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My Homemade Pancake Mix uses 4 simple ingredients and takes just 5 minutes! Ditch the box for fluffy, delicate pancakes anytime!
A Reader’s Review
This recipe is awesome. Just made the pancakes for my husband and I. The money-saving benefit is supreme….but the taste of these pancakes is awesome. Win-Win!
– Terry
Once You Try Homemade, You’ll Never Look Back!
- Know What You’re Eating: With my mix, you’ll know exactly what you’re feeding your family, so there are no mystery ingredients!
- Pancakes & Waffles: Use the mix for not only fluffy pancakes but also delicious waffles.
- You Won’t Go Back: Once you try this homemade mix, you’ll never want store-bought again! It’s tastier, cheaper, and made with love!
Ingredients Needed
How to Make Homemade Pancake Mix
This recipe is a no-brainer! Making homemade pancake mix from scratch is super simple and seriously tastes so much better. This mix is as delicious as it is easy!
- Add: In a large bowl, add flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
- Stir to Combine: Whisk the pancake mix ingredients together until combined. Store in a sealed container and keep in a dry cool place.
How To Use The Mix To Make Pancakes
- Combine: In a medium-sized bowl, combine ¾ cup of milk, 1 egg, and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Add 1 cup of homemade pancake mix and stir until just combined. Don’t overmix the wet and dry ingredients. If you have lumps, they will give you the lightest, fluffiest texture!
- Cook: Drop ¼ cup of the pancake mixture onto a heated, buttered skillet on medium heat, wait for those bubbles to form on top to ensure you don’t end up with gooey middles. Then, cook until golden brown on both sides and enjoy!
Storing Homemade Pancake Mix
- At Room Temperature: This homemade mix stays fresh just as long as a store-bought version—about 6 to 8 months. Keep it in a cool, dark place, and make sure your jar or container is tightly sealed to lock in freshness!
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Homemade Pancake Mix
Ditch the box and make my Homemade Pancake Mix with 4 pantry staple ingredients in 5 minutes.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add 3 cups all-purpose flour, 2 tablespoons baking powder, ⅓ cup granulated sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt.
- Whisk the pancake mix ingredients together until combined. Store in a sealed container and keep in a dry cool place.
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Notes
How to Use the Mix to Make Pancakes
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In a medium-sized bowl, combine ¾ cup of milk, 1 egg, and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Add 1 cup of pancake mix and stir until combined.
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Drop ¼ cup of the pancake mixture onto a heated, buttered skillet on medium heat. Cook until golden brown on both sides and enjoy!
- In a bowl, mix ¾ cup milk, 1 egg, and 3 tbsp oil. Add 1 cup pancake mix and stir. The extra oil creates a crispier texture.
- Pour batter onto a heated, buttered waffle iron and follow its instructions. Adjust batter based on waffle iron size.
Nutrition
Serving: 2pancakesCalories: 137kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 3gFat: 0.3gSaturated Fat: 0.05gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.03gSodium: 196mgPotassium: 236mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gCalcium: 92mgIron: 2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Can you use olive or avacado oil instead of vegetable oil?
Yes! It may just change the flavor of your pancakes slightly.
Made this mix with a gluten free flour blend. I used soy milk to make them, and added a couple tablespoons extra of the dry mix to make the batter a bit thicker. They were perfect. Even my picky 7 year old devoured them.
Very fluffy but spread too much. Delicious nevertheless!
Hi
Love your your recipe. But is it possible to make the the pancake without eggs??
You can try flaxseed.
This recipe is awesome. Just made the pancakes for my husband and I. The money-saving benefit is supreme….but the taste of these pancakes is awesome. Win-Win!
In your ingredient list
You don’t have the following in the list
Veg oil
Eggs
Milk
All thee needs to be in the ingredient list
Would you please fix this as this is important cause it’s the ingredients
Hello! This is just a recipe for the dry pancake mix, not the actual pancakes. There is a tip on making them into pancakes in the post though if you would like further instructions!
I followed your recipe above with flour, sugar, salt and baking powder but my pancakes were thin. Suggestions?
Oh no! What liquid/egg ratio did you use to make the pancakes?
If you use self raising flour you don’t need the baking powder and salt, but needs the sugar and veg oil. When making waffles, separate the yoke from the egg whites and whip the whites up into peaks and fold it into the batter makes for fluffy waffles
Can this be done with whole wheat flour instead?
Sure! Let me know how they turn out!
Yummy and fluffy pancakes. I think the negative comments are older ones based on the original
Recipe. It’s been update and the current recipe posted works great! My kids loved it!
Where did you get the beautiful jar???
I was looking for that style jar as well and wondering what size she used as I don’t see it anywhere on here. Recipe looks great and would like to do this for my sons.
I made the necessary adjustment by adding 1 tablespoon of baking soda.
Then used a bit more powder, to make the mixture the consistency I like for the pan. Turned out great!
Just curious…….do you get a fluffy pancake using so little leavening?
These end up being very fluffy and soft!
Shouldn’t the milk, egg and oil be in the list of ingredients also?
Hi! This recipe is just for the actual powdered pancake mix. To make them into pancakes then, you need to add in the milk, eggs, and vegetable oil!
What do you have to do to the mix to make it for waffles?
Keep the mix the same but when you go to mix it up, just use a little less liquid and let it sit on the counter for 5 min before using. This helps the mixture thicken.
Love it!!!!