This will be your go to recipe for homemade buttermilk pancakes. These are easy to make, super fluffy, not overly sweet and a family favorite. I use this exact pancake recipe for my family every weekend. You can even make a double batch and freeze some for later.
Pancakes are a weekend tradition in my house, so I'm excited to share my family recipe with you today!
I can't imagine why anyone would ever want to make pancakes without buttermilk. It's this super magical ingredient that amplifies baked goods.
It makes pancakes have a seriously perfect taste and texture! It's also a miracle worker for these buttermilk waffles too.
If you wanted to make buttermilk pancakes for two, you could easily half the recipe. Or better yet make a full recipe and freeze half. I actually make a double batch and freeze the leftover pancakes, so we can eat them during the week.
You'll find this recipe is very adaptable. Meaning you can add fruit and toppings easily to it. It's a great base recipe to add to. I make this with blueberries a lot, because blueberry pancakes with a big dollop of salted butter is my jam. Do you have a favorite topping?
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Top Tips for Perfect Pancakes
Making buttermilk pancakes from scratch shouldn't be intimidating. If you are using a pancake mix you still need at least 3 or 4 ingredients, so why not add a few extra and make mouth watering perfect pancakes!
It's way easier than you may think to make your own homemade pancakes.
Here are my best tips:
Heat up your buttermilk and milk, just under 1 minute in the microwave.
Don't dump all the ingredients in to a single bowl. One bowl for dry, one bowl for wet, then add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. It makes a difference!
If you add everything in to just one bowl, you actually mix the pancake batter longer and that makes for a less fluffy pancake (I've been lazy many times and always regret it when I don't use two bowls).
Don't let your batter sit for too long, use it right away. Once the baking soda and powder are activated by the wet ingredients all of the chemical reactions start.
Butter your skillet, or pan (whatever you use to make pancakes) just once. No need to keep adding butter every single time before each batter pour.
After you pour the batter on to the skillet, don't smoosh it down, pour and leave it alone.
Flip once there are bubbles on the top.
When you're not sure if the pancakes are cooked through after flipping, you can poke a little hole on top with your spatula. If you see wet batter, cook them longer but if all you see is puffy perfection, they are done!
What can I make with my extra buttermilk?
If you're looking for a way to use up any extra buttermilk there are plenty of yummy dinner recipes where you can stretch the ingredient.
I love buttermilk for chicken or a marinade, it makes the chicken so juicy and delicious! Like this one pan buttermilk chicken and risotto or juicy baked buttermilk chicken drums. You can even make this crispy chicken and waffles recipe.
There are also lots of baked good recipes using buttermilk.
My favorite pumpkin muffins use buttermilk, as do these Irish scones and this blueberry coffee cake.
Try Out These Breakfast Recipes
- Great Grandma's Cinnamon Apple Dutch Baby (German Pancake) - german pancakes use extra eggs and are baked in the oven, if you've never had one I highly suggest try out this recipe
- Fluffy Buttermilk Waffles - see, more buttermilk, these waffles are awesome
- Potato, Bacon and Green Onion Quiche - super hearty with the potatoes inside, it's amazing, savory goodness and you have to make it, plus it's perfect for lunch as well
- Perfect Soft and Tender English Scones - the easiest scone recipe ever and these are super soft
- Blueberry Dutch Baby Pancake - if you love blueberry pancakes then you will adore this dutch baby recipe
Best Buttermilk Pancakes From Scratch
This will be your go to recipe for homemade buttermilk pancakes. These are easy to make, super fluffy, not overly sweet and a family favorite. I use this exact pancake recipe for my family every weekend. You can even make a double batch and freeze some for later.
Ingredients
- 2 c flour
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp butter, melted
- 1 ½ c buttermilk
- ¾ c milk
- 2 eggs
Instructions
- In a large bowl sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt
- In a large glass bowl, melt the butter
- Use a glass measuring cup to heat the buttermilk and milk, together, for 1 minute
- Whisk the eggs in to the butter, then add the buttermilk/milk, whisking everything together
- Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients
- Whisk this together until combined, it doesn’t have to be fully smooth, but most of the big lumps out
- Heat a griddle over the stove on medium/low heat
- Grease with butter
- Use a ¼ c measuring spoon to ladle batter on to the griddle
- Flip when bubbles have formed on the top
- Remove when fully cooked through
- Serve with butter and syrup on top
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 106Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 290mgCarbohydrates: 15gFiber: 0gSugar: 3gProtein: 4g
This information comes from online calculators. Although moderncrumb.com attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
Bria
This is going to be a go to recipe for me. Super easy and SO good! I don't drink milk, so I didn't have any on hand - I did have buttermilk though. So, I used all buttermilk and just a pinch more baking soda per Modern Crumb's suggestion on Facebook. They were so fluffy and light and delicious. I made the full recipe, and we had pancakes all week! 🙂
Tara Moore
Hi Bria! I was thinking about you and hoping the all buttermilk would be successful for you, I've had to do it that way too! If you like fruit in your pancakes you could toss in a couple chopped up banana pieces or blueberries (I like to add them after ive poured the batter on the pan, it cooks better!). -Tara