Sourdough Pancakes

Amanda Rettke--iambaker.net · iambaker.net · 2020 · 12

Against 802 pancake recipes

No sugar, unlike 92% of recipes and more fat than 90%.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 802 pancake recipes, per 100 g of flour.

No sugar at all, where 92% of recipes use some (most of those 11 to 25% of the flour weight).
More fat than 90% of recipes: 30% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%.
More salt than 85% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.9%, about 2.5 times as much.
Egg in the middle half of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

¼ cup (4 tablespoons or 57g) butter, (melted and cooled slightly)57 g
2 large eggs, (room temperature)≈ 100 g
1 cup (245g) milk, (room temperature (I like whole milk, but any % will work))245 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
1½ cups (341g) sourdough starter, (discard or fed)341 g
1½ cups (187.5g) all-purpose flour, ((can also use bread or whole wheat flour))188 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g

flour 188 gbatter 949 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 802 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.