Homemade Pancake Recipe

Pancakes can be traced back a long, long time. These thin flat cakes are made on a griddle and flipped over. The British pancake mix is a simple one - eggs, flour and milk. While sweet fillings are made with lemon juice and sugar, the savory pancake is made with ground beef. The French crêpe is a thin and crisp pancake served with a sauce of butter, lime juice, sugar and liqueur.

The American pancake version is much thicker and served flat, stacked up with a topping. Thick American pancakes are often called griddlecakes or flap jacks. They are leavened with baking soda. The all-favorite American breakfast is hot pancakes served with maple syrup.

The Russian Blinis is a buckwheat pancake served with caviar and sour cream. We bring you easy pancake recipes - from potato pancake recipe to pumpkin pancake recipe, banana pancake recipe and more!

Breakfast Pancake recipe

Breakfast Pancake recipes are usually easy and fun to make. Check the temperature of the griddle with a few drops of water. Once the water sizzles, the griddle is ready. Lightly grease the griddle and pour 1/4-cup batter onto hot surface for each pancake. Tossing the pancake over takes some skill though. When bubbles begin to appear on the surface of the pancakes and the edges appear dry, its time to turn them over.

When flipped over, the underside will appear a golden brown. Once flipped over, pancakes take half the time to cook. Pancakes are best eaten hot off the griddle. If you are storing them, cover them with an aluminum foil. Serve hot homemade pancakes with butter and syrup.

You can cook a batch of pancakes for a leisurely Sunday breakfast. Do not stack hot pancakes over each other as the steam will make them all limp. Stack them on a cookie sheet and keep them warm in a mildly hot oven. Store leftover pancakes in the freezer.

• Do not flatten the pancake batter on the griddle with the spatula, or you will not get a fluffy pancake
  
  
• Setting the griddle at the right temperature is vital to a good pancake. If the temperature is too high, the edges will be burnt or overcooked.
  
  
• Never turn the pancakes around too much on the griddle. You will end up with tough pancakes
  
  
• Ensure that the breakfast pancake batter is smooth and lump free.
  
  
• The batter must be at the right temperature for the leavening to react. Don't leave it around at room temperature for too long or take it right out of the refrigerator to cook
  
  
• Homemade Pancake batter must be made at the right consistency - runny enough to spread on the griddle. Soften thickened pancake batter with little milk or water.
  
  
• You can substitute half the flour in the pancake recipe with whole-wheat flour or cornmeal.
  
  
• You can place your homemade pancake mixture in a jug to make it easier to pour.
  
  
• Some breakfast pancake topping options - powdered sugar, maple syrup, fresh fruit, applesauce, jam, peanut butter, chocolate chips, dates, raisins
  

Homemade pancake recipe

1cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs
1cup milk
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Whisk eggs and milk. Mix with the flour until there are no lumps. Form pancakes with ¼ cup batter.

Homemade pancake recipe with ham

Mix flour, paprika, chili, pepper and salt. Add eggs and milk and blend well. Add finely sliced onions and ham to this pancake mix. Cook on a hot griddle till golden brown.

An easy pancake recipe is one where you mix together egg, white flour and milk to pouring consistency. For a variation, add peeled and shredded apple to the pancake batter. Add jest to your pancake recipe with ½ teaspoon of cinnamon or toasted and chopped nuts. Another variation is gingerbread pancakes. Add ground ginger, grated nutmeg and brown sugar...and you have tasty gingerbread pancakes that you can serve with vanilla ice cream.

Another easy pancake recipe to try at home is to make a batter with ½ cup flour, ¼ cup sugar, 4 cups milk, 6 eggs and 1 packet dry yeast. Use buttermilk in your pancake recipe for fluffy and soft pancakes. Take care not to over beat the batter.

Potato pancake recipe

Make tasty potato pancakes with any leftover meat and you have a tasty meal ready in minutes. Prepare a small patty with any leftover meat, grated potatoes, eggs and preferred seasoning. Bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes. Roll this savory meat and potato patty in a homemade pancake. You can make thick potato pancakes by mixing finely grated potatoes and onions with eggs, salt, pepper and flour. Use this batter to make thick tasty golden brown potato pancakes.

Banana pancake recipe

Add mashed banana to the basic pancake recipe for tasty banana pancakes. You can whip up a tasty homemade banana pancake with a batter made of all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, buttermilk and chopped ripe bananas. Take a look at this banana pancake recipe, replete with nuts and served hot with maple syrup. You can even arrange finely chopped banana slices over the pancake mix once it is poured over the griddle. Add chopped nuts too and cook till underside is golden brown.

Pumpkin pancake recipe

2 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup milk
2 cups sugar
½ cup pumpkin pulp
1 egg
Spices for taste

Beat milk, pumpkin and eggs. Add dry ingredients and whisk till batter is wet and lumpy. Pour out on a pre-heated griddle and cook like you do other pancakes. Serve with maple syrup, whipped butter or warm honey.

Crepe recipe

4 eggs
1 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter

Blend all ingredients to smooth crepe batter. Make wafer thin crepes and serve them with a topping of your choice. Add sugar and vanilla for a dessert crepe. Add chocolate sauce and chocolate chips for a chocolate crepe. If you can make pancakes, then crepes are not a difficult option for you. You can use the same griddle as you make the pancakes.