Winning Pancakes by Cooks Illustrated

10 ingredients9 stepsAbout 8-10 pancakes
Cooks Illustrated, Jan/Feb 1996
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Ingredients

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  • Dry Ingredients

  • Wet Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix all dry ingredients in a medium bowl.

  2. 2

    Pour buttermilk and milk into a 2-cup measuring cup. Whisk in egg white.

  3. 3

    Mix egg yolk with melted butter, then stir into milk mixture.

  4. 4

    Dump wet ingredients into dry ingredients all at once. Whisk until just mixed.

  5. 5

    Heat griddle or large skillet over strong medium-high heat. Brush griddle generously with vegetable oil.

  6. 6

    When water splashed on surface confidently sizzles, pour batter (about 1/4 cup at a time) onto griddle, making sure not to overcrowd.

  7. 7

    Cook until pancake bottoms are brown and top surface starts to bubble (2-3 minutes).

  8. 8

    Flip cakes and cook until remaining side has browned (1-2 minutes longer).

  9. 9

    Re-oil the skillet and repeat for the next batch of pancakes.

💡 Cook's Notes

**Variations:** For blueberry pancakes, drop 7 blueberries onto top of freshly cooking pancake. For "whole wheat" pancakes, switch out 1/2 cup of regular flour for same amount of wheat flour.

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