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FLUFFY PANCAKES 
Dry Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
pinch salt

Liquid Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups milk
1/4 cup oil or 1/2 stick melted butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla

In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients. In a measuring cup, combine liquid ingredients.

Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients and mix to combine.

Preheat frying pan. When frying pan is hot enough, a drop of water will "dance" and sizzle away.

With a good non-stick frying pan, you won't have to use cooking spray. If not, use cooking spray or a small pat of butter.

Pour a soup ladle full of batter into the frying pan.

Flip when the top has bubbles and a half inch of the edge looks dry.

Cooks Note: Variation - For extra fluffy pancakes, separate the egg and whip the white until soft peaks form. Buttermilk may be also be used instead of milk - reduce baking powder to 1 1/2 teaspoons and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. Add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, if desired.

Makes about eight (8-inch) pancakes.

Submitted by: Martin Smith

recipe reviews
Fluffy Pancakes
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 Patron (New Zealand) says:
Great recipe, I'm going to share this with everyone!
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 Virginia (New York) says:
Best pancakes ever!!!!! So fluffy. I love them. Thank God I found this recipe.
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 Liz Smith (United Kingdom) says:
Finally I can make fluffy pancakes! Best recipe ever.
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 Josie (California) says:
My two sons and I give this recipe 5 ***stars**. I usually don't eat pancakes but the pancakes turned out delicious. I also substituted the sugar with brown sugar. This is my favorite pancake recipe. Thank you!
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 B (United States) says:
Perfect recipe! Whippped the egg white and added vanilla extract - the pancakes were fluffy and delicious. Thanks so much!
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 TSP (California) says:
These are the pancakes of my childhood! Delicious.
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 Ashley (South Carolina) says:
These are fantastic. Slightly sweet, incredibly fluffy. My husband who doesn't eat pancakes ate 3! I did whip the egg whites separately for added fluffiness. However it is the flavor that makes these pancakes worth 5 stars!
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 Cheryl (North Carolina) says:
Made a healthier version of these and found them to be some of the best pancakes we've ever made! Used 1/2 cup white whole wheat, 1/4 cup buckwheat, 1/4 cup gluten-free oats (home ground), & 1/4 cup all-purpose, 3 tbsp. dark brown sugar 1 tbsp. white sugar and soy milk, lemon juice (buttermilk sub). We also separated the eggs. Were surprisingly light and fluffy despite the flours used, very easy to cook and absolutely delicious! If yours aren't fluffy, another thing to check is age of your baking powder. Thanks so much for this great recipe!
 #128829
 Cheryl (North Carolina) replies:
OH yeah, forgot to add that we used olive oil instead of butter (all we had), and added vanilla, plus a little cinnamon as well. Highly recommend our healthier variation, but I have no doubt that as written, this recipe is awesome!
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 Erich says:
I have been using this recipe for a few years now and am only just reviewing it because I had to look it up and print if for a friend.

These are without a doubt the best pancakes I have ever eaten anywhere. Everyone I have ever made them for loves them.

I always separate the egg whites and fluff them, if you add a pinch of cream of tartar to the whites it hold the fluff better.
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 Amanda (South Carolina) says:
First of all, I am a pancakaholic. Every breakfast joint I goto I search for the perfect pancake. I have tried so many recipes to get the perfect consistency of sweet and light and fluffy. This recipe was perfect! It fell apart when I cut it with a fork. I ate the whole batch myself! I am done searching for the perfect recipe! I followed the recipe perfectly and used the cook's note variation.
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 Disappointed (Connecticut) says:
I have tried several such "fluffy pancakes" recipes including this one, followed them to the punctuation mark, and these so-called fluffy pancakes turned out touch and chewy. Sometimes needed a knife to dissect them.

I got better pancakes at a country fair recently in Connecticut! Slightly crisp around the edges, spongy soft in the middle and throughout, and guess what - my flimsy plastic carnival fork sliced through them like the bow of the RMS Olympic through a German sub in WW1. And I felt full - but not BLOATED like I did from this and other recipes.

The closest I've gotten is with the store brand "complete - just add water" variety in the supermarkets.
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 Aminah (Alabama) says:
This is my second time making these scrumptious pancakes. The first time I stayed true to the recipe and it was devine. Today I make them with three mashed bananas. They were delicious. I cook them with a light butter because I love the crunchy crust it give it. I'll recommend this to my friends and family.
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 Linda (Texas) says:
Wow, this receipe was qiuck and did not dissapoint. The pancakes were beautifuL and delicious. Try it.
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 Shane (Florida) says:
I love, love these pancakes. They are so fluffy and delicious!
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 Ron W (New Jersey) says:
As the recipe stands, without trying the Cooks Note, these are NOT fluffy pancake. I see more fluffiness out of the Aunt Jemima pancake mix. These were flat.

However I give it a 3 because they were tasty.

 

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