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The Best Pancake Recipe

tasteandtellblog.com · 2023 · 16 pancakes

Against 802 pancake recipes

More salt than 89% of recipes and more leavening than 75%.

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How it compares

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

  • More salt than 89% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.9%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • Liquid in the middle half of recipes: 195% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 159%.
  • Egg in the middle half of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%.
  • More leavening than 75% of recipes: 7.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.4%.
Liquid: 195%, 76th percentileEgg: 53%, 77th percentileSugar: 20%, 65th percentileFat: 22%, 66th percentileLeavening: 7.4%, 79th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 92nd percentileLiquidEggSugarFatLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour*≈ 188 g
  • 3 tablespoons sugar≈ 38 g
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
  • 1 1/2 cups milk≈ 366 g
  • 3 tablespoons oil ((can use any neutral oil - I like avocado oil, but vegetable oil works))≈ 41 g
  • 2 eggs (separated)≈ 100 g

flour 188 gbatter 750 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.

  • Liquid195% · 76th percentile
  • Egg53% · 77th percentile
  • Sugar20% · 65th percentile
  • Fat22% · 66th percentile
  • Leavening7.4% · 79th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 92nd percentile

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