Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes

Homemade buttermilk pancakes will put a smile on even the grumpiest, none morning person. Fluffy, sweet, and buttery, is there a better breakfast then buttermilk pancakes?

My dad was the breakfast cook on the weekends for our family. We always had a big throw-down breakfast, and the traditional English breakfast was his specialty. But my favorite was the light and fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes. Slathered with melted butter and maple syrup, fresh berries, and served with crispy bacon or sausages! Yum.

Made from scratch homemade buttermilk pancakes are just as easy to make as the boxed pancake mix. And, are much better, lighter, fluffier, and more flavorful than the boxed stuff.

Ingredients in Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes

All-Purpose Flour. I think all-purpose flour is the best for buttermilk pancakes. You can use whole wheat or even cake flour, however, all-purpose is traditional.
Sugar. Regular granulated sugar, nothing fancy needed for this recipe.
Baking Powder. I always buy fresh baking powder, at least once a year. Old baking powder won’t give you good results and can leave you pancakes thin, not fluffy.
Baking Soda. Same as baking powder, always use fresh. If it’s been in the pantry a year, its time to buy some new stuff.
Salt. I prefer to add my own salt to my buttermilk pancake recipe. Never use salted butter.
Large Eggs, the fresher the eggs the fluffier the pancakes will be!
Unsalted Butter, Melted. Yum, these pancakes are so buttery and delicious!
Buttermilk. Buttermilk is slightly acidic. Similar to the way ‘shortening’ acts to prevent gluten from creating long tough strands, a slightly acidic batter will make baked goods moist and tender.
Vegetable oil for skillet

Process for making pancakes:

Preheat oven to 300F, place a cast-iron skillet on medium-low heat, skillet needs at least 5-minutes to heat up before cooking
Sift together all dry ingredients and mix, create a well in the center
Beat the eggs well and mix with the buttermilk and melted butter
Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and gently combine, careful not to over-mix
Add 1 tablespoon oil to the skillet on medium-low heat
Use either a ¼ cup or 1/3 cup measure, put the batter into the hot pan
Bubbles will form on the top of the pancake batter as it cooks, as the bubbles pop, the pancake is ready to turn when the batter doesn’t close the popped bubble, approximately 2 minutes on the first side
Flip the pancake and cook for 1-minute on the second side
Cut a tiny slit in the top / center of the pancake to see if the batter is wet, continue to cook until done.
Place the cooked pancake on a plate in the warm oven, repeat until all pancakes are cooked and ready to serve.

Homemade Buttermilk Recipe

Nothing worse than running out of buttermilk when your mouth is watering for homemade buttermilk pancakes. Here is a link to my Homemade Buttermilk Recipe.

Here is my recipe for Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes

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