Learn how to make soft and fluffy American Pancakes from scratch. These cake-like pancakes are perfect drizzled with maple syrup and served with fresh berries.
Hands up if you love pancakes?! 💕
Well now you can learn how to make AMAZING American-style pancakes from scratch. They’re light and fluffy, while still being thick and hearty. Drenched in maple syrup and served with a handful of fresh raspberries, they’re most definitely my favourite morning treat.
Super simple pancakes with no wild ingredients – in fact you probably have everything you need on hand to make a batch right now. Just sayin.
The Griddle Cafe in Los Angeles makes the BEST pancakes. They’re thick but fluffy – and about the size of your head. Ever since I tried them, maybe 6 or 7 years ago now, I have wanted to master making perfect pancakes at home.
While I grew up making pancakes from a packet, pancakes from scratch are a world apart. There’s nothing extraordinary about them, but the perfect ratio of ingredients, gives you a chunky pancake that is almost like a piece of cake. I LOVE them.
Growing up in my house, my dad always liked his pancakes thin. Like really thin. Maybe even verging on a crepe. But not me. Oh no, as a child, I liked my pancakes thick and fat. Like a restaurant would serve them. And I have not changed a bit.
And now you can make our very own stack of fat and fluffy pancakes anytime you want. And there is no better way to eat a pile of American-style pancakes, then with authentic maple syrup. Are you hungry yet? Because I am!
I’m super proud of this recipe because making pancakes has not always been my forte. In fact, my first attempts went horribly wrong and tasted like scrambled eggs – ick! It took a while for me to try again. But don’t worry, those days are well behind me. This is my tried and true recipe that I’ve been using for years.
And when they’re made fresh and served up to you straight from the griddle – the world becomes a far better place. Excuse me, but a bowl of cereal is just not cutting it anymore. Fluffy American Pancakes here we come!
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Fluffy American Pancakes that are soft and sweet, while still being thick and hearty, drenched in maple syrup with a handful of fresh raspberries.
Ingredients
- 210 grams (1 and 1/2 cups) plain flour
- 50 grams (1/4 cup) caster sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 55 grams (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, plus extra for cooking
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 240 ml (1 cup) milk
- Zest of one lemon, optional
- Fresh raspberries and golden syrup, to serve
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour, sugar and baking powder. Give it a little whisk.
- Next, add your butter to a separate mixing bowl and microwave for 20 seconds or so until just melted. Add your vanilla, eggs and milk to your butter mixture and stir to combine. Add fresh lemon zest if using.
- Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and gently fold through. The mixture should be nice and thick.
- Heat a small frying pan on a medium-low heat, add a little butter to the pan and pour over 3 heaped tablespoons or so of pancake batter. Heat for 1-2 minutes or until golden brown and then flip.
- Heat on the opposite side for about 1 minute or until also golden. Remove from heat and set aside. Repeat with remaining pancake batter and butter.
- Serve pancakes immediately with maple syrup and fresh raspberries.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pancake
- Calories: 227
Keywords: Pancakes, Breakfast, Maple syrup
This recipe was first published on Sweetest Menu in March 2016.
Made these for “Pancake Day” here in the UK. Replaced the toppings with my own. So tasty and fluffy and easy to make! Everyone absolutely loved them! Managed to keep two for the next morning. Tasted delicious even the next day! Thanks for the recipe!
Aww I’m so glad to hear that Sofia! Thank you so much for the lovely feedback! ☺️
These are my favourite pancakes!
★★★★★
Amazing! Thanks Josh!
American here, just made this recipe here in London with for my British boyfriend and Latvian housemate. They were the perfect American pancakes to share, thanks for the great recipe!
Hi Irene! So pleased to hear you enjoyed this pancake recipe – high praise especially from an American! 🙂 Thank you for your lovely feedback.
We Americans know how to do it, eh? 😉 look and sound wonderful, Jess! Hooray for the thick and fluffy ‘cakes!
You sure do!! 🙂
YES to fluffy pancakes!! and yes to all that maple syrup glory! I’m totally craving a stack of pancakes now…!!
Hahaha thanks Beeta! Maple syrup ALL the way! 😉
They look gorgeous, so golden! I love pancakes for breakfast too, but my husband is more of a bacon and eggs person, so I don’t make pancakes that often. Perhaps this weekend we’ll try these and see if we can’t change his mind 😉
Aww I do love a good plate of bacon and eggs too Robyn! But my sweet tooth definitely appreciates a good stack of pancakes! 😉