Homemade Fluffy Pancake Mix
Just add an egg and milk for the fastest and fluffiest homemade pancakes! Homemade Fluffy Pancake Mix makes it super easy to whip up a breakfast from-scratch, even on crazy busy mornings.
First day of school! First day of school!
Wherrrrrrrre did my summer go? Today it's back to sharing my early mornings with the fellas, reminding them to hang up towels, brush their teeth, and eat some breakfast.
I mean, we do all those things in the summer, but they do them at like 11 am instead of 6. This day is a rude awakening.
When the boys were small I used to leave for work at like 5:45 in the morning. We had this crazy amazing babysitter that showed up at our house at the crack of dawn. She'd get them ready for school, double check back packs, and sometimes she'd make them a really quick pancake breakfast that they much preferred to my fancy choices of cereal. She was a dream babysitter, really.
Back then I always made sure we had a box of that good 'ol Aunt Jemima Just Add Water! It was the early morning pancake jam. And really, with a pancake-making-sitter at 5:45 am, can you ask for more than mix + H2O?
The answer is NO. No you can't.
So I tried, you guys.
I tried sososo hard to come up with a homemade mix you could just add water to. Then I tried to maybe just add milk?
But with every batch of mix I was getting these flat-instead-of-fluffy pancake fails. If we're keeping it real, Aunt Jemima is not very fluffy either.
And I like pancake fluff.
So this mix is an amazing delicious fluffy pancake compromise:
1 cup mix + 1 cup milk + 1 egg = 4-6 freaking delicious fluffy pancakes
Breakfast is served!!!! These mix up in less than 1 minute and cook in less than 5. BAM.
If you are fancy you will use buttermilk (so gooood).
If you are more fancy you will add a handful of fruit.
The fanciest people will give this stuff away as fun gifts in jars with cute crafty labels that I have no idea how to make.
Oh you crafty people... I wish I were cool like you.
Instead though, I am cool like me with a giant jar of pancake mix - armed and ready for hungry boys and school year things. (scroll down for the recipe)
Free Printable!
Update (1-2015)!!! A terrific reader who is also the talent behind Autumn Moon Designs made these AWESOME FREE PRINTABLES so that you can label and gift your pancake mix to your heart's content.
Click the image above or HERE to print! (there are 3 sizes available)
Can you guys believe my guys are going to middle school and high school today?! I'm tearing up as much as I did when they left for kindergarten, and I'm taking their lack of eye-rolling as a sign that I've got two awesome boys.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 cups all purpose flour
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Whisk together all ingredients thoroughly and store in an airtight container.
- To make the pancakes, simply mix together 1 cup of the mix + 1 cup of milk + 1 egg (¾ cup fresh fruit is optional and delicious!). Heat a nonstick skillet or pancake griddle and butter it. Pour the batter onto the hot griddle about ¼ cup at a time. When the top of each pancake bubbles, flip and continue cooking on the second side. Each cup of mix will yield 4-6 pancakes.
You know when you have a taste for something and no substitute will do? Well, I am a long time user of boxed-just-add-water pancake mix and yikes! we were out. Your recipe came to my rescue for our late night supper and it was delicious. Used the Magic Bullet to mix the milk, egg and vanilla (can you say easy?) & added to the dry ingredients. I also sifted the ingredients twice and the batter was lovely. Had to keep thinning the batter with extra milk which is typical of a pancake batter. Excellent recipe; a real keeper! Thank you for sharing.
Hi Sonja! Thank you so much for your sweet feedback! I'm so glad you loved this recipe as much as we do!
I have now added this mix to my pantry as a staple item! My kids love it, I love it, its great! I've even put it in a jar all fancied up to give as gifts this Christmas! I am a graphic designer and have created one of those oh so elusive tag graphics in the form of typography, so if you would like to have it please feel free to email me and I would be happy to give it to you as a thanks for the great recipe! Oh, another thing. I had leftover pumpkin pie filling after thanksgiving this year and added it to this mix and created the softest, fluffiest pumpkin pie muffins ever! They were even just as soft days later! It was amazing! Thank you so much 🙂
Thank you so much for such a glowing review, Samantha! The pumpkin pie muffin idea is pretty brilliant -- I'll have to try it! I'd love to see your graphic tag! I'll send a separate email.
Have the happiest pancake-filled holiday!!
I just thought I would mention after reading about the water sub. I didn't do that but I have been using Soya milk as my children are allergic to dairy and it works just fine 🙂 Maybe slightly less fluffy but not by much at all. It is still one of the most requested foods from them 🙂
That's great to know Samantha! Thank you!
Please email me your pancake label. Gift are a great idea. Thanks. John
Just tried these.To much baking powder for me.I can taste the baking powder in them. Do not like that. Will use about half the next time i make them.
Hey Carl! Thanks for the feedback! I nearly always use a 1/2 tbsp baking powder : 1 cup flour ratio with pancakes but if you could taste it that's understandably no good! You might whisk the dry ingredients a little more and that might help, but if you change the measurements to something you think works a little better be sure to let us know! 🙂
Mine came out flat. Like the flattest ever. Maybe I overmixed the batter or didn’t let them sit long enough to bubble up and create volume. Batter was mega runny. I thoroughly incorporated the baking powder into the dry mix.
Hey Saasy -- did you check the date on your baking powder? That's usually the culprit. That much baking powder + eggs means that it should be fluffy because science. If it's not then there's something affecting the chemistry of the ingredients. Hope that helps!
Can go without baking soda?
This recipe calls for baking POWDER. You definitely do not want to leave that out.
march 19/2016
I USED: Rice milk because of dairy issues.worked well. even subbed some ww.flour I make small ones
which still turned out fluffy.
This will be my home & RV mix from now on.
Thanks abunchShark
Thanks so much for the substitution tips!!! Glad you enjoyed!!
I love this recipe so much! I have shared with so many people! Thank you for this!
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Love pancakes in the morning for breakfast but I hate how time consuming they can be to make - especially when I am craving a stack and in a rush.. so this mix recipe is definitely something that I need to try out. Thanks for the idea!
Have you tried a trick my mother taught me? If your recipe calls for eggs that don't require separating and beating (and you don't have any) sub each egg with a tablespoon each of custard powder and milk. Coz, you know...custard is made from eggs.
Perhaps if you added 6 tablespoons of custard powder to the jar then all you'd have to add is a dash more milk?
Love your work.
I have not tried custard powder, Sharon but that is a terrific idea!! If you try it let me know! I did try powdered egg whites (like what I use for royal frosting on cookies) and they were not fluffy like this. Thank you so much!
Would this work in a waffle maker? I suck at making pancakes - but I'm great with a waffle maker!
I wish I had a waffle iron! I have never tried it because I don't have the equipment, but I don't see why it wouldn't work! If you need thicker batter, use a little less milk. Thinner batter add a little more milk. The pancake mix basically works like the box mixes - you can easily adjust the liquid : mix ratio to get your result. If you try it let us know how it works!
I need to make some pancake mix too...I am so jealous. I need those pancakes in my mouth right about now 🙂
Pancake mix is awesome!!!! Make it 🙂
What a handy mix to have, I am always making pancakes on the spur 😛
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Yes!
Those are some delicious-looking pancakes! You are right. They need to be fluffy! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Michele!!
Love these. Am totally going to have these the next time the boys, (or Spencer) comes home. They look fantastic. And it is unbelievable...College, High School, Middle School? I cannot stop thinking about it, or believing it.
Make this mix! You can have fast pancakes anytime. They will be so happy! Except my boys are annoying and won't eat pancakes with fruit. Weirdos.
gorgeous!
Thanks!
I LOVE this: 4-6 freaking delicious fluffy pancakes! I am a good one for saying freakin' and flippin'! Heather, I am so thrilled to hear we have the same descriptive vocabulary! Have a great day despite the heat (85 in NY today, UHG)!
hahaha Deb. I should probably work on my adjectives but the words just come out the same way I talk! It's crazy hot here, too. I am hiding out indoors with the a/c!
Just get to the recipe. Your kids,etc. AREN'T IMPORTANT TO US.
Hey Micah - F*ck off.
That is just cruel. Just drop down to the recipe and refrain from being downright mean. Hope the pancakes will sweeten your disposition.