A recipe for homemade buttermilk pancakes that is made with fresh buttermilk, butter, and eggs. Serve this pancake recipe for breakfast or as part of your Sunday brunch menu. This recipe is from my mom's recipe box collection.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Total Time50 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: homemade buttermilk pancakes
Servings: 6
Author: Laura Warnke
Ingredients
2cupsflour
5teaspoonsbaking powder
1teaspoonsalt
3Tablespoonssugar
1-1/2 to 1-2/3cupsbuttermilk
6Tablespoonsmelted butter or Crisco Oil
3eggs
Instructions
Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Make a well in the center and add wet ingredients.
Stir with a wire whisk to mix, just until ingredients are blended, scraping sides and bottom of bowl to get everything incorporated. Be careful not to over-mix. Batter will be thick.
Let batter sit in bowl for 1 hour to rise.
Do not stir batter at all during this time.
Do not stir the batter when you are frying the cakes.
Just use a large ladle to scoop out batter. Fry on a hot griddle or frying pan.
Notes
This recipe makes 10-12 cakes.If you like a thinner cake, you may add a little more buttermilk when you initially mix the batter, before you let it rise, rather than stirring the batter later.