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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

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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).

Pumpkin Pancakes

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

Classic Dutch Baby

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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

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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.

Cottage Cheese Pancakes

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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.

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

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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.

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.

Inspiration and Ideas

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.

30 Recipes That Use Tangy Buttermilk in Genius Ways

Gluten-Free Breakfast Ideas for a Brilliant Start to the Day

Cheddar-and-Scallion Savory Pancakes

Banana Pancakes

Apple-Cardamom Brown-Butter Dutch Baby

Cottage Cheese Pancakes with Lemon

These pancakes are crisp outside and fluffy inside; thanks to the addition of cottage cheese, they have more protein than most.

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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.

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!

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.

Quinoa Cakes

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Start the morning off right with these pancakes made from quinoa, an ancient grain that is high in protein and dietary fiber.

Oatmeal Pancakes with Cinnamon

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Combine breakfast favorites oatmeal and pancakes for the perfect start to your day. Rolled oats give these pancakes a hearty, nutty flavor. Serve your oatmeal pancakes with butter and maple syrup or powdered sugar and bananas.

The Fluffiest Pancakes

Blueberry-Cornmeal Pancakes

This batter is thicker than normal, thanks to the addition of cornmeal. The bubbles that usually indicate when to flip a pancake will not form, so flip when the edges start to set.

Apple-Buttermilk Pancakes

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

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.

Dutch Baby Pancake with Apples

Baked in a large, hot skillet, the thin, eggy batter puffs up like a popover. To serve, slide the pancake from the skillet onto a round serving platter, and present it apple side up.

Corn Pancakes

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

Peanut Butter-Stuffed Pancakes

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

Ricotta-Cornmeal Pancakes

Fresh ricotta pulls double duty in these fluffy pancakes -- it goes into the batter and is schmeared on top before serving.

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).

Blueberry-Flax Buttermilk Pancakes

Creamy buttermilk and heart-healthy flaxseed combine with blueberries for a delicious pancake breakfast.

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.

Johnny Cakes

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

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."

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.

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.

Silver-Dollar Pancake Sundaes with Chocolate Hazelnut Sauce

Use our Everyday Baking Mix to make this sweet treat. Whether you serve it for dessert or breakfast is up to you.

Cloud Pancakes

Gingerbread Pancakes

To welcome the cooler mornings of autumn, make pancakes sweetened with molasses and flavored with warming gingerbread spices.

Hazelnut Pancakes with Raspberry Sauce

Pure hazelnut flavor fills these breakfast cakes. A griddle is especially useful because it keeps an even heat and allows you to make multiple pancakes at a time. A nonstick skillet also works well.

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