You know this guy, right!?
He’s my Dad. ย He makes some amazing pancakes… the best pancakes, the best tacos, the best sweet potato pie, the best tofu potato bake. ย He’s a champion in the kitchen.
He’s also a champion Dad. ย Top notch. ย The kind of man that will talk to you for hours about the intricacies of Alfred Hitchcock movies… when you’re eight years old, make your stuffed animals talk and have fake bowel movements, and microwave your ice cream so it’s not too cold. ย He’s the best I know. ย Happy Father’s Day.
Want pancakes? ย Take the jump!
Dadโs ย Buttermilk Pancakes
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 teaspoons light brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Whisk together milk, eggs and vegetable oil in a medium bowl, then whisk in the butter.
Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in another medium bowl. Whisk in egg mixture until combined.
Once combined, let the batter sit for 10 minutes while griddle preheats.
Spray a griddle or skillet with nonstick vegetable spray over medium heat. Working in batches of 3 (or 6 if your griddle will allow) pour 1/4-cup measures of batter onto skillet and cook until bubbles have formed on the top and sides of the pancakes and broken, about 2 minutes. Flip pancakes with a spatula (a super thing metal spatula works great) and cook until undersides are golden, about 1 minute more. Lower heat if pancakes brown too quickly. Serve with maple syrup or molasses.
Can you see the steam!? ย That’s legit!
65 Responses
The pancakes look awesome! I noticed you mentioned your dad makes the best sweet potato pie. I’m wondering if you could share the recipe. I now it isn’t really sweet potato pie season yet, but it’s my boyfriend’s favorite and I would love to try to make it! Thanks – love your blog!
I second the sweet potato pie recipe request–in season, of course! I’m having pancakes for breakfast tomorrow after seeing these pics. Thank you!
up until this recipe. i was not a fan of pancakes..they just didn’t do it for me. Denny’s was the only place that I would really eat them (and maybe twice a year at that)..I tried this recipe and holy smokes!! I LOVE PANCAKES!!! My little boy (3 yrd old) always asks me to make em!!! Thanks so much for sharing this great recipe Joy!!!
Joy, your dad seriously looks like my high school tennis coach and 11th grade English teacher Mr. Cyrus! Is that him?
Made these today and wow i’m never going back to box mix. This is it!
I made these for father’s day today, and WOW, these have to be some of the best pancakes I have ever tasted, let alone made. I’m linking this recipe to my blog asap (2nd recipe from Joy the Baker on there)! Thanks again for a wonderful recipe Joy!
I was looking for a buttermilk pancake recipe for tomorrow morning and I thought I bet Joy has one. Sure enough it is even for Father’s day. I am very intrigued by the tofu potato bake.
These are amazing! Light and fluffy and perfect. I added cinnamon and allspice then topped with homeade blueberry jam. So good, thanks Joy’s Dad!
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Oh how I love, love, love your recipes! I’ve never, ever had issue executing one of them…until today :( I grabbed my whole wheat pastry flour instead of regular and the batter ended up thick like cookie batter(I even used a cookie scoop to portion and the little mound stayed mounded in the pan). If my waffle iron wasn’t in storage for our move, I would have tried the batter for waffles, which I imagine would have been amazing!. So much for pancakes today. I look forward to trying these again, when I DON’T grab the wrong flour :)