BEST PRACTICES FOR PANCAKES
From mixing to flipping, these tips will help you produce consistently lofty, golden hotcakes.
1. Weigh Your Flour
Pancake loft and tenderness relies on a precise ratio of ingredients, which is why we recommend measuring flour by weight instead of volume.
2. Leave the Batter Lumpy
Mixing the batter until it’s barely combined makes for loftier pancakes. The lumps obstruct the flow of the batter so that it sits tall in the pan and retains more air instead of spreading out.
3. Fold In Mix-Ins
Folding additions such as chocolate or fresh fruit into the batter rather than dropping them onto the top of the portioned pancakes ensures that they’re embedded in the fluffy crumb rather than simply sitting on the surface where they’re vulnerable to burning when the pancakes are flipped.
4. Preheat Low and Slow
Heating the pan over high heat causes hot spots to form on the
