The Fluffiest Pancakes You'll Ever Eat

pancakes are one of the most iconic breakfasts and so many recipes claim to have the best so we spent several weeks and tried out a few techniques and we found what it actually takes to make the best fluffiest buttermilk pancakes ever the right amount of flour is crucial to achieving a fluffy pancake and so many recipes vary in terms of how much they call for so we experimented to find the exact proportion needed for the perfect pancake so if you used too little flour in this case 2 cups you end up with a pancake that tastes really great but it's really flat too much flour Creed's a deceivingly thick pancake sure it looks great but it lacks flavor and its really just too dense I mean it kind of tastes like eating you know like baked flour no one wants it we found the sweet spot is two and a half cups of flour your pancakes will be light fluffy and delicious protip make sure you measure the flour correctly by spooning it into the measuring cup and then leveling it with a straight edge if you scoop the flour directly with the cup or just pack it right in whatever you make is gonna be way too dense now flower isn't the only thing that affects how pillowy your pancakes are chopped their fluff factor you're gonna need a leavener leaveners are those ingredients that allow food to rise from cooking or baking these are things like yeast baking powder and baking soda if you use only baking soda your pancakes will rise but taste to Sophie if you use just baking powder which is a mixture of baking soda and cream of tartar it'll taste like aluminum foil we use a mixture of both because when they work together you'll get the perfect amount of lift from the combination of baking soda along with the right amount of Tang from the cream of tartar and the baking powder so now that we've got all that settled let's prep our dry ingredients this is pretty straightforward at the sugar salt baking powder and baking soda to the flour and whisk to combine now there's nothing more classic than using buttermilk for your pancakes that's it if you find yourself in a pinch you can actually make your own it's pretty simple just add a few tablespoons of lemon juice or vinegar to whole milk and let it stand for 5 to 10 minutes once you see the milk start to curdle you can use it just like buttermilk yeah up close it looks a little weird we also did an experiment to see if he's in buttermilk powder would enhance the fluffiness of our pancakes and actually the texture but the buttermilk flavor was completely lost now we're gonna move on to our wet ingredients add the buttermilk melted butter and egg yolks and again whisk together yeah it's a lot of butter but you're making pancakes you want them to be buttery and flavorful and delicious make it life better with butter okay this seems simple but this is actually a make-or-break moment you're gonna add the buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients and gently mix it until just combined I really want to emphasize to not over mix your batter that will result in dense flat pancakes you also want to use a rubber spatula instead of a whisk that'll help you just gently fold the ingredients together now eggs are the final super important part of guaranteeing that you'll achieve picture-perfect fluffy pancakes I cannot stress this enough they're also the most debated we found that adding a whole egg all at once doesn't actually result in any fluffiness you should add the egg whites separate from the egg yolk because on its own the egg white has different properties than if you were to add the whole egg all at once the most popular method is to add the egg yolk to the batter then beat the separated white into soft peaks before folding it in this does work but we actually found that you can save yourself some time by adding the separated unbe neg white on its own to get a pancake that's just as fluffy I mean who really wants to break out the hand mixer at 7:00 a.m. am i right now we're gonna add the unwept egg white on its own and again fold it until just combined you don't want to see any of that snotty egg then you also don't want it to be too mixed in this may look under mixed but some lumps and small pockets of flour actually what you want the batter to look like at this point let the batter rest for 15 to 30 minutes so all the ingredients can really get to know each other well it may not seem super important the pan you use can radically impact how your pancakes look you can absolutely use a nonstick pan if you want it's smooth surface will guarantee that your pancakes are flat and uniform however when we prefer a cast iron the rough surface of the cast iron will give your pancakes these glorious craggy pockets perfect for soaking up all that butter and syrup you're gonna put on top set your pan over medium heat with a tablespoon of butter yes more butter you can use oil if you want to but it'll make your pancakes taste more like a doughnut rather and the pancake which is fine if you know that's your thing once the butter melts and starts to bubble turn the heat down to medium-low to ensure that everything cooks evenly we found that a hefty third cup of batter gives us the ideal sized pancakes but you can make them as big or as small as you want this is also the time for you to customize your pancakes with blueberries chocolate chips whatever you want I'm a berry type of girl myself but you can go crazy so after a few minutes you're gonna start to see these bubbles pop up on the surface that's your green light to flip your pancake don't be discouraged if your first pancake doesn't look great it usually takes a few tries I mean and no one has to know it's a snack just for you you don't need to let the pancake cook for too long on the side since it did most of the cooking before you flipped it just a minute or two to get that golden-brown bottom that's pretty much it we like ours with more butter shocker it's tasty and lots of maple syrup and there you have it you've got yourself the perfect stack of fluffy buttermilk pancakes sure they aren't the most complicated thing to me and don't take that long but if you really want to upgrade your weekend skip the box mix take the extra time to follow these steps we've taught you and we can guarantee that there'll be some of the best pancakes you've ever had we mean it we can't stop making them these are the pancakes where people came running in the office I think I made over 400 pancakes 500 maybe someone shook my hand after saying thank you for bringing these into our life [Music] you [Music]

Channel: Tasty

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Id: BPl7D20F2mE

Length: 6min 0sec (360 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 08 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/kerelberel]

It's like Mitch Hedberg says: first you're all excited but then quite quickly you become fucking sick of them. That's why I prefer thin pancakes, it gives you a less full feeling and you can eat more of them. One with nutella, one with jam #1, one with jam #2 etc.

These thick fluffy ones I can manage 2 little ones.. Besides, why is fluffy good? It will look more like bread or naan than a pancake.

[u/CX-001]

Set vocal cords to fry!

[u/chinpropped]

the video starts off trying to be all scientific-y and shit but use "cups" as a measuring guide. Use a goddamn scale. jesus