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Buttermilk pancakes

Buttermilk pancakes, photographed for Pinch of Mint

By Tom · Updated

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  • About 26 min
  • Easy

They are the perfect treat and can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or even dessert. Cover them in a syrup of your choice, chocolate, fruit, and enjoy. Here's the fluffiest buttermilk pancake recipe.

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The recipe

Buttermilk pancakes

They are the perfect treat and can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or even dessert.

  • 20 min prep
  • 6 min cooking
  • Easy

Times and difficulty are our estimates from the method, not stopwatch figures.

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Method

  1. Step 1

    Begin by weighing out all ingredients.

  2. Step 2

    Place the buttermilk (150 ml), egg yolks (2 yolks), lemon zest, melted butter (25 g), plain flour (125 g), bicarb, and baking powder (½ tsp) into a mixing bowl and whisk until smooth.

  3. Step 3

    Next, whisk the egg whites (4 whites) and one teaspoon of lemon juice (1 tsp) using an electric whisk or stand mixer until they double in size. Gradually whisk in the caster sugar (30 g) until fully incorporated.

  4. Step 4

    Fold one-third of the whisked egg whites (4 whites) into the pancake batter. Don't worry about knocking the air out with this first third, you can be quite rough. This will make it easier to incorporate the rest of the egg whites.

  5. Step 5

    Gently fold in the rest of the egg whites (4 whites) one spoon at a time.

To cook

  1. Step 1

    Place a frying pan over a low heat. Add into the pan a small ladle of pancake batter followed by a small splash of water. Cover with a lid and cook for 3 minutes.

  2. Step 2

    Remove the lid and place another small amount of pancake batter onto the pancakes, cover and cook for one more minute.

  3. Step 3

    Flip the pancakes over and add another splash of water. Cover and cook for a final 3 minutes.

  4. Step 4

    Stack up the pancakes, cover with syrup of your choice, fruit and enjoy.

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Questions people ask

How long does buttermilk pancakes take?

About 26 min from start to finish, of which 20 min is prep and 6 min is cooking. That figure is worked out from the method rather than timed with a stopwatch, so give yourself a little more the first time.

How much does this make?

The original recipe did not state a yield, so nothing has been invented for it. The scale control on the recipe card multiplies the quantities instead, which is the honest version of the same thing.

Can I see the ingredients in ounces and pints?

Yes. The metric and imperial switch on the recipe card converts every quantity, rounded to amounts you can actually weigh or measure rather than to four decimal places. Your choice is remembered for every recipe on the site.

Is it vegetarian?

Yes, as written. If you are cooking for a strict vegetarian, the one to check is the cheese: several hard cheeses are made with animal rennet.