Here’s a fluffy, classic Old-Fashioned Pancakes recipe—simple, soft, and perfect for breakfast.
🥞 Pancakes (Old-Fashioned Style)
🧾 Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp melted butter (or oil)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Mix dry ingredients
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
2. Mix wet ingredients
- In another bowl, beat milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla.
3. Combine
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
- Stir gently until just combined (lumps are okay—don’t overmix).
4. Cook pancakes
- Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat.
- Lightly grease with butter or oil.
- Pour about ¼ cup batter for each pancake.
- Cook until bubbles form on top (about 2–3 minutes).
- Flip and cook another 1–2 minutes until golden.
🍽️ Serve With
- Maple syrup 🍁
- Butter
- Fresh fruit (bananas, berries)
- Honey or chocolate drizzle
⭐ Tips for Perfect Pancakes
- Don’t overmix the batter (keeps them fluffy)
- Let batter rest 5–10 minutes before cooking
- Keep heat medium—not too hot or they’ll burn outside and stay raw inside
If you want, I can also give you:
- 🥞 Extra fluffy diner-style pancakes
- 🍌 Banana pancakes or chocolate chip version
- 💪 High-protein fitness pancakes version