Buttermilk Pancakes

Name: Buttermilk Pancakes
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cups buttermilk; 2 large eggs; 1-3/4 cups flour; 1/4 cup sugar; 2-1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp kosher salt; 1/4 tsp cinnamon; 2 tbsp butter (unsalted and melted)

Light, fluffy, and flavorful – everything you need in a buttermilk pancake recipe

By Mark Hinds | Updated February 24, 2022

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Soft, fluffy buttermilk pancakes with warm maple syrup are a great way to start the morning.

This buttermilk pancake recipe makes delicious, light golden-brown pancakes with a hint of cinnamon.

How to Make the Fluffiest Buttermilk Pancakes

The great thing about using buttermilk for pancakes is that it provides a lot more flavor than regular milk.

The buttermilk also works in tandem with the baking soda to help create light airy pancakes.

Buttermilk gives the pancakes a richer flavor

What makes these pancakes so light and fluffy is using both baking powder and baking soda. It also helps if you give them a whisk, right before pouring the batter onto the griddle.

What makes this pancake recipe so tasty is adding cinnamon and a touch of salt to the batter – making the pancakes amazingly flavorful.

A tip to help tell when the pancakes should be flipped is to watch for bubbles to start forming in the batter.

A few things we like to serve with these are pitchers of tangy Bloody Mary’s, the sweet, smoky flavor of a Maple Bourbon Glazed Ham, or the rich meaty flavor from Homemade Bacon.