These are those thick, spongy American pancakes that are often eaten with warm maple syrup and crisp fried bacon. I love them with the syrup alone, but if you do want bacon, I think streaky is best. You can easily cook these pancakes by dolloping the batter onto a hot griddle (smooth, nor ridged, side) or heavy based pan.
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Posted by tonto14 on 1st Aug 2011 at 22.02
These are by far the best american pancakes I have ever made, light, fluffy, absolutely gorgeous! This is a must-try recipe
Posted by 51gan on 29th Sep 2012 at 12.35
A tablespoon of baking powder? Really?
Posted by Lizziewall on 17th Oct 2012 at 17.11
the best pancakes I´ve ever done. Became my official recipe
Posted by lsalasw on 7th Nov 2012 at 15.13
Wow just made the pancakes and they were the best I've made. Fluffy and just right!
Posted by Muzi_Maseko on 27th Nov 2012 at 13.46
I tried this recipe over the weekend and it was amazing....so soft n spongy. i tweaked the recipe a bit and added some mashed bananas to this. AMAZING!!! banana pancake recipe ... me n hubby had a couple of them with honey and some of them huge dollops of nutella and some of them with strawberries and cream ... total yum yum yum in my tum tum tum!! Will be hosting a pancake morning with the hubby and a couple of friends soon so this will be def trying this recipe again ! x
Posted by rosie.solomon on 2nd Jan 2013 at 17.39
These pancakes are so easy to make and everyone loves these!! I use this recipe as the base and have added blueberries or frozen mixed summer berries to the batter just before pouring into the pan. I serve then with a drizzle of good maple syrup and dollops of low fat yoghurt. Great for grown-ups and kids!!
Posted by Kripsy on 27th Jan 2013 at 10.43
I tried this simple recipe and made great, tasty, fluffy pancakes today for the pancake day! Thanks a lot!
Posted by Yun on 12th Feb 2013 at 21.50
I've only tried American pancakes once, at frankie and benny's. But have often thought of making them at home since then, but had never plucked up the courage. What if they were dead hard to make? What if i screwed them up? What if they didn't taste the same? This recipe is dead easy. Dead tasty and there's a strong possibility i'll be having pancakes every sunday now :-)
Posted by Mazza3779 on 21st Feb 2013 at 8.47
This is an amazing recipe, first time I've tried to make American pancakes, for my mum on Mother's Day, she loves them, and they taste amazing :)
Posted by RhiC on 10th Mar 2013 at 11.46
Awesome recipe! To get a more wholesome flavor...I've added 1 tsp of salt and 1 tbsp of sugar instead... plus 1 tbsp of maple syrup to the batter!! Gorgeously yummy:)) Thanks for sharing...
Posted by Mrs D Goh on 1st Apr 2013 at 16.21
Made these for breakfast...yummy!!
Posted by MissE on 1st Apr 2013 at 22.17
Be an instinctive cook and tweak the measurements for better consistency. For me, a moderately thin batter makes rounder and fluffier pancakes. The ingredients used in this recipe are just right. The bubbles and blisters tip is spot on too. Add a bit of vanilla essence to spike up the flavour, if you want.
Posted by meltinmouth on 13th Apr 2013 at 6.18
This recipe is brilliant. Super easy to flip too! :D
Posted by Goddess101 on 20th May 2013 at 13.24