How to Make the Easiest Pancakes Ever

Summary by Krater

America's Test Kitchen demonstrates how to make fluffy, tall homemade pancakes from scratch using a simple batter mixed with a high proportion of baking powder, and serves them with a compound butter made of orange and almond.

From the video

Answers: How do I make fluffy, tall pancakes from scratch?

• homemade pancake recipe
• pancake batter consistency
• cooking pancakes on a electric griddle
• orange almond compound butter

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup plus 1/2 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• maple syrup
• compound butter with orange and almond

What it concludes

• Leaving lumps in pancake batter results in a thicker batter that makes taller, fluffier pancakes.
• Letting the pancake batter rest for 10 minutes allows the flour lumps to hydrate and improves the texture.
• Preheating a griddle to 350 degrees ensures even browning on pancakes.
• Keeping the spatula low to the griddle when flipping prevents pancakes from splashing batter.