How to get Golden Brown Pancakes

Have you ever gone to a breakfast diner or IHOP and enjoyed their golden brown pancakes? Do you wonder how they get them so golden brown? You can make them this way too with the right techniques.

The Perfect Pancake Recipe

First of all, find a good recipe to follow and prepare your batter. An excellent recipe is extremely important. If you find the wrong one, your pancakes could turn flat, soggy, raw, gooey, burnt, or have any number of other problems. Search online or check your grandmother's favorite cookbook.

Perfecting the batter

The trick with pancake batter is to stir just enough, and stop at that. If you were to beat the batter together, the pancakes would be tough. Nothing like pancakes should be. Mixing the batter just enough, even leaving a few lumps, will make tender, delicious pancakes.

Also, once the batter is mixed together, don't stir again, even if it's just a little. Keep the batter whole because there will be lots of bubbles forming. The more of those bubbles you have, the fluffier the pancakes. Use a measuring cup or spoon to scoop batter without popping bubbles.

A Hot Griddle is the way to go.

Then, make sure the pan you are using is nice and hot. A seasoned griddle will work best, but you can use almost any kind of pan. In order to season a griddle, get a cast iron griddle, and spread a thick layer of lard on it. Bake it at 250 to 300 degrees for about 15 minutes and then pour off the excess melted grease. Then return it to the oven for another 2 hours. This way it will be nice and nonstick without having a toxic coating.

Most people don't have a griddle on hand. We want to make pancakes on a whim. If that's the case, use a long electric griddle or even a frying pan. You can make it work.

Very lightly grease the pan with vegetable oil or a little butter. Make sure the griddle is nice and hot. Medium high heat is best, but that heat might be different depending on your stove. If you are using butter, use clarified butter so that it doesn't burn. If you don't have clarified butter or can't make it, move quickly before the milk solids in the butter have a chance to burn.

Pour the batter onto the pan and let it cook until a lot of tiny bubbles form along the top. You want to make sure it gets nice and brown now before you flip. Peak underneath the pancake to look at the bottom and make sure it's toasted brown. Then, flip it over and brown on the other side.