We were at my brother’s family cottage for Canadian Thanksgiving and I usually look after one main meal, but this year we were not able to come up on Saturday for dinner, so I looked after breakfast on Sunday morning. But that’s not all I contribute, my brother’s family does the full-blown turkey dinner, so I like to bring ‘treats’ for the kids (and adults alike). This year’s treats included the Cheez-itz from my friend Ann (who no longer blogs), Hungarian Donkey Ear Cookies and a more recent addition Hungarian Cherry Squares. After having her first bite of the Cherry Squares, my 8-year old niece announced the following “Auntie Éva, from now on, these cherry squares need to be put on ‘the list’ of things you bake for Thanksgiving Weekend.” Now that made everything all worth-while!
I found this recipe on-line back in the city but I had forgotten to bookmark it and I couldn’t find it up north, so I had to improvise the final assembly. Fortunately, I brought the dry ingredients in a container and the wet in another. Experience counts for something and to be honest, these are THE BEST fluffy pancakes I have made in a very long time. And the recipe was plentiful, making 12 generously-sized pancakes. They are a bit more work than the average pancake, but well worth the effort. Hope you try them, this is my new go-to pancake recipe.
Super Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
Makes 12 pancakes about 13 cm wide and 2cm thick! (5″ wide, 3/4″ thick)
Original recipe can be found here.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 eggs, separated
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 nonstick cooking spray
Directions:
- In a large bowl or Tupperware container for travel, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt. Set aside.
- On the day you wish to make the cakes of pan: separate egg yolks from egg whites and beat egg whites and cream of tartar on high speed until stiff peaks form but not dry.
- Beat the egg yolks until light yellow in colour and thick, add buttermilk, vanilla and melted butter and beat until smooth on a slow speed.
- Fold in flour mixture, but don’t over mix as we don’t want the glutens activated.
- Add 1/3 of the egg whites to the batter and mix together gently then fold in the remaining egg whites carefully, do not over mix!
- Spray your skillet with non-stick spray set to medium temperature (or 350°F).
- Drop about 1/3 cup of batter on pan for each pancake and spread out to about 4-5″ and cook until you see a few bubbles on the surface of the batter. Flip your pancakes and cook for about another 1-2 minutes.
- Keep warm until you have made all the pancakes and serve warm with butter, maple syrup, fruit and whipped cream!
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Sharing with my Canadian friend. Looks delicious. Glad to catch up with your stellar posts and recipes.I wonder where I was in 2013 to have missed these?
I always enjoy visiting your blog Eva.
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Thank Ruth, please do try these pancakes, they really are the fluffiest.
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[…] pancakes that were just so yummy I had to sneak in one more holiday recipe. Remember the fluffiest buttermilk pancakes I made on Thanksgiving weekend at my brother’s cottage? Well, I reinvented them into […]
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Great pancakes! Hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving!
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Thanks, it seems like a life-time ago.
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You seem to have represented my thoughts precisely with that squirrel! 🙂 Bookmarked. They look amazing! 🙂
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Thank you so much Fati, I’m so flattered.
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Those pancakes DO look tasty but I just want to dive into that bowl of sausages. 🙂 I also look forward to seeing what Zsuzsa does with the donkey ears cookies recipe which I still haven’t tried yet.
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Thanks Maria, I agree I’m very excited to see Zsuzsa’s donkey ear cookies!
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I haven’t had pancakes in forever! It’s all about the fluff, isn’t it? Your Thanksgiving looks so wonderfully family oriented.. it’s one of my favorite celebrations for that reason. No hallmark cards to buy, no gifts, just sharing food with family and friends:)
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I love the warmth of this post Eva. Your photos are fun and engaging and that little squirrel just about killed me with cuteness…. talk about fluffy, puffy cakes – yumm! Hard to beat buttermilk in pancakes…
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Thank you kindly Kelly. That squirrel is a sneaky little devil, you have to make sure you don’t leave the door open for fear she will think it’s an invitation to enter!
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It looks like you had a lovely holiday Eva! Love the picture of the family – and of the walk. The leaves look gorgeous. Now these pancakes – I have to say they do look like some of the fluffiest I’ve seen. The kids would LOVE these!
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Thanks Kristy, the weekend was lovely.
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I’d never thought that I would ever agree with a squirrel, but I absolutely do!!
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Thanks Jed.
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Holy cow, you weren’t kidding about the fluff… those are some seriously fluffy pancakes – they remind me a little of something called “Scotch Pancakes” my dear Grandmother used to make, although I don’t think even those were quite that fluffy, haha!
Hope you had a wonderful time – beautiful blue sky in the shot of the trees there… reminds me of a photo I posted last year – brilliant blue sky with lovely orange and yellow leaves on the trees in the foreground. Isn’t autumn a lovely time (when it’s not raining!)?
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Hi Charles! Thank you for your kind words; I’ll google scotch pancakes to see what they are. You’re right about autumn, it’s been sopping wet here too…it almost makes me want snow instead…almost!
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Your pancakes look extremely fluffy and soft indeed, compared to most pancakes I have seen! I have never had pancakes in my life, so when I will make the first ones I will use your miracle recipe.
Thank you for sharing wonderful family photos and the squirrel is simply irresistible. It almost looks unreal…
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Thanks Sissi, my pleasure. The squirrel does look oddly fake.
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Beautiful fluffy pancakes Eva-just imagining myself now eating them topped with maple syrup-the pancakes not myself!!
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I laughed out loud GD, thanks!
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lol i like the squirrel at the end and the fall colors are so nice
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Thanks for dropping by Jeffrey. I thought your intro paragraph on your about page was funny, me being a traditional Mac user!
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Out of the mouths of Babes! Isn’t it great to hav something you’ve made be received so happily? Still, the way you cook, I bet you hear this kind of thing all of the time — and rightly so, Eva.
I rarely make pancakes but, seeing these, I’m going to have to give them a try.They look delicious.
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That’s very flattering John, thank you kindly! I will try this recipe for waffles next time!
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I use this recipe too and everyone loves them. No matter how many types of fruit toppings, it always ends up that the maple syrup goes first, then the blueberry and then the raspberry. These are my absolute favorite.
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That’s great Maureen, I’d never heard of making pancakes this way, but I am sure glad I know now! There is no other syrup than maple syrup!
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Wow, so thick and fluffy. Top notch.
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Thanks Greg.
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Your pancakes sure look super fluffy. How wonderful that you are able to spend Thanksgiving with your brother and his family.
Beautiful fall colors. Our colors are a bit late this year, some people think it is due to this year’s unusual weather pattern.
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It was very nice this year Norma, thank you. That’s too bad with your colours, I hope they come around. There are two things I adore about fall: colours and how the crisp air makes everything look so fresh and beautiful. Not much else, I mean the cold of course.
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Hehe I would be there with your niece! I’d imagine that these are so light having the whipped egg whites in them 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thank you so much Lorraine, you really are such a sweetie pie!
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Your pancakes are beautiful, Eva. Separating the eggs and beating the whites always helps lighten pancakes, waffles and spoon bread.
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I’ve never done that Sharyn, in fact I’m usually the over stirrer, and the rubbery pan cakes! This was a great recipe lesson for me.
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Oh, wow…these are some of the fluffiest pancakes I’ve seen!!! So much better than the Bisquick ones my hubby makes…LOL. I’ll have to treat him and my daughter to a tasty homemade version…maybe for our Thanksgiving. Hope you enjoy your Brussels sprouts salad 🙂
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I’d love to hear what you think of them, Liz. Thank you for stopping by.
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Those are perhaps the fluffiest pancakes, or cakes of pan, that I have ever seen! So beautiful…the cakes and the fall foliage. Looks like you had a lovely Thanksgiving!
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Thanks Betsy, the recipe is surely a keeper!
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What a miserable day here in Kamloops, it’s almost 9AM and we have all the lights on. Eva you just gave me an idea how to use up the buttermilk I have in the fridge… with real maple syrup of course. The szamarfule, I never even heard of it until now – so much for my Hungarian upbringing, obviously there are holes in it. So may I borrow your recipe? I will link it back to your blog.
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Too bad about the weather, it is actually pretty warm today and because we are west facing in our studio it is boiling inside so I have the AC on (windows open are not cool enough)!
Of course you may use the recipe, and thank you for linking back, I do appreciate it. My mom always called the cookies wartime cookies because they don’t have eggs in them, but I wonder because of the butter which I suspect would have been rationed too. I have google searched it quite a few times and came up empty handed, so maybe it was a family recipe, I really don’t know. My Mom passed away several years ago so I can’t even ask her. I would be very touched if you made them and blogged about them.
But be warned, it is a recipe that keeps on giving…you could spend hours in the kitchen rolling and cutting, baking and dusting! I like to get my husband to help (since I have no kids) and we set up a little assembly line which makes it go much faster, as does the pasta maker attachment on my kitchenaid mixer. Use a very thick European jam so it is less likely to leak out. I have successfully halved the recipe too.
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wow The pancakes do look very fluffy!
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Thanks Angie, highly recommended recipe, but I’d love to see how you would whole grain it!
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I love your beautiful photos of the leaves – this truly is one of the loveliest times of the year. Love your ‘cakes of pan’ and I’ll bookmark this recipe. It looks terrific.
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