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Our Best Homemade Pancake Recipes

By Midwest Living editors Updated December 28, 2022
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Lemon-Ricotta Hotcakes
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Flavor pancakes with lemon, fill them with fruit, add multigrain options, bake a puffy Dutch baby—choose the recipe that suits your tastes!

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Lemon-Ricotta Hotcakes

Lemon-Ricotta Hotcakes
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When life gives you lemons, make the legendary lemon-ricotta hotcakes from Hell's Kitchen, a Minneapolis favorite.

Related: Favorite Breakfast and Brunch Recipes

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Dutch Baby with Chai-Spiced Pears

Dutch Baby with Chai-Spiced Pears
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The combination of spiced, buttery pears; tart creme fraiche; and baked pancake is sublime, and so festive. For maximum puff, let the eggs and milk sit out for 30 minutes to take the chill off before making the batter.

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Hearty Multigrain Pancakes

Hearty Multigrain Pancakes
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We added whole grains to these flapjacks to help ward off the morning munchies. Personalize this breakfast or brunch recipe with chocolate chips, blueberries and other stir-ins.

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Apple Pie Pancakes

Apple Pie Pancakes
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Apple pie spice, apple juice and apples give these pancakes a triple dose of fruit. Both pancakes and maple syrup have a rich tradition in the Midwest, where winter and spring festivals celebrate the syrup harvest.

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Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Warm Blueberry Compote

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Warm Blueberry Compote
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Rise and shine with these special-occasion pancakes from Chicago chef Mindy Segal. Ricotta makes them moist and rich; lemon curd gives sweet-tart punch.

Related: Our Best Brunch Recipes

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Sausage-Apple Dutch Baby

Sausage-Apple Dutch Baby
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Why fry sausage separately when you can cook it right into the pancake? That kind of ease is just one reason we love this sweet-and-savory Dutch baby pancake. The batter's quick, and in the 15 minutes while it bakes, you can whip up the maple-glazed apple topping.

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Hint-of-Orange Pancakes with Grapefruit Syrup

Hint-of-Orange Pancakes with Grapefruit Syrup
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This recipe couldn't be simpler! Just simmer grapefruit slices in maple syrup for a delicious, rosy compote to serve over waffles, French toast, crepes—or these subtly orange-flavored pancakes.

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Whole-Grain Buttermilk Pancakes

Whole-Grain Buttermilk Pancakes
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Pile your breakfast plate high with our 100-percent-whole-wheat (yet still fluffy) buttermilk pancakes. Serve with syrup or jazz up with one of the quick and easy toppers in our recipe.

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Finnish Baked Pancakes

Finnish Baked Pancakes
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This recipe comes from the Poplar Creek Guesthouse Bed and Breakfast on the Gunflint Trail near Grand Marais, Minnesota. The traditional big pancake has been adapted into a lighter version: puffed pancakes (recipe link above). Poplar Creek also serves a delicious Stuffed French Toast, flavored with cream cheese, apricot preserves and pecans.

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Gingerbread Pancakes

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Love the taste of gingerbread? Make a weekend breakfast extraordinary with a stack of these cakes featuring ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, molasses and fresh-picked apples sliced paper-thin.

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Peach Pancakes and Chai Syrup

Peach Pancakes and Chai Syrup
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Pureed canned peaches and whipping cream make a rich, flavorful pancake. Top with maple syrup instead of the chai syrup if you prefer. Add chopped peaches for even more fruit flavor.

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Blueberry Buckwheat Pancakes

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Made with buckwheat, a whole grain, these easy pancakes offer a low-fat, low-sodium breakfast or brunch alternative.

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Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Raspberry Sauce

Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Raspberry Sauce
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Kids will love helping make this breakfast or brunch treat, but don't save it just for them—adults like chocolate chip pancakes, too! The raspberry sauce can be made ahead of time.

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Four-Grain Pancakes

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Whole-wheat flour, rolled oats, cornmeal and wheat germ give these buttermilk pancakes great flavor and texture.

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Oatmeal Pancakes with Strawberry-Orange Sauce

Oatmeal Pancakes with Strawberry-Orange Sauce
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Made with brown sugar and rolled oats, these pancakes taste almost like a soft oatmeal cookie. Top with either strawberry-orange sauce or maple syrup.

Related: Delicious Ways to Power Your Day With Oats

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    1 of 15 Lemon-Ricotta Hotcakes
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