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The Single Pancake

Joy the Baker · joythebaker.com · 2014

Against 802 pancake recipes

No egg, unlike 92% of recipes and more liquid than 90%.

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How it compares

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

  • No egg at all, where 92% of recipes use some (most of those 37 to 53% of the flour weight).
  • More liquid than 90% of recipes: 220% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 159%.
  • More fat than 93% of recipes: 34% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%, about twice as much.
  • More leavening than 93% of recipes: 9.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.4%.
Liquid: 220%, 90th percentileEgg: 0%, 4th percentileSugar: 20%, 69th percentileFat: 34%, 93rd percentileLeavening: 9.1%, 93rd percentileSalt: 1%, 52nd percentileLiquidEggSugarFatLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour (a multi purpose gluten-free flour also works well)≈ 42 g
  • 1 Tablespoon dried oats (quick-cooking or old-fashioned)≈ 5 g
  • 2 teaspoons granulated sugar≈ 8 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
  • pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted melted butter≈ 14 g
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk≈ 92 g
  • splash of pure vanilla extractn/a
  • handful of fresh blueberriesn/a
  • smaller handful of dark chocolate chipsn/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • a bit of vegetable oil and butter for coating the griddle≈ 113 g

flour 42 gbatter 165 g

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

Baker's percentages

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

  • Liquid220% · 90th percentile
  • Egg0% · 4th percentile
  • Sugar20% · 69th percentile
  • Fat34% · 93rd percentile
  • Leavening9.1% · 93rd percentile
  • Salt1% · 52nd percentile

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