🥞 American Pancakes (Fluffy Breakfast Pancakes)
American pancakes are thick, soft, and fluffy pancakes usually served with syrup, butter, fruits, or honey. Here’s a simple recipe you can make at home.
🧾 Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp melted butter or oil
- ½ tsp vanilla extract (optional)
👩🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Mix dry ingredients
In a bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
2️⃣ Mix wet ingredients
In another bowl whisk milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla.
3️⃣ Combine
Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and stir gently until just combined (small lumps are okay).
4️⃣ Cook pancakes
- Heat a non-stick pan on medium heat.
- Lightly grease with butter or oil.
- Pour about ¼ cup batter for each pancake.
5️⃣ Flip
Cook for 2–3 minutes until bubbles appear, then flip and cook another 1–2 minutes until golden.
🍯 Serving Ideas
Top your pancakes with:
- Maple syrup
- Butter
- Fresh berries
- Banana slices
- Honey or chocolate syrup
✅ Tip for extra fluffy pancakes:
Let the batter rest for 5–10 minutes before cooking.
If you want, I can also show you:
- 🥞 3-ingredient pancakes (super easy)
- 🥞 Healthy oat pancakes
- 🥞 Japanese fluffy pancakes (thick café style).
