BASIC PANCAKE BATTER 
2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 c. milk
3 tbsp. oil

Mix all together. Pour 3 tablespoons batter in skillet. Brown on both sides until batter is done.

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Basic Pancake Batter
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 Christine (North Carolina) says:
I only needed enough for the 4 or us to have a couple each so I halved the recipe (except the egg - I used a small egg). I added about the same amount of oil that the whole recipe calls for originally and about a 1/3 of a cup more milk and instead of sifted all purpose flour I used unsifted bread flour. Hot non-stick skillet with no oil on medium low heat and poured them to about 5" across. Oh, and I also added 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract to batter... My hats off to this recipe, I got 4 thumbs up!
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 Mike (Ontario) says:
Worked out great. Made it with buttermilk instead of milk and added blueberries, nice hearty pancakes. Two batches served five of us with generous portions.
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 GK (Minnesota) says:
Very simple and very good. I add chocolate chips at times for the kids. Also try with a touch of vanilla extract. I make up the dry ingredients and keep in the cupboard... then add the liquid when I'm ready to cook... store extra batter in fridge
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 Victoria (New Jersey) says:
Very good it is so yummy I wish I can marry these pancakes. Thank you so much for posting this recipe. I love it!
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 Charlie (Arizona) says:
This one is a KEEPER! We added blueberries to half the batch and those were YUMMY too! Will have to try Chocolate chips another time.
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 C&A (Florida) says:
great recipe!!!! we put chocolate syrup in it! :D
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 Jake (Ohio) says:
So I'm homeschooled. And I decided I wanted to make myself breakfast. So I pull this up, follow the steps, and bam. Biggest, fluffiest pancake ever. Couldn't even finish it.
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 Newbroom (Florida) says:
I caramelized a banana by splitting it, then quartering it, then pan frying it in some olive oil and butter, latter part I added about a tsp of brown sugar...let that cool, then mixed it with my beaten egg, oil and a substitute, Almond milk...folded in the egg mixture with the dry and made cakes.
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 Duane (Kentucky) says:
Try adding a little nutmeg and cinnamon along with the vanilla extract. Oh boy, Christmas pancakes!
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 Marilisa (Texas) says:
Simple, light and delicious. Had run out of mix, so I found this recipe. I sliced and cored ( and peeled) an apple and dipped the "rounds" in batter before putting them on the griddle. yummy.
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 Samantha (Georgia) says:
i love the fluffiness of the pancakes, my kids loved them, we made normal pancakes and baby pancakes, only thing i added was a little vanilla. and topped them with cinnamon. thanks for the recipe!!
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 Cathy (Illinois) says:
This site has some wonderful recipes and I have used alot of them. However, this is my first time writing a review. We love pancakes at my house and I have always used Bisquick mix to make them, but today I decided to try some from scratch. I followed this recipes EXACTLY except I did add 1/2 tsp. vanilla flavoring. The taste was OK (which is why I gave it 3 stars) but pancakes are supposed to be "fluffy". These were flat, flat, flat!!!! I poured batter on a very hot skillet and the batter ran like crazy taking no shape at all :( From now on, I will stick to my Bisquick mix.
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 Todd (California) replies:
If you followed the recipe the way its written right now I could understand why they might have turned out flat. Most recipes will state the importance of when combining dry ingredients with the wet ingredients. DON'T OVER MIX THE BATTER! Just enough to moisten the dry ingredients.. It may be a bit lumpy. Try that and i bet you will have the fluffiest pancakes!
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 SMaxam (New York) replies:
Why does overbeating make them unfluffy? Most recipes caution about overbeating. I'd like to know just how that works.
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 Matt Hampton (Ohio) says:
Very fluffy, could use more sugar. I added 2 tbsp of chocolate syrup and put peanut butter on top. Delicious!
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 Shanda Rudolph (Saskatchewan) says:
Very good I added an extra egg, some vanilla, and chocolate chips, minused the salt and they turned out very good. Nice heavy pancake with great flavor. Def a new recipe in my book :D
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 Angela (Minnesota) says:
I just added chocolate chips and 3 tablespoons of bittersweet cocoa and got cocoa pancakes.

 

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