Easy 5-Ingredient Pancakes (With Self-Rising Flour)

A fork is holding a piece of the stack of pancakes with self-rising flour.

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Easy 5-Ingredient Pancakes (With Self-Rising Flour)

The perfect pancakes do exist! These light and fluffy Pancakes with Self-Rising flour only have 5 ingredients! No need to worry about baking soda or baking powder, these pancakes don't need it!

Prep Time5

Cook Time8

Total Time13

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: Pancakes

Calories: 131kcal

Author: Lynn Polito

Ingredients

2 cups Self Rising Flour MUST be self-rising flour
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 ¾ cup Whole Milk
1 Egg
3 tablespoon Butter Melted

Instructions

In a large bowl, mix together the flour and sugar. Set that aside.
In a liquid measuring cup or medium bowl, add the milk. Add the egg and melted butter and whisk well until fully combined.
Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Mix until fully combined. There might be a few lumps left in the pancake batter and that is ok. Do not overmix the batter as you will have tough pancakes.
Preheat a skillet or a non-stick pan and melt 1 tablespoon of butter onto the griddle.
Pour a ½ cup of batter onto the skillet. If you want smaller pancakes, use ¼ cup of an ice cream scoop. Allow the pancakes to cook for 2-3 minutes on the first side. When you see air bubbles coming up through the pancake and the edges start to look dry, you are ready to flip the pancakes.
With a spatula, carefully flip the pancakes over. Cook for them 2-3 minutes more until they are golden brown. Serve immediately.

Notes

Make sure your self-rising flour is not expired. This recipe cannot be made with all purpose flour or any other type of flour beside self-rising flour. If your self-rising flour is expired, it will not gave the pancakes that fluffy texture.
This batter will make 12 medium pancakes. If you would like them smaller, use a smaller scoop. If you prefer bigger pancakes, use a bigger scoop.
Whole milk, 2%, 1% or you favorite non-dairy milk will work in this recipe.
Add chocolate chips, blueberries, sprinkles, or spices to kick up the flavor of this pancake batter. Think of this as the base recipe, and add your favorite add ins.

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