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Perfect Pancake Recipes

By The editors of MidwestLiving.com Updated September 03, 2020
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Hearty Multigrain Pancakes

Flavor pancakes with apple, fill them with cream cheese, add multigrain options — choose the recipe that suits your tastes!

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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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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.

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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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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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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 Sega. Ricotta makes them moist and rich; lemon curd gives sweet-tart punch.

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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 abov). Poplar Creek also serves up a delicious Stuffed French Toast, flavored with cream cheese, apricot preserves and pecans.

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Gingerbread Pancakes

Gingerbread Pancakes
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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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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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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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Mile-High Buttermilk Pancakes

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These light-textured, melt-in-your-mouth hotcakes taste heavenly slathered with butter and dripping with syrup. The recipe comes from The Black & White restaurant in Little Falls, Minnesota.

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Cream Cheese-Filled Breakfast Pancakes

Cream Cheese-Filled Breakfast Pancakes
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Topped with fresh fruit and wrapped around a rich cream cheese filling, these crepelike pancakes add color and flavor to any special-occasion breakfast or brunch. The recipe comes from the Artists Colony Inn in Nashville, Indiana.

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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

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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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.

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Snow-Season Pancakes

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As the snow piles up outside Prairie Sky Guest and Game Ranch in Veblen, South Dakota, owner Corrine Prins heats up the griddle for her buttermilk pancakes that early risers can't resist. Teach your kids -- or grandkids -- to flip the flapjacks when you prepare this kid-favorite breakfast.

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