5 pancake recipes
Pancakes are the weekend breakfast everyone already loves. Here are all of the ones in Cookpath, from a tall fluffy stack to a savoury kimchi pancake for dinner.
CThe Cookpath kitchen8 min read · 5 recipes
Fluffy Pancake Stack
- 20 mintotal
- 19 gprotein
- 550kcal
- Beginnerlevel
- 2servings
Why it's here: The most protein on this list.
8 ingredients · 6 steps
The simplest pancake here and the best place to start: flour, sugar, baking powder, eggs and milk whisked into a smooth, pourable batter. Each of the 2 servings has 19 g of protein and 550 kcal.
Cook it in a non-stick pan until bubbles form across the surface, then flip and cook until golden. Stack them with a pat of butter, syrup and strawberries. Twenty minutes, so it is a lazy Sunday.
Classic Buttermilk Free Pancakes
- 20 mintotal
- 17 gprotein
- 530kcal
- Beginnerlevel
- 3servings
Why it's here: One of the strongest on the list.
9 ingredients · 6 steps
Classic diner-style pancakes made with ordinary milk, so there is no buttermilk to buy. They have 530 kcal and 17 g of protein a serving, and the batch makes 3.
Stir the wet mix into the dry gently, only until it looks like pancake batter, so the air bubbles stay in. Wait until the pan is hot before the batter goes in, then cook 2 to 3 minutes a side. A weekend breakfast for a small table.
Yogurt Protein Pancakes
- 15 mintotal
- 15 gprotein
- 230kcal
- Beginnerlevel
- 2servings
Why it's here: The fastest one here.
7 ingredients · 5 steps
The lighter pancake: Greek yogurt and an egg in the batter, with 15 g of protein for 230 kcal. They come out thicker and a little tangy, topped with berries and a drizzle of maple syrup.
If the batter seems too thick, add a couple more tablespoons of yogurt. Spoon it onto a non-stick skillet, cook a few minutes on each side, and flip once. At 15 minutes, it works on a weekday morning.
Mini Pancake Skewers
- 30 mintotal
- 13 gprotein
- 600kcal
- Beginnerlevel
- 4servings
Why it's here: A good one to have in the rotation.
11 ingredients · 7 steps
The pancakes you make for a crowd: small rounds of batter threaded on skewers with strawberry slices, piped with pistachio cream and finished with ground pistachios. It makes 4 servings at 600 kcal and 13 g of protein.
Fill a squeeze bottle with the batter so you can squeeze neat small rounds onto the hot griddle, and flip each one once. Lay the skewers on parchment before you pipe the cream. It takes 30 minutes, so make it for a birthday brunch.
Kimchi Pancake
- 20 mintotal
- 6 gprotein
- 240kcal
- Intermediatelevel
- 4servings
Why it's here: A good one to have in the rotation.
14 ingredients · 6 steps
The savoury end of the page: a crisp Korean pancake of chopped kimchi and spring onion, with a soy dipping sauce. It is 240 kcal and 6 g of protein a serving.
Use ice-cold water and do not overmix the batter. When the first side is browned, flip it, add more oil and lift the pancake so the oil runs underneath, which gives the edge its crunch. Cut into squares and serve with the dip. Good for a rainy evening snack.
A good pancake is tall, soft in the middle and golden on the outside. Almost every failure comes down to the same two things: too much mixing and a pan that is too hot. Both are easy to fix once you know them.
Stir the batter until the flour has just disappeared and stop. A few lumps are fine; they cook out. Overmixed batter makes tough, flat pancakes because the gluten has had time to tighten.
These cover the range. Most are sweet stacks and one is savoury. Pick by the kind of morning you have: the quick ones for a weekday, the tall ones for when nobody is in a hurry.
Pancakes freeze well. Cook a double batch, cool them flat, and reheat from frozen in a toaster. You get a weekday breakfast for no extra work.
Three things that help
Five minutes on the counter lets the flour swell and the batter thicken, and the pancakes come out taller.
High heat browns the outside before the middle sets. Medium gives you an even colour and a cooked centre.
Turn the pancake when bubbles form and the edges look set. Flipping twice or pressing it down squeezes the air out.
Every dish here is in the app with timers inside the steps, servings you can change and a shopping list that builds itself.
