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The Best Pancake Recipe

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 158
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 ½ teaspoons baking powder that’s just over 1 tablespoon if your spoon is looking lonely
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ¼ cups milk any kind
  • 3 tablespoons butter melted
  • 1 large egg

Method
 

  1. In a big bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together. Make a little well (fancy term for a hole) in the center.
  2. Pour the milk, slightly cooled melted butter, and the egg into that well. Gently mix it all together until it’s mostly combined. SEE: Lumpy Batter is Good Batter, above. Don’t go crazy.
    Pour the milk, slightly cooled melted butter, and the egg into that well. Gently mix it all together until it’s mostly combined. SEE: Lumpy Batter is Good Batter, above. Don’t go crazy.
  3. Heat a non-stick skillet or griddle over medium heat. I add a tiny smear of butter or oil. Pour about ¼ cup of batter for each pancake.
  4. Cook until you see those bubbles form on top and the edges look dry (2-3 minutes). Give it one confident flip.
    Cook until you see those bubbles form on top and the edges look dry (2-3 minutes). Give it one confident flip.
  5. Cook for another 1-2 minutes on the other side until it’s golden brown. Repeat with the rest of the batter, adjusting the heat if they’re browning too fast or slow.
    Cook for another 1-2 minutes on the other side until it’s golden brown. Repeat with the rest of the batter, adjusting the heat if they’re browning too fast or slow.
  6. Your pancakes are ready to eat.
    Your pancakes are ready to eat.

Notes

So that’s it. My go-to, never-fail (okay, sometimes-fail) pancake recipe. If your stack isn’t Instagram-perfect, welcome to the club. Mine rarely are.
But if they taste good and make your kitchen smell amazing, then you did it exactly right.
Cooking’s about the mess, the laughs when you flip one onto the floor, and the quiet satisfaction of a simple, good meal.
Now go make some. And save the first, weird one for yourself. You’ve earned it.