Best Pancake Recipes

Updated: Feb 13th, 2018 at 9:00am

In many Catholic and Anglican communities, especially in the UK and Ireland, pancakes or similar rich breads are consumed on Shrove Tuesday prior to a Lenten fast begins, but there's also plenty of other reasons to nibble on pancakes for breakfast—or for virtually any meal. If you enjoy your pancakes sweet, try covering them in dulce de leche, many fruits, or lemon crema. If savory might be more your thing, we still have the perfect Korean scallion pancakes, all kinds of cheese pancakes, and mung bean pancakes that can take this popular breakfast food from breakfast to dinner. No matter how that suits you your pancakes, we've the 13 guidelines on how to enjoy them.

Matt Taylor-Gross

Matt Taylor-Gross

A thick yet fluffy pancake brimming with creamy bananas, smooth hints of pear, and crunchy pine nuts spanning a heap of cool crème fraîche. This is good with any ripe banana,” Mallmann says, if you have extra-sweet varieties form ubiquitous Cavendish available, make use of them. Get the recipe for Grilled Banana-Pear Pancake »

Ryan Liebe

Jason Lang

These crispy fried scallion pancakes from chef Hooni Kim, traditionally followed by a refreshing makgeolli, or Korean rice beer, generally is a vehicle for just about any number of ingredients. Instead of, maybe in addition to, the scallions, you may fill pajeon with garlic chives, ramps, chrysanthemum leaves, small squid, shrimp, thin slices of Korean chile, or julienned carrots. To get the pancakes as crispy as is possible, guarantee the batter can be quite cold and also the pan smoking hot and slicked with a good amount of oil. Get the recipe for Korean Scallion Pancakes (Pajeon) »

Matt Taylor-Gross

Todd Coleman

Applesauce is a wonderful foil of those savory, golden fried pancakes, a variety of starchy potatoes, flour, and eggs. Get the recipe for Potato Pancakes (Kartoffelpuffer) »

Saveur

A traditional Korean street food, fermented mung bean pancakes are generally served using a seasoned soy sauce for dipping. Get the recipe for Mung Bean Pancakes »

Tim Mazurek

Maxime Iattoni

Ingalls Photography

Fresh strawberries turn ordinary pancakes into something scrumptious; wild blueberries, or some other kind of berry, make a superb substitute. Get the recipe for Strawberry Griddle Cakes »

Joseph De Leo

MacKenzie Smith

Browned from the oven, this huge format pancake tends to make a fun option to the traditional griddle cakes. Get the recipe for Dutch Baby Pancake »

Ariana Lindquist

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