Buttermilk Pancakes

Buttermilk pancakes, especially with mini chocolate chips, are a weekly breakfast in our house. I am not a fan of boxed pancake mix. The page-long ingredients give me the creeps, not to mention the boatloads of sugar, and they seem only to make pancakes that resemble hockey pucks. I found this easy recipe years ago, and it has been a go-to weekday breakfast ever since.

To make the prep faster for the morning rush, I pre-mix the dry ingredients into small plastic containers, and I write the dry ingredients on the lid. This way, in the mornings I can grab a container out of the cabinet, whisk it in a large glass pyrex, and mix in the wet ingredients. I prep two to three containers at a time and replenish them as needed. I highly suggest this if you have children who like to make their pancakes and waffles. It certainly makes the kid in the kitchen clean up easier!

Don’t forget to drop some blueberries or mini chocolate chips on the batter just before flipping!

Dry Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour- can use 1/2 whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• Optional to add mini chocolate chips, blueberries or any other add-in

Wet Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup buttermilk- click here to make your buttermilk
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons melted butter, cooled
• 1 egg
• 1-2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)

Directions

1. Whisk dry ingredients lightly in a bowl.
2. Combine all wet ingredients, mixing well, making sure butter isn’t too hot or it will scramble your egg.
3. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, careful not to overmix.
4. Let batter stand for a few minutes to thicken.
5. Heat griddle and pour about 1/3 cup batter, spread with the back of the ladle if too thick, in pools 2 inches away from one other. Scatter with berries or chocolate chips, if using. When pancakes have bubbles on top and are slightly dry around edges, about 2 1/2 minutes, flip over. Cook until golden on bottom, about 1 minute.

Enjoy!

If you like pancakes as much as we do, you can try our favorite Pumpkin Pancake Recipe Here.