5 Old Fashioned Pancake Recipes You Will Love (2024)

I’m sharing my favorite 5 old fashioned pancake recipes you will love today, I promise! Let’s picture a brunch for a school graduation, with the tables decorated with bowls of every color filled with toppings for pancakes, crepes or waffles. It could be a party, a brunch or evenbreakfast for dinner. My daughter Heidi and her husband, Nate cook a huge brunch every Sunday and whoever drops by is always welcome. You know what I mean, there is always enough food for everyone. There could be 15 or 30 people, we never know. But the food is made from scratch and you can smell the yummy food as you walk throughthe front door. You can keep your pancakes warm in one of these: Norpro Tortilla Pancake Keeper5 Old Fashioned Pancake Recipes You Will Love (2)I purchased two of these because I have a big family. I love fixing breakfast!

Some of these recipes will need a blender, a mixing bowl, hand mixer, dough whisk or spoon to mix the ingredients. You can use a griddle, a crepe pan or cast iron pan. So start thinking which recipe you want to make first, don’t forget the butter and whipped cream in some cases. You know you can use the whipped cream in the cans but there is nothing quite like fresh cream whipped with sugar and vanilla added.

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Pancake Recipes:

Buttermilk Pancakes

Ingredients:
2 cups bread flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk
2 eggs
Instructions:
I start with a medium bowl and add the flour and make a well in the center. I then add all of the other ingredients and use my Danish whisk or one of my stainless steel whisks. I use approximately 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake and cook each side until golden brown. These are fabulous and fluffy!

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PRINTABLE recipe: Buttermilk Pancakes by Food Storage Moms

Chunky Monkey Pancakes

Ingredients:
2 cups freshly ground hard white wheat flour or white bread flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
4 teaspoons honey
4 eggs
2-1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup oil
Sliced bananas
Mini chocolate chips, use amount as desired (I sprinkle just a few on each pancake)
Instructions:
I place all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk it until blended. It will be a medium thick batter or add more milk until you reach your preferred thickness. I use approximately 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake and cook each side until golden brown. Serve with maple syrup or caramel sauce.

PRINTABLE recipe:Chunky Monkey Pancakes by Food Storage Moms

Oven Puffy Baked Pancakes

Ingredients:
6 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup bread flour
1/2 cup melted butter
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees, place all of the ingredients in a blender and whip until fluffy and blended. Quickly place the batter into a greased 9-inch by 13-inch cake pan, or fill a greased muffin/cupcake (12 cupcake pan) to the top of each cupcake spot. They will puff up.

Bake the cake pan or cupcake pan approximately 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with butter, powdered sugar, cinnamon/sugar, jam or syrup.

PRINTABLE recipe:Oven Puffy Baked Pancakes by Food Storage Moms

Swedish or Norwegian Pancakes

Pictured above with the cherries.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup bread flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
1/4 cup butter
1-1/2 cups milk
Instructions:
Combine all the ingredients in a blender and pour enough batter to make a six-inch circle on a hot griddle. Cook them until they can be flipped and cooked one more minute. Serve hot with fresh berries, bananas, peaches and freshly whipped cream.

PRINTABLE recipe:Swedish or Norwegian Pancakes by Food Storage Moms

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Whole Wheat Pancakes

Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups freshly ground hard white wheat
1-1/2 cups milk
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
Instructions:
Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and whisk until smooth. I use approximately 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake and cook each side until golden brown. These take a bit longer to cook because of the whole wheat, but it’s worth it, I promise. Cook these on a hot greased griddle and cook each side as you do any pancake. These are delicious!

PRINTABLE recipe:Whole Wheat Pancakes by Food Storage Moms

My Favorite Toppings:

  1. Butter
  2. Syrup
  3. Jam or jelly
  4. Cherries
  5. Strawberries
  6. Raspberries
  7. Blueberries
  8. Bananas
  9. Sliced peaches
  10. Blackberries
  11. Cinnamon and sugar
  12. Brown sugar
  13. Papaya sliced
  14. Nutella
  15. Caramel sauce
  16. Powdered sugar
  17. Whipping cream

I hope you try making some my 5 old fashioned pancake recipes that have been in my family for 50 years or more.

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5 Old Fashioned Pancake Recipes You Will Love (2024)

FAQs

What is the secret to good pancakes? ›

Don't use cooking fat - This is the real secret to the technique. If you want those perfect edge to edge golden brown tops and bottoms on your pancakes leave the pan totally dry. No butter, no cooking oil, no nothing.

What is Queen Elizabeth's pancake recipe? ›

Beat two eggs with 4 tablespoons of sugar and about one teacup (or 3/4 of a cup) of milk. Add 4 teacups of flour and mix in another teacup of milk "as required" Mix in 3 teaspoons of cream of tartar and 2 tablespoons of bicarbonate soda (baking soda) Fold in 2 tablespoons of melted butter.

Why is the first pancake no good? ›

Stuart Farrimond Author of The Science of Cooking,

Your first attempt will therefore be less evenly cooked than the next. By the time the first pancake, say, has been cooked, heat will be much more evenly distributed across the pan's base. Beware advice saying copper pans will avert this problem.

How does Gordon Ramsay make perfect pancakes? ›

Method
  1. Whisk the buttermilk, egg and oil together.
  2. Stir the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt together in a large bowl. ...
  3. Melt a small piece of butter in a frying pan over a medium heat. ...
  4. Leave to cook for 1 minute or until it has puffed up slightly and is a light golden-brown underneath.

What are British pancakes made of? ›

Method. Put 100g plain flour, 2 large eggs, 300ml milk, 1 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil and a pinch of salt into a bowl or large jug, then whisk to a smooth batter. This should be similar in consistency to single cream. Set aside for 30 mins to rest if you have time, or start cooking straight away.

What are purple pancakes made of? ›

These vibrant purple pancakes get their color from a natural source: ube, also known as purple yam. This ingredient is common in Filipino desserts, but can be difficult to find in the United States.

What are the ingredients in no name old fashioned pancake mix? ›

Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour, Yellow Corn Flour, Sugars (dextrose,sugar), Modified Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate, Rice Flour, Bakingsoda, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Guar Gum.

What is the first pancake rule? ›

The idea behind the first pancake rule is that it's okay if the first one doesn't turn out perfectly; it's a practice round for getting the cooking conditions just right. Once you've made the necessary adjustments, the subsequent pancakes are expected to turn out fantastic.

What were the original pancakes? ›

Our prehistoric ancestors just may have eaten pancakes.

Analyses of starch grains on 30,000-year-old grinding tools suggest that Stone Age cooks were making flour out of cattails and ferns—which, researchers guess, was likely mixed with water and baked on a hot, possibly greased, rock.

When pancakes go wrong? ›

A flat pancake could be the result of an overly-wet batter. Add a little extra flour and see if that makes a difference. The batter should be thick enough that it drips rather than runs off the spoon—and remember, it should have some lumps still in it.

What makes restaurant pancakes taste so good? ›

Restaurants tend to use real, farm-fresh eggs and real milk when making their pancakes, which as you might guess, adds to a richer, higher-quality eating experience.

Do pancakes taste better with water or milk? ›

Pancake lovers' biggest complaint when adding water instead of milk is that the flavor seems to change. Pancakes aren't as richly flavored with water. There are a few ways to improve your batter when you've used water, including: Add extra butter.

What makes pancakes fluffy and helps them rise? ›

Pancakes and waffles typically both contain baking soda, which causes them to rise. As soon as the baking soda is combined with the wet ingredients (which contain an acidic ingredient, like often buttermilk), it starts producing carbon dioxide gas bubbles that cause the batter to rise.

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