Pancake day and mine were awful, again!

[whitney250]

We ordered some malted pancake/waffle batter from Amazon, and it's pretty good! I can't recall the name of it, but it's in a white bag with black lettering (generic, I know, sorry!)

 

[scrhsa]

I use bisquick also. I put in mini chocolate chips and/or blueberries depending on our mood.

I always a bit of vanilla and cinnamon as well. During Halloween/Thanksgiving I add the pumpkin flavored chips too

 

[DisneyOma]

If by pancake day you mean Shrove Tuesday - that was last week.

Nope, nothing religious to do with it at all - it's just pancakes.

 

[monorailsilver]

My DH likes the Betty Crocker version...probably because bisque know sends him to the bathroom!

I make the busquick version. I found over the years that skim milk makes them fluffier. I just used almond milk since we didn't have skim about a month ago and they had a hint of almond flavor. My pancakes are actually good, but it's a box mix, sort of like brownies, yummy!

I also made pumpkin ones, they were pretty good, it was a Betty Crocker recipe.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

I always a bit of vanilla and cinnamon as well. During Halloween/Thanksgiving I add the pumpkin flavored chips too

I like to add cinnamon chips sometimes. I use them in my oatmeal cookies too. Yummy!

 

[MamaBelle4]

I like adding banana to my pancakes personally.

ETA my DH uses peanut butter and syrup on his pancakes. It is actually pretty tasty.

 

[tzolkin]

I use Bisquick, but add less milk than it calls for. The consistency requires that you spoon it onto the griddle, not liquidy enough to pour. They are always light and fluffy.

I also add all of the following--
For flavor: canned pumpkin, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground flax
For fluffiness: baking powder and lemon juice

I have been making these since my kids were little. I make a huge batch and freeze the extras so they have something quick they can grab for breakfast on school days.

 

[Praying Colonel]

After I started using this recipe from Mark Bittman ("How To Cook Everything") I never bought a box mix again. About as easy as a mix and so good.

IMHO the key is not to over-mix, as others have stated. It's OK if it's a little lumpy. They'll cook out.

 

[brooke789]

I just made this mix this weekend. https://www.sugardishme.com/homemade-fluffy-pancake-mix/#_a5y_p=2324919

Then made a double recipe following the instructions for the mix. Half regular and half nutella stuffed. They were great!

 

[Mickeypooh99]

We use Krusteaz just add water. They always turn out great. It's cheap to buy a huge bag at Costco. Sams used to carry it, but they switched to another brand.

My oldest DS really prefers carbon's golden malted pancake and waffle mix. I've heard it's what they use at Disney. It's also what they use in the restaurant where DS is a cook so he's used to it. You have to add milk and eggs. And weirdly at his restaurant they also add Sierra Mist to the batter. I think that is the strangest thing! I can never find that brand in a store so I have to order it online.

 

[adisneyaunt]

I like adding banana to my pancakes personally.

ETA my DH uses peanut butter and syrup on his pancakes. It is actually pretty tasty.

I am so gonna try this one!
I Love pb!

 

[wenrob]

I like adding banana to my pancakes personally.

ETA my DH uses peanut butter and syrup on his pancakes. It is actually pretty tasty.

When my son was little he was a very picky eater and bordering on underweight. I started putting peanut butter on mini pancakes for him. He ate that for breakfast four or fives times a week for several years. What's funny is I'm a peanut butter junkie, if it's got PB I'm in but when I put it on my own pancakes I was 'meh' about it.

 

[scrhsa]

I like to add cinnamon chips sometimes. I use them in my oatmeal cookies too. Yummy!

Absolutely!!! Sometimes the cinnamon ones don't make it to the batter

 

[Meriweather]

We use almond milk since DGD has dairy allergy.
She likes chocolate chips (dairy free), banana, blueberries, raspberries, but plain the most with syrup. I send the leftovers home with her so DS can fed her them for a few more mornings before day care.

I've tried other mixes and making my own (I did make my own Bisquick for years), but back to good old Bisquick. I've been eating and using it since I was a kid!

 

[Wishing on a star]

I don't know how anybody could mess up a simple boxed pancake mix!

Having said that, I just read a piece about the best pancake mixes, and the one I use came in first... Aunt Jemima Buttermilk.
Bisquick came in dead last. Bisquick is ewwww...

Okay, a box of mix can get old and not rise like it should.
Also, the pan has to be preheated to the right temperature. a Medium temperature.
The batter should hit a hot pan/griddle. But not hot enough to burn too quickly.

Sadly, we don't do pancake days here anymore. As we eat healthier and less sugar.
But, when I do make them. Yummy!!!!!!

 

[mnrose]

I make pancakes many times a week. This is my "recipe" and it turns out great nearly every time. The ONLY things I measure are the flour, half and half, and baking powder. Everything else is eyeballed. LOL. I've been doing it so often I can just *tell* what the proper proportions are. I use two mixing bowls from a set. The smaller one, I use to mix the dry ingredients (3/4 cup flour, 2 tsp baking soda, salt....maybe 1/4 teaspoon). I use a whisk to make sure well blended. In the other bowl, I pour a bit of vanilla, then oil to cover the bottom of the bowl, then a splash of maple syrup for sweetness, one egg, and 3/4 cup half and half (trust me on this...makes 'em just right). I whisk the wet ingredients together very well. Then pour the dry into the wet, give it a good whisk to make sure it's blended together (some small lumps will remain). While I'm doing all that, I'm heating my pan on the stove. The pan is properly hot when you can put some water sprinkles on the pan and they "dance." For me, if I start the pan on medium heat at the same time I start the mixing, it works out great.

Practice is key to good pancakes...as well as a properly heated pan.

 

[soccerdad72]

We use Krusteaz just add water. They always turn out great. It's cheap to buy a huge bag at Costco. Sams used to carry it, but they switched to another brand.

We use Krusteaz from Costco as well - works well for us. Add egg and oil for waffle batter.

 

[aprilchem]

Do you have an electric griddle? They make a big difference, IMO. I cook a hot breakfast every day at home, and Tuesdays and Fridays are "pancake days" at my house. I either make them from scratch (using Allrecipes "Good Old Fashioned Pancakes" recipe) or get Krusteaz pancake mix if I can find it on sale. I like Krusteaz because you only have to add water, and sometimes at 5:45 am I'm not awake enough to crack eggs. On my griddle I can make 9 silver dollar pancakes at a time and I usually do 45 pancakes, so I'm done pretty quickly.

The other thing I think that really helps is using a good nonstick griddle and not using any pam or butter to fry them in. I usually make chocolate chip pancakes so we don't need to use syrup (my kids get messy with syrup, and I don't want to have to have them change clothes for school again). They're very popular at my house!

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Aunt Jemima complete mix. Just add water. I also add cinnamon and vanilla. My kids love my "homemade" pancakes.

 

[clutter]

After I started using this recipe from Mark Bittman ("How To Cook Everything") I never bought a box mix again. About as easy as a mix and so good.

IMHO the key is not to over-mix, as others have stated. It's OK if it's a little lumpy. They'll cook out.

Ok, I just don't understand the lump thing. I have NEVER had the lumps cook out into anything but little pockets of dry ingredients. Bread, pancakes, muffins - any recipe that says that. I don't get it, that they are supposed to cook out.