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Easy Basic Pancakes

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Nothing says "weekend" like homemade pancakes for breakfast. Our easy recipe will help you whip them up in less than 30 minutes. Making pancake batter from scratch is so simple that you'll wonder why you never did it before!

Best Buttermilk Pancakes

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The key to light and fluffy buttermilk pancakes from scratch? Don't overmix the batter—it should have small to medium lumps.

Old-Fashioned Pancakes

This is the most basic recipe for a slightly thick pancake. It's just as easy to make a quick homemade batter as it is to open a box mix, which needs ingredients added to it anyway. And using organic ingredients seems to give the pancakes a cleaner and truer flavor.From the book "Mad Hungry," by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Artisan Books).

Classic Dutch Baby

The next time your crew craves pancakes, serve something new and exciting: a Dutch baby. This baked pancake requires whirring a few basic ingredients in a blender, pouring the batter into a piping-hot skillet, and baking for 20 minutes (no need to flip). After it poofs up into a show-worthy display, serve with fresh fruit, whipped cream, and warm maple syrup.

Oven-Baked Blueberry Pancake

This pancake is also delicious without the berries, which can be served alongside instead.This recipe is one of our Better Basics: 10 New Takes on Family Favorites, see the others.

Best Quick Pancakes

So easy, you might decide pancakes are just convenient enough to eat for dinner. For a change of taste, you can add fruit, like berries or bananas, and still make light and fluffy pancakes.

Bacon Pancakes

These bacon pancakes satisfy both the sweet and savory senses. Surprise your family with this breakfast dish one weekend morning.

Test Kitchen's Favorite Buttermilk Pancakes

Lemon juice adds a subtle tang to our light-as-air flapjacks that are perfect for Mother's Day or just an ordinary Saturday morning.

Silver Dollar Pancakes

These mini pancakes are so much more than a delicious breakfast. Use these silver dollar pancakes as the base for a variety of sweet or savory appetizers or desserts.

Cheddar-and-Scallion Savory Pancakes

Keep the cooked pancakes warm on a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet in a 200-degree oven while making the rest.

Banana Pancakes

These delicious pancakes will be a morning treat for your little ones.

Swedish Pancakes

Smaller and thinner than their American counterparts, Swedish pancakes are quite tender and comparable in texture to French crepes. If you don't have a Swedish pancake pan, cook the pancakes in a nonstick pan.

Inspiration and Ideas

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30 Days of Perfect Pancake Recipes for Breakfast or Brunch

Get out the syrup! Whether you call them flapjacks, hotcakes, or pancakes, we've got a month's worth of spectacular stacks that are just the thing for brunch.

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Dutch Baby with Apples and Honey

Packed with Granny Smith apples, this Dutch baby pancake is a perfect dish for a fall brunch when everyone craves cozy baked apples. It would make a fitting centerpiece at a special Rosh Hashanah brunch as it nods to the traditional dish of sliced apples dipped in honey, a ritual performed to represent the hope for a sweet new year.

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Blueberry Dutch Pancakes

To make four individual pancakes, you will need four little cast-iron skillets, 6 1/4 inches to 6 1/2 inches in diameter. You can use one 12-inch cast-iron skillet instead; it will take about 20 minutes to bake.

The Fluffiest Pancakes

Martha's Dutch Baby Pancake

Martha's Dutch baby pancake is inspired by a now-famous recipe from writer and editor David Eyre that was featured in the New York Times in 1966.

Pumpkin Pancakes

Use up your leftover canned pumpkin puree to make these Pumpkin Pancakes.

Buckwheat Pancakes

Layer these earthy pancakes with sausage patties and fried eggs for a hearty, crowd-pleasing breakfast. Or go lighter and top with yogurt and fresh fruit. Either way, don't skimp on the maple syrup!

Neil's Pancakes

Find out why the pancakes at Clinton Street Baking Company were voted the best in New York with this recipe from owner Neil Kleinberg. It comes from his "Clinton Street Baking Company Cookbook."

Heart Pancakes

This is the perfect breakfast treat for your loved ones.

Mulberry Pancakes

Mulberries are sweet, but the best ones have a bit of acidity that adds character to their flavor. One tasty way to contain the juicy, even messy, berries is to suspend them in hot pancakes and use more for garnish.

Apple Pancakes

Pancakes vary in thickness from the ultra-thin French crepe to the robust American breakfast pancake. In this recipe, which calls for sliced cinnamon apples, the oven transforms a rather thin batter into a sweet, giant pouf dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Peanut Butter-Stuffed Pancakes

Cut into these airy pancakes and you'll discover a delicious surprise -- a crunchy peanut butter center.

Corn Pancakes

Fresh corn kernels give these pancakes their sweet taste and robust texture.

Buttermilk Blueberry Pancakes

Fluffy buttermilk blueberry pancakes make for the perfect Sunday brunch. This recipe was adapted from John Besh's My Family Table (Andrews McMeel Publishing; 2011).

Apple-Buttermilk Pancakes

These pancakes are great with syrup, sliced bananas, a smear of almond butter, or a dollop of part-skim ricotta.

Whole-Wheat Pancakes with Berry Compote

Heated with lemon and a little sugar, blueberries cook down to an almost jammy topping to mix with blackberries and spoon over whole-wheat pancakes. The breakfast delivers a great dose of fiber.

Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Drizzle these pancakes with maple syrup or your favorite fruit sauce. They can also be served with fresh fruit and a dusting of confectioners' sugar.

David Eyre's Pancake

This pancake is a more delicate version of the classic puffy German pancake, also known as the Dutch Baby. The recipe, shared by "The Essential New York Times Cookbook" author Amanda Hesser, was developed by David Eyre.

German Apple Pancakes

If your family loves pancakes (of course they do!), they're likely to get even more excited about the baked kind that puffs up in the oven.

Johnny Cakes

This recipe for these early-American pancakes comes to us from Richard Donnelly of Kenyon's Mill in South Kingston, Rhode Island.

Simple Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes

Buttermilk makes these pancakes, recipe courtesy of Lillian Achilles of Portland, Texas, especially scrumptious. If you prefer, omit the blueberries and serve the pancakes topped with sliced bananas.

All-Purpose Breakfast Batter

While it's true that you can't always please everyone all the time, this versatile breakfast recipe can get you pretty darn close. Whip up this one-bowl batter, then use the variations listed below to tweak them into tender muffins, fluffy pancakes, or cakey doughnuts.

Blueberry Buttermilk Flapjacks

Good old American fluffy flapjacks, dotted with blueberries and drizzled with maple syrup, are sweetly enticing for their flavor and their familiarity.

Dutch Baby with Ham and Chives

This Seussian spin on Green Eggs and Ham blends fresh chives into an eggy Dutch baby batter before pouring it into a hot skillet to bake. After it puffs itself up into an impressive soufflé-like shape, top it with thin slices of good ham and a shmear of assertive Dijon mustard before serving.

Orange Ricotta Pancakes

Grated navel orange zest and ricotta cheese make ordinary pancakes extraordinary.

Cinnamon-Oat Pancakes

Rolled oats give these pancakes a hearty, nutty flavor. Serve them with butter and maple syrup or powdered sugar and bananas.

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