Pancakes 🥞—fluffy, golden, and super easy. Here’s a classic homemade pancake recipe you can make anytime.
Easy Fluffy Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1¼ cups milk
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp melted butter or oil
- 1 tsp vanilla (optional)
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients
- In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
- Mix wet ingredients
- In another bowl, whisk milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla.
- Combine
- Pour wet ingredients into dry.
- Stir just until combined (a few lumps are fine).
- Cook
- Heat a lightly greased skillet or griddle over medium heat.
- Pour ¼ cup batter per pancake.
- Cook until bubbles form (2–3 minutes).
- Flip and cook 1–2 minutes more until golden.
- Serve
- Butter, syrup, fruit, or chocolate chips on top.
Tips for Fluffy Pancakes
- Don’t overmix—lumps = fluff.
- Let batter rest 5 minutes before cooking.
- Flip only once.
Quick Variations
- Buttermilk pancakes: replace milk with buttermilk
- Blueberry pancakes: add berries after pouring batter
- Banana pancakes: mash 1 ripe banana into batter
- Protein pancakes: add 1 scoop protein powder + splash more milk
Want a 2-ingredient banana pancake, buttermilk version, or sheet-pan pancakes?
