Father’s Day Pancakes
Written by joythebaker on June 20, 2009 – 4:30 pm -
You know this guy, right!?
He’s my Dad. He makes some amazing pancakes… the best pancakes, the best tacos, the best sweet potato pie, the best tofu potato bake. He’s a champion in the kitchen.
He’s also a champion Dad. Top notch. The kind of man that will talk to you for hours about the intricacies of Alfred Hitchcock movies… when you’re eight years old, make your stuffed animals talk and have fake bowel movements, and microwave your ice cream so it’s not too cold. He’s the best I know. Happy Father’s Day.
Want pancakes? Take the jump!
Dad’
s Buttermilk Pancakes
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 teaspoons light brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Whisk together milk, eggs and vegetable oil in a medium bowl, then whisk in the butter.
Stir together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in another medium bowl. Whisk in egg mixture until combined.
Once combined, let the batter sit for 10 minutes while griddle preheats.
Spray a griddle or skillet with nonstick vegetable spray over medium heat. Working in batches of 3 (or 6 if your griddle will allow) pour 1/4-cup measures of batter onto skillet and cook until bubbles have formed on the top and sides of the pancakes and broken, about 2 minutes. Flip pancakes with a spatula (a super thing metal spatula works great) and cook until undersides are golden, about 1 minute more. Lower heat if pancakes brown too quickly. Serve with maple syrup or molasses.
Can you see the steam!? That’s legit!
Tags: cooking with Dad, dad, father's day
Posted in Breakfast, In the Kitchen, Pancakes, Recipes, Thoughts | 55 Comments »
Aw, dad pancakes. The best! Growing up, my dad made one thing and only one thing… and it was for breakfast, too! Scrambled eggs and toast with a glass of OJ. Yum.
presh, presh, presh is he! his cabinets are nice too! great photos and what a nice piece!
I love hearing about what a great dad you have. Enjoy him! The pancakes look great.. thanks.
can you see the steam?! dynamite! yay for dads!
I know it isn’t normal or good for you, but I always love my pancakes a teeny bit underdone in the middle. My poppa would always make ‘em for me special like that. I’ve found a good non-buttermilk recipe that I use all the time and we like to play with. Most recently we’ve tried adding little dabs of warm jam to the pancake when it’s first poured on the griddle, making jamcakes. Especially delicious with raspberry. Never found a buttermilk recipe I loved though. Can’t wait to give this one a whirl! Thank your dad for us.
Mmmm buttermilk pancakes…! I wish I was home for Father’s Day to make these for him, he looves pancakes!
Sounds like a great recipe and a great dad!!Lucky you and lucky him that you have eachother!! Thanks for sharing-maybe I’ll make them tomorrow for the “dad” in our household (my hubby-great dad to three kids!)
Awww, what a sweet tribute to your Dad! His pancakes look awesome!
Mmmmm… that’s what I want for dinner… pancakes!
Happy Father’s Day Joy’s dad!
Such lovely pancakes and such an amazing looking kitchen! Be still my beating heart!
Your Dad is cute!
Seeing him and hearing your words about him make me miss mine even more. My Dad’s speciality was BBQ including mongolian and all the sauces in fact my cousins called him Uncle BBQ, his name was Bob and I love him very much!
Looks like you got a pretty awesome dad!
your dad’s pancakes looked superb, no wonder u’re such a good baker! my dad has neva entered the kitchen to cook anyting for me b4… lucky you
I need a griddle in my life!
jeepers, what are you, Joy ~ 12 years old? Your dad looks young. Those pancakes look super! Now I just need someone as lovely as your dad to come make them for me!
You have a great dad. It’s rare to have a dad like yours these days. I wish my would talk to me about hitchcock movies, or really, anything about himself.
I really like your website =)
I am so making these for Fathers Day breakfast! (the kids and I even take it to him in bed!) What better recipe- than one from a great dad!
Hi, I woke up and saw this post the first thing in the morning. Made this pancake. Taste great! thanks for the recipe. Love your pictures!
What a sweet post for fathers day. Your dad sounds like a real sweetheart.
looking good joy…. hope your dad enjoys his day
those are some serious Pancakes!! thanks for the recipe-always on the hunt for a good pancake recipe (why isn’t there a cookbook devoted to pancakes?)!
Beautiful post- beautiful Dad. Enjoy!
I have made these pancakes every weekend (unless I’m out of town for work) since you posted the recipe ages ago. My husband refuses to let me make any other version, because he believes these to be perfection. In fact, I’m making some right now for a big ol’ Father’s Day breakfast, and he’s having a hard time keeping his fingers from snatching one from the plate before I’m done. So, a big “Thank you!!” to you and your Dad for helping us to create a family tradition that we hope to pass on to our kids!!
And by the way, totally love the griddle – my hubby bought me the same one for Christmas!
I love that first picture side-by-side with the picture of you in the sidebar – so obvious you are father and daughter. Happy Father’s Day to your clearly very rad dad!
Dads ALWAYS make the best breakfasts, don’t they? One of my best memories of my dad is him scrambling eggs, shaking his booty to James Brown’s “I feel Good”.
Hey my dad lives in LA too and HE makes the best pancakes too!!! He used to make them for us every Sunday before church. He put his engineering mind to the task of making them perfect so everything would be so exact, and the egg whites soo whipped up. They were so soft and delicious. I wonder if your dad and my dad could hold forth together on the awesomeness of pancakes? I bet they could!
those look amazing! my dad is also one of the best pancake makers i know, I guess there’s just something about dads-they make the best breakfast!
So cute!! Did he put up a fight about you photographing all the det’s?! He looks so natural under the lens!!
My dad always made a fried egg samich. Plain ol’ white bread, fried egg, american cheese, and ………………. bacon! Oh, and lots of pepper. I loved waking up in the morning to that smell (well, waking up at noon….but it was still there!).
You dad looks so dad-like! Cute
My dad was the buttermilk pancake maker in our house, too. Thanks for bringing back some nice memories for me
Your dad is so handsome! Hope he had a fantastic Father’s Day (I’m sure he did, with you!). I made my hubby your oatmeal cookie pancakes for his very first father’s day today – they were a big hit!
Did anyone else’s dad make pancakes shaped like your initial? I don’t think the K could have been too easy. Also, my grandma couldn’t have dairy products so he mixed a small batch with Sprite (for some reason?!) for her. Hope you and your dad had a great fathers day!
Happy Father’s day to your dad! Look at those PERFECT pancakes!
What an awesome Dad!!!!
Great pancakes!!! (I made some in celebration today too)
That’s great that you spend so much time with your dad. My dad works all the time to support us so it’s hard to really spend time with him. I made him a nice card and bought him something really unique and thoughtful and left it on the table for him this morning.
I hope you guys had a great Father’s Day :}
And I think I’m going to try that recipe for pancakes. I’m always changing the recipe for pancakes I use.
I love ‘em.
I’m so happy for you that you have such a great dad.
AND the making pancakes kind.
Happy Father’s Day to both of you.
Great, I’ve wanted to try “real American pancakes” for ages (Belgian pancakes are very flat, delicious too, of course)!
BUT
What is a stick of butter? How much butter is that?
Aaah, i have yet to taste american pancakes, i only make the thin ones or crepes, love them, but they seem to be an entirely different animal.
And now the mystery of small tall round pancakes has been revealed: you have a special pan! I guess i’ll have to buy a really small pan and do them one at a time. 
Or maybe you can fly your Dad over? 
dad’s make the best breakfasts. it must be some sort of rule
xo
Kelly
Love this post (and the pancakes)! Happy Father’s Day to Joy’s dad!!
I can totally see how you came around to becoming such an awesome baker! Your dad’s pancakes look perfect, and I absolutely love the picture of the steam
Lies from Belgium:
A stick of butter is what Americans refer to when they mean 1/4 pound of butter. It’s just over 110 g of butter.
Love from a Canadian who was looking for that info for years!
Damn. I am starving and looking at this great cooking site. Mouth is watering.
Your Dad’s kitchen looks awesome. No wonder he loves to cook in it. Hope you made him coffee to go with his pancakes.
Thanks Lisa!!!
Hey…if it’s Dad’s day why is he the one making breakfast?
*grin*
a STICK of butter??!! Wow, that’s a lot, in addition to the oil. I’ll have to give these a whirl – I’ve been having trouble getting my “light and fluffy” pancakes to STAY light and fluffy – they seem to collapse immediately upon entering the 200F oven where they are intended to stay warm while I finish cooking the rest.
Ok. Another one of your Dad’s recipes is now a staple in my book. I just made these pancakes this morning and they were the best I have ever put in my mouth!!! Normally I do the wheat flour, bran and pecan thing in my pancakes, which are still wonderful. But this morning, after a long week of grad school, I wanted something classic, really yummy and not necessarily good for me. These were perfect. The 1 stick of butter was PERFECT! These are going in the recipe book on the page that is pretty much always open!!! Thanks for sharing your memories!! Send my thanks to your Dad, again!!