Easy & Fluffy Pancakes (Quick & EASY!)

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Easy pancake stack with thick, moist and fluffy pancakes ready in less than 30 minutes. Add your favorite toppings for a quick and delicious weekend brunch.

Is it weekend yet? Treat yourself to these quick, easy & fluffy pancakes! On the weekend I normally like putting extra effort into brunch, since time doesn’t allow it on weekdays. On the other hand, it shouldn’t take too much time either since my weekend sin is sleeping in 🙂

Pancakes are so simple to make and require less than 30 minutes, making them one of the best brunches to start your weekend! I also love a good savory breaky such as some jianbing (Chinese breakfast crepes).

Here in Belgium, pancakes only became popular in the last few decades since its Belgian/French “equivalent” is crêpes. Both can be considered rivals however in my opinion they are very different. Pancakes are thicker and more substantial than crêpes, they also have a fluffy aspect that crêpes don’t, thanks to baking powder which helps the batter rise.

To tell you the truth, my preference goes to crêpes but I also love making pancakes every now and then to alternate a little. What’s your favorite?

The plus of my pancake recipe is that no butter is added to the batter, so can we call it healthy? 🙂 You can also customize them the way you want with the toppings of your choice.

How to prepare some fluffy pancakes?

1. Separate the egg yolks from the whites. I have been using this cute egg divider for a while now, it’s fun and helps separate both parts from each other so quickly.
2. Combine the milk with the yolks and mix well.
3. Add sugar, baking powder, salt and flour then whisk together until the batter gets lump-free. One tip if you like to go even quicker and you own a blender, combine all ingredients except egg whites into the blender, mix, then go onto the next and last step. I do this quite often when I slept in too long, or just feel lazy.
4. Beat the egg whites with an electric hand mixer (start on low then increase the speed) until rounded and glossy peaks form.
5. Incorporate the egg whites into the batter bit by bit, use a spatula to fold the whites and gently mix them into the batter.
6. Grease the surface of a non-stick pan with some olive oil or cooking oil using kitchen paper. Turn your stove on to medium heat. Once hot, reduce heat to medium-low. We want to cook the pancake slowly since we are making it thick.
7. Fill a big soup scoop with batter up to ¾ of the scoop (you could add more or less batter depending on the size of pancakes you want to make). 

8. Pour the batter onto the pan and let the pancake cook until bubbles start to pop on the top.
9. Then carefully add another – thin – layer of batter making sure that the batter does not slip aside. This extra step will give you extra thick pancakes.
10. Flip the pancakes when bubbles start appearing on the top of the second layer. Heat set on medium-low is important here to prevent the bottom of the pancakes from burning. For thinner pancakes, skip the extra layer and flip the pancake once bubbles start to pop.
11. When both sides look golden brown, remove the pancakes from the heat and set aside.
12. Repeat, and add olive oil to grease the pan when necessary.
13. Add topping of your choice. Below are the toppings we chose for this recipe but feel free to be creative and adjust to your craving of the day.

Need some topping ideas?

In case you’re running out of ideas for toppings, here are some of my favorites:

• Combo 1: strawberries, Nutella, whipped cream, condensed milk (+ vanilla ice cream)
• Combo 2: fresh figs, shaved almonds, mascarpone or Greek yogurt or vanilla ice cream, honey (my favorite)
• Combo 3: cooked red apple (diced or sliced), mascarpone or green yogurt or vanilla ice cream, walnuts, caramel sauce 
• Combo 4: cooked pear (diced or sliced), mascarpone or vanilla ice cream, shaved almonds, chocolate sauce
• Combo 5: diced pineapple, coconut cream, coconut powder, honey (+ vanilla ice cream)
• Combo 6: banana, blueberries, greek yogurt or vanilla ice cream, almond butter, condensed milk
• Combo 7: yellow peach, mascarpone or green yogurt or vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce
• Combo 8: banana, choc chips, peanut butter
• Combo 9: passionfruit, banana, greek yogurt or vanilla ice cream, coconut powder
• Combo 10: orange, crushed pistachio, chocolate sauce

If having pancakes as dessert, adding ice cream makes them extra delicious so don’t hesitate! Let me know in the comment section below what your personal favorite toppings are.

More goodness for your breaky?

• Korean Coffee Buns
• Jianbing – Chinese Breakfast Crepes
• Raffaello Overnight Oats
• Banana Biscoff Overnight Oats