My Best Sourdough Pancakes
Maurizio Leo · theperfectloaf.com · 2023 · 12 pancakes
Against 802 pancake recipes
More salt than 96% of recipes and more fat than 91%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 802 pancake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 96% of recipes: 2.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.9%, about 3 times as much.
- More fat than 91% of recipes: 31% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%, about twice as much.
- More sugar than 81% of recipes: 28% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%.
Ingredients (13)
- 2 medium eggs≈ 88 g
- 250g (1 1/2 cups, stirred down) ripe sourdough starter250 g
- 245g (1 cup) whole milk245 g
- 60g (1/4 cup) plain whole-milk yogurt, Greek or regular (optional)60 g
- 4g (1 teaspoon) vanilla extract (optional)4 g
- 180g all-purpose, einkorn, whole wheat flour, or a mix (see notes above or in Variations below)180 g
- 50g (1/4 cup) sugar50 g
- 6g (1 teaspoon) baking soda6 g
- 4g (1 teaspoon) baking powder4 g
- 5g (1 teaspoon) fine sea salt5 g
- 56g (1/2 stick) melted unsalted butter, plus more for cooking and serving56 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Chopped fresh fruit, for serving (optional)n/a
- Maple syrup, for servingn/a
flour 180 gbatter 948 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.
- Liquid169% · 56th percentile · median 159%
- Egg49% · 69th percentile · median 40%
- Sugar28% · 82nd percentile · median 16%
- Fat31% · 91st percentile · median 16%
- Leavening5.6% · 55th percentile · median 5.4%
- Salt2.8% · 97th percentile · median 0.9%
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