10 Easy Ways to Doctor up Plain Pancakes
Here are easy pancake and waffle recipes using our Buttermilk Pancake Mix from The Old Mill. This pancake mix is used every morning in The Old Mill Restaurant in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. We have an assortment of pancake mixes including our Blueberry, Apple Cinnamon, Buckwheat, Original Buckwheat and Southern Pecan Praline Pancake & Waffle Mixes that are available online as well as in our Farmhouse Kitchen and The Old Mill General Store.
Making pancakes, using our pancake mix, couldn’t be any easier. You could add buttermilk to create fluffier, moist pancakes, something Southerners have known for years. Or you could fry up some bacon or just sprinkle some fresh blueberries or raspberries on top too.
But let’s get more creative with pancakes!
Here are 10 easy ways to doctor up plain pancakes:
Berry Special Pancakes: Top with fresh blueberries and raspberries after cooking, or drop some of those berries onto the pancakes before you turn them on the griddle. Dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with maple syrup.
Chocolate Lovers: Fold mini chocolate chips into the batter – about 1/4 cup. And drizzle the finished pancakes with chocolate syrup.
Banana Mama Pancakes: Add 1/2 cup mashed banana and a pinch of cinnamon to the batter and sprinkle the finished pancakes with light brown sugar.
Put the Lime in the Coconut: Add 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract to the pancake batter. Cook as directed. Top the pancakes with lime-flavored yogurt and a sprinkling of toasted coconut. To toast coconut, place shredded, sweetened coconut in a baking pan in a 350-degree oven about 4 to 5 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Queen-for-the-Day Pancakes: Top pancakes with sliced, sweetened strawberries and a dollop of whipped cream.
For She Who Loves Lemon: Cook the pancakes as directed, and top them with a big dollop of lemon curd and sweetened fresh blackberries. If you want to make the pancakes even more lemony, add 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest to the batter. Toss the blackberries with the lemon juice and sugar to taste.
What a Peach of a Mom: Drain canned sliced peaches and toss them with cinnamon and sugar to taste. Stack the pancakes – alternating a pancake, a spoonful of peaches and juice, another pancake, etc. Top with soft whipped cream.
Deli-icious Pancakes for Mom: Cook the pancakes as directed, and serve alongside smoked salmon, capers, minced onion, and fresh dill.
Pancakes Madame: Top the cooked, buttered pancakes with a fried egg and cracked black pepper.
Bring-Home-the-Bacon Pancakes: Add 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese and 1/4 cup crumbled cooked bacon to the batter before cooking. Serve with maple syrup and a side of scrambled eggs.