Every Sunday, my dad used to make a yummy homemade breakfast for all of us, and we’d gather in the kitchen for some nice family time. It was awesome, and man… that guy can make some breakfast! Sometimes it was waffles or french toast, but probably the most frequent (and my favorite) was chocolate chip pancakes (with lil’ smokies breakfast sausages…mmm). This isn’t his recipe, but it’s durned good.
First, dump 3 cups of flour into a bowl.
And add 6 Tablespoons of sugar.
Then throw in 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 2 Tablespoons of baking powder.
Mix mix mix.
In a measuring cup, mix 1 cup of milk and 1/3 cup canola oil (or other veggie oil). Beat in 3 eggs, then combine with the dry ingredients.
You can pour slowly and dramatically if you want.
Stir it up and decide if it’s battery enough (haha battery) for you. It wasn’t.
Add milk until it’s the right texture for you. Some people like thicker pancakes and other people like thinner ones, but this is a pretty good middle…
Once your pan is heated over medium heat, spoon in some pancakes.
And when they get nice and puffy and have bubbles rising to the top like this…
It’s time to flip them!
I made a couple sets of plain ones for hubs, who likes to drizzle syrup on his.
Well… is this still called drizzling?
Eh, I think it’s more like glopping. He likes to glop the syrup on his!
I don’t like anything on mine, unless it’s that spray whipped cream from a can like my dad used to do for us sometimes. But I like mine with CHOCOLATE CHIPS IN THEM.
I’ve found that if I mix the chips into the batter, they all sink to the bottom, and I get weird varying amounts of chips in each pancake, so I just sprinkle them on after spooning the batter into the pan.
Help yourself!
Why thank you. I think I will!
The perfect breakfast for a lazy weekend morning.
Here’s the recipe, in case you don’t want to print out the whole thing.
Puffy pancakes
Ingredients:
- 3 cups flour
- 6 Tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 Tablespoons baking powder
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1+ cup milk
Mix the dry ingredients. Mix the wet ingredients. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Add milk if needed. Cook in a pan over medium heat (or on a griddle if you’re fancy like that). Enjoy!
Hi! I'm Emily. I'm a Navy wife and stay at home mom of two beautiful children. I cook simple, delicious, grain-free recipes, do crafts, decorate my home on a budget, and keep a happy household. I tandem breastfeed, babywear, cloth diaper, practice elimination communication, homebirth, and co-sleep, but I'm not a hippie.
OMG! These were amazing! I used Soymilk and Splenda. Wow they were delicious. Tomorrow is my birthday and I’ve really been wanting a good pancake and these were perfect! Thanks!
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great recipe! tried them without eggs and tasted just as good!
Hi there,
Thanks for your recipe! I’m a pretty inexperienced cook and was trying out for a small batch to see how it works so I did 1/3 of everything you mentioned. But my pancakes turned out rather weird tasting (somewhat bitter and soapy). Texture is fine though! Any advice?
The only thing I can think of is your baking powder. Did you forget to decrease the amount? Or did you maybe use baking soda instead?
What a wonderful recipe… I love it.. Thank you…
been looking for pancake recipes all over, yours is my favorite. i just tried it
Great recipe!
OMG YUMMY az thnkq soo much 4dat 2u n ur dad they were very njoy my kids n mokos jus chowd dem dwn n i was lucky 2gt 1, so when they all lft th table wif happy tummies I had 2make up anather batch & what I also did s made 1half of plain n other half threw n chokchpyz, big mistake kids n mokos came back so stl yt 2try th chippy1, to b continued!!
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Emma get a life. You sincerely need one. Lalaine.
I haven’t made dem yt but ill sure b chucking out 2days weigh me dwn f I can even call dem pancakes jus to give this ago, jus frm readn a lot of gr8 comments bar 1 there’s jus no plzn n every1 but I’m really lokn 4ward to makin these n thee mrnn. 2b continued!!
thanks for sharing and good tips from others too
I have never been able to make a good fluffy pancake. They have always been to heavy. This recipe is wonderful! I used Ener-G Egg Replacer for the eggs and soy milk instead of cow’s milk due to DD’s dairy and egg allergy. The pancakes were light and fluffy. DD loved them at breakfast then had the leftovers for lunch. Thanks for sharing this terrific recipe. Love the pictures too.
when i see this i start to get hungry
hi, i love your recipe but it’s kinda hard when the pancake is cold.
Amazing pancakes! No more bisquick for me! Thanks for the recipe. It was very easy. The pancakes turned out so fluffy. I added a teaspoon of vanilla. Also, I didn’t have enough oil so I added some “I can’t believe it’s not butter” vegatable oil spread. It was a lot of batter but that’s a plus to a mother of two little ones because now I can make pancakes this week without any effort. Only problem is… They are so wonderful it’s going to be hard for me not to eat pancakes every day. I already ate them for breakfast and dinner yesterday. I love pancakes but they are not part of my clean diet. I guess I better get on the elliptical.
Just made these again today. This time I used 1/3 oil and no butter. I have to say they were good but not as good as when I used butter. Last time I ran out of oil so I used butter and those turned out amazing.
For the chocolate chips version, I put some chocolate chips into a measuring cup (like 1/3 cup size) then scoop battery into, mix it up a little and pour into the skillet. The advantage is that all chips are coated – never hit the heat, which makes them soft and gooey rather than “fried”.
I am really astounded by these pancakes and are the best ones I have found online but I have yet to try out the recipe with chocolate chips and without a doubt I know they’ll be delicious. And this proves that anyone can cook because I am actually 12 years old and I make them for my family all the time and they can’t get enough!
This was the best pancake recipe I’ve come across! Thank you very much!
they came out big & deliciouse!
Veeeeery fluffy! Love it!
Thaaaanks!
Thanks so much for the recipe! The pancakes came out great. It made A LOT, though so I think I’ll be eating chocolate chip pancakes for about a week. I don’t really have a problem with that. Thanks again!
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I found this recipe 3 years ago, and I will get stop saying THANKS! it´s the best pancake recipe ever!
sorry my keyboard mistake, I meant tha I will never stop saying THANKS, thanks one more time!
thats awesome….am definately trying it out tomorrow….Thanks alot.
We usually make thin, pathetic British pancakes so i though we should try something different. This recipe is brilliant. Using it from now on
this recipe is absolutely repugnant. the pancakes are way too thick and they do not cook all the way through. stay away!
this recipe is absolutely repugnant. the pancakes are way too thick and they do not cook all the way through.
if your pancakes are too thick then you should add some more milk to the batter. obviously !
thank you sooooooooooo much for showing me the recipe if it wasn’t you i will not even know to to bake anything tank u sooo much
Hi, I love this recipe- the first time I made it it turned out perfectly- but I had lots left over.. I’ve tried two times since then to reduce the measurements but it’s just turned out differently.. can you help me? thanks
thanks for the recipe ! I love the chocolate chips in them
Are the choclate chips supposed to be semi sweet ot unsweetened?
Thanks for the recipe! I needed to add about 3/4 to 1 cup more of milk than the recipe called for (just eyeballed it), to make the batter less doughy and more battery. I also added a tsp. Vanilla to the wet ingredients. These pancakes turned out fluffy and perfect. Thanks again!
Thank you for the most unbelievable pancake reciepe. Truly the best of the best. What a good idea to sprinkle the chocolat chip on top while cooking. I just had to add another 1/2 cup of milk to the batter. I could not thank you enough. Your reciepe was a gift to me, thank you again, Jackie
Oh my gosh! I’ve just discovered your blog, I love the recipe and the nostalgia that goes with it. I’ll be going back to past blogs and come forward to the present time to see what other wonderful recipes you’ve posted. Thank you for such a happy site, I look forward to reading more of what you’ve written.
Patty
For JIM (the comment above mine) a batch with 3 cups of flour should feed two adults and two children just fine, unless somebody’s really hungry.
How many servings does it make?
With your recipe are the cakes really thick, because I looking to make thick one’s?