - it is likely that your pancakes are ready to flip. Check one pancake for the right color - before messing with the others. Reminder - In general you want to leave the pancakes alone. Flip ONLY once. Make sure they are ready before you go messing with them. Allow the pancakes to cook a similar amount of time on this second side.
  • Stack pancakes on a cooling rack and place in a 200℉ oven or a warming drawer. (sometimes I do stack them on top of each other and cover with a towel - but the crispy top / bottom may dissipate due to steam...)
  • When all are done - sit down and enjoy with REAL Maple Syrup and maybe some fruit?

Notes

Calorie count does not include REAL Maple Syrup.  Syrup adds another 110 calories for 2 Tablespoons.  
Calorie count is based on Low Fat Buttermilk.  Interestingly full fat buttermilk was an option on the calorie calculator.  Seems full fat buttermilk must be popular somewhere - maybe the south ? 

Nutrition

Calories: 413kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 13gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 118mgSodium: 1308mgPotassium: 282mgFiber: 2gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 545IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 209mgIron: 3mg
Keyword buttermilk, buttermilk pancakes, homemade buttermilk pancakes, pancakes
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