Fluffiest Ever Pancakes

Fluffy Pancakes

I think these are the fluffiest I've made. I used my iron skillet, let it heat with nothing in it for about 3 minutes or until I started to see it smoking slightly. Added a tablespoon of oil and let the oil get hot then added the batter. Turned the heat down to medium low and let cook until edges of batter were drying out. Flipped and cooked a few minutes more while checking the undersides to make sure they were not getting too dark. They were fantastic!

I could get 3 to 4 pancakes in the skillet and didn't re-oil for second batch. 

Fluffiest Ever Pancakes:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon granulated white sugar

1 1/4 cup milk or buttermilk

1 egg

3 tablespoons melted butter

This is what I did:

Measure out the dry ingredients into a bowl and sift together...twice. Set aside. (I believe sifting is the key to fluffiness so don't miss this step) If you don't have a sifter, go buy one...they're cheap!

Measure out milk into a bowl or 2 cup measuring cup. If you want to use buttermilk but don't have any on hand you can make it by adding 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp apple cider vinegar, white vinegar or lemon juice to the milk. Stir and let sit for 5 minutes. What you save on making your own buttermilk you can spend on a sifter!

Add the egg to the milk and stir until the egg is broken and incorporated, then stir in the melted butter. Pour the milk mixture into the dry mixture and stir until mixed. Lumps in batter are okay and expected. 

Pour batter into hot oiled skillet creating desired size pancakes. If need be adjust heat to medium low to prevent burning pancakes. Don't flip until edges are dry, checking the underside for over browning. Once flipped cooked an additional 3 or so minutes. 

Enjoy with butter and syrup.

Variations: 

To batter add 1/4 to 1/2 tsp vanilla or other extract such as butter pecan, peach, orange or almond.

Add 1/4 cup chocolate chips to batter

Add finely chopped pecans or walnuts to batter.

Serve with strawberries and whipped cream

Experiment with different varieties of syrup

Serve with breakfast sausage or bacon or BOTH...why not.