Pancakes

Light, fluffy pancakes are the perfect vehicle for a pool of melting butter and drizzle of maple syrup. If you want to take this breakfast dish even further, try adding delicious mix-ins and creative toppings. Food & Wine has ideas such as cinnamon polenta, lemon ricotta, blueberry banana and more. Plus, our own mad genius, Justin Chapple, reveals how you can use a turkey baster as yoursecret weaponfor making the best pancakes yet.

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Sourdough Pancakes with Maple-Molasses Strawberries
Rating: Unrated 1
At Little Goat Diner in Chicago, 2011 F&W Best New Chef Stephanie Izard makes fluffy pancakes using sourdough starter and tops them with oat streusel and fruit. Here, we use molasses-steeped strawberries, making a breakfast that's balanced with sour, sweet, and bitter flavors.
Kimchi Cheese Jeon (Kimchi Cheese Pancake)
在她的家里的厨师,厨师雷切尔makes her own homemade Napa cabbage kimchi, and then shows how to use kimchi at varying stages of fermentation in a range of dishes. One of her favorites is this irresistible kimchi pancake, in which tangy, lightly spicy kimchi is balanced out by plenty of mozzarella and cheddar cheese.
Candied Sweet Potato Pancakes
Rating: Unrated 1
“My great-grandmother, who is 102, would always make candied sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving,” says Douglass Williams, a 2020 F&W Best New Chef. “I wanted to try to find a way to use those sweet potatoes the day after.” So Williams came up with these light, fluffy pancakes, flecked with orange zest and studded with crunchy walnuts. The addition of mashed sweet potatoes gives them a beautiful color and keeps them extra moist and tender. Since the potatoes are already sweetened, Williams cuts back the amount of brown sugar in the pancakes and plays up the warming cinnamon and clove. All in all, this quick-fix recipe is the ideal breakfast for the morning after Thanksgiving—or any time you have leftover candied sweet potatoes on hand.
To Upgrade Your Pancakes, Turn on Your Oven
Homemade berry syrup, a buttermilk hack, and a toasty butter trick are just a few of the keys to flapjack fame.
Brown-Butter Pancakes with Sheet Pan Berry Syrup
Rating: Unrated 1
Food & Wine Cooks contributor Andrea Slonecker channeled her lifelong love of pancakes to take this breakfast basic to a delicious new level. Toasty browned butter infuses the barely-sweet batter, which fries up on the griddle into fluffy, lacy-edged flapjacks. To top it off, her super-fast sheet pan fruit syrup comes together in just minutes; frozen berries burst in the oven, releasing their juices to mingle with caramelly brown sugar and a little bit of lemon for balance. Trust us—one bite and you’ll never reach for a box mix again.
6 New Pancake Recipes That Go Way Beyond Buttermilk
Plus, upgrade Sunday morning with our new favorite syrups and drizzles.
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Blue Corn Piñon Pancakes
Earthy, savory blue corn brings a vibrant hue to these silver dollar pancakes. Drizzled with sweet, tart, smoky blackberry-piloncillo syrup and dolloped with tangy whipped crema, these pancakes are fruity, not too sweet, and filled with flavor.
Japanese Soufflé Pancakes
Rating: Unrated 2
The secret to high-rise soufflé pancakes is all about speed and temperature: Cold egg whites whip more slowly than room temperature ones, but they form stronger, more uniform bubbles, and whipping them on medium speed incorporates more air. Finally, piping the batter in one swift pass allows you to create more height from the beginning without overcooking each pancake.
Ricotta Pancakes with Blueberries
Rating: 4 stars
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Adding fresh ricotta to the batter makes these pancakes incredibly moist and light.More Breakfast Recipes