Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes Perfected Recipe

Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes

This is what breakfast is all about!! I’ve been making buttermilk pancakes from scratch for about 15 years (several times each month), so hopefully by now I’ve gotten things figured out.

Buttermilk Pancakes Video

It was one of the first things I learned how to cook when I was a teenager. I was raised in a home where we always used pancake mix. Even on holidays. Yikes. So when I learned how to make homemade buttermilk pancakes from scratch it was pretty much life changing. I guess we just didn’t know what we were missing out on until we tried the real deal. And now I’ll never look back, it’s homemade pancakes for life. Homemade pancakes are just too easy and there’s just no comparison. Buttermilk pancakes are one of the all-time best comfort foods! These are the ratios and method I’ve found works best. I hope you fall in love with these too!

Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes Ingredients

All-purpose flour Granulated sugar Baking powder and baking soda Salt Eggs Buttermilk Unsalted butter and oil for griddle

How to Make Buttermilk Pancakes From Scratch

Preheat cooking equipment. Whisk dry ingredients and make a well in center. Separately whisk eggs. Mix in buttermilk and and melted butter. Pour buttermilk mixture into flour mixture and whisk just until combined. Grease griddle and ladle on batter in 1/3 cup portions. Cook until golden brown on bottom then flip and cook opposite side until golden brown. Serve warm!

What Cooking Equipment Should I Use?

I’ve listed several ways to cook the pancakes, there are benefits to each.

Cast iron gives such a nice crisp golden edge (but it can be a little temperamental and more tricky to work with. Pretty easy to get used to though). A skillet seems to cook the homemade buttermilk pancakes the most even, but the only drawback is you can’t fit that many. And an electric griddle can fit a bunch at once and it doesn’t use up stove-top space (I love my BIG electric griddle). You just don’t get those nicely browned edges with this method though.

Try out each and see what is your favorite or use what you have.

Can I Use a Buttermilk Substitute?

I’ve tried using the lemon/vinegar + milk substitute here and it doesn’t work very well. The consistency is a bit different and flavor so I definitely recommend sticking with real buttermilk. Then use what’s left to make buttermilk biscuits or cake.

How to Warm Pancakes

Unless you have multiple griddles chances are you won’t get them all cooked at once. To keep them warm you can keep in a preheated 200 degree oven on a cookie sheet.

My Favorite Pancake Toppings

I love to top these fluffy buttermilk pancakes with:

Strawberry Syrup and whipped cream Buttermilk Syrup (see notes in post, make a double batch) Blueberry Syrup Lemon Curd Maple syrup or pancake syrup Butter and cinnamon sugar

What Pancake Sides Should I Serve?

Serve them up with scrambled eggs or omelets, breakfast potatoes or hash browns, oven cooked bacon or breakfast sausage, fresh fruit, and juice or milk.

Tips for the Best Buttermilk Pancakes

Don’t over-mix the batter! With pancakes, the batter should be a bit lumpy. If over-mixed, the pancakes come out flat. Try blueberries in the pancakes. I like to dot them on after ladling on the griddle (before flipping). Plan on two per person because they are 100% irresistible! If using butter, melt it immediately before ladling pancakes on or it burns. Or use oil, it won’t burn as easily.

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