 Does your family like pancakes? Mine does. Are you ever tempted to buy those frozen pancakes in the grocery store? You can make your own and freeze them, and the process is very easy. Read on to find out how.
The Best Homemade Pancakes
My Twitter friend Jenn, from Frugal Upstate, first suggested doubling her homemade pancake batter with the intention freezing the pancakes for easier weekday breakfasts. I thought it was a superb idea, and I tried it myself. The results were great!
Ingredients for homemade pancakes:
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4 1/2 cups flour (white, whole wheat, or a combination work nicely)
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3 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
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1 tablespoon salt
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3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice or ground cinnamon
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3 3/4 cups milk
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3 eggs
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1/2 cup melted butter, plus extra for cooking
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- A handful of chocolate chips, blueberries, raspberries, banana slices, pecans or your choice of other mix-in, optional
Instructions for homemade pancakes:
- In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and pumpkin pie spice together. Set aside.
- In a second large bowl, mix the milk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla. Pour into dry ingredients. Add mix-in. Mix until well blended and smooth. (Have a stand mixer? This would be a good time to use it.)
- Melt a small amount of butter on the griddle over medium high heat. When hot, pour about 1/4 cup of batter per pancake on to the griddle, and heat until golden brown. Flip, repeat. To keep the first ones hot while the rest cook, stack pancakes on a cookie sheet in a 200 degree oven. (Be careful: they will dry out after about ten minutes in the oven.)
- Serve hot.
Freezing:
This recipes makes 22 to 25 pancakes, depending on whether you mix something in and how much you add. Feed them to your family when they're hot and fresh.
After breakfast, cut wax paper into pancake-sized squares, and then use the wax paper to separate the pancakes for freezing. Stack the pancakes in a resealable freezer bag, placing a square of wax paper in between each pancake. Stick the bag in the freezer. That's it. You're done.
When it's time to eat them, you can defrost individual pancakes by microwaving or heating them in the toaster or toaster oven.
Photo courtesy of D. Norman on Flickr.
Tara is a freelance writer/editor and high school teacher who
prides herself on being a little crunchy and a lot quirky. She loves
food, photography, and crafts, but really Feels like home when she’s being silly with her husband and their toddler.
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