Best Basic Buttermilk Pancakes - A basic recipe for a weekend brunch staple, light, fluffy, delicious buttermilk pancakes. This is a terrific basic recipe to which you can add your favorite berries or as my kids mostly do, chocolate chips. I find it best to sprinkle the berries or chocolate chips on the pancakes while they are on the grill before you flip them for best even distribution in every bite.
Course
Breakfast/Brunch
Prep Time10minutes
Cook Time7minutes
Total Time17minutes
Servings12large pancakes
AuthorBarry C. Parsons
Ingredients
1 3/4cupsflour
1/2tspsalt
3tbspsugar
3tspbaking powder
1/2tspbaking soda
1egg
2tspvanilla extract
1 3/4cupsbuttermilk
4tbspmelted butter
Instructions
Sift together the flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.
Whisk together the egg, vanilla extract, buttermilk and melted butter.
Pour the wet mixture over the dry ingredients and whisk together just until combined. Do not over mix. Don't worry about small lumps. The batter will be thick.
Using a 1/4 cup measure, pour batter onto a lightly greased griddle on medium heat; it's best to cook these slowly. You may need to spread the batter out a little with the back of a spoon but this is usually not necessary. Cook for 3-4 minutes per side or until lightly browned on both sides and the center is fully cooked.