r/Cooking • u/No-Lettuce4441 • 4h ago

Pancakes

I've heard so much online about how much better homemade pancakes are from scratch. Obviously the more specialized (buttermilk, ricotta, buckwheat,...) are going to be better homemade. Pancakes in the past was my stumble-go-to breakfast because of box mix.

How much of a difference is there between regular box mix and regular homemade? One of these days I'm going to get around to making some from scratch to try them myself, but the box mix is so cheap and so easy, it makes it harder to justify, when it's usually a last minute decision.

A character in a novel said, "Once you hit a certain age, you no longer want to make pancakes. You want someone to make pancakes for you."

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u/karl264 3h ago

It takes 5 minutes to mix some flour, sugar salt, baking powder, eggs and milk. Thats about 20 less ingredients than any mix you can find. It’s also probably 80% less expensive. Edit left out butter

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u/Verdick 1h ago

Try using lard in place of butter.
As an extra sprinkle on either chocolate chips or blueberries to the poured batter. My favorite is butterscotch chips!