New York Pancakes Recipe

Can’t make it to New York for breakfast? Bring New York to your kitchen with this pancake recipe. It’s simple and quick to make!

Ingredients for 8 to 9 Pancakes

• 220 g flour
• 260 ml buttermilk or whole milk
• 1 large pinch of baking soda
• 10 g baking powder (two small teaspoons)
• 1 vanilla bean
• 25 g sugar, or 15 g sugar plus 10 g vanilla sugar if you don’t have a vanilla bean
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 90 g melted butter

Tip: About the Milk

• For authentic New York-style “Buttermilk Pancakes,” use buttermilk or fermented milk.
• Whole milk works too.

Tip: About the Pancake Batter

• For fluffy pancakes, beat the eggs and milk together, then add the melted butter to the mixture.
• You can clarify the melted butter to make lighter pancakes. Simply skim off the layer of foam that forms on top of the melted butter.
• For fruit pancakes, fold blueberries or banana slices into the batter before cooking.

Recipe Steps

• 1/ Melt the butter over low heat. Clarify it.
• 2/ In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, vanilla sugar (if not using a vanilla bean), salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
• 3/ In another bowl, beat the eggs. Add the milk, melted butter, and vanilla bean seeds (if not using vanilla sugar).
• 4/ Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Stir with a wooden spoon until just combined.
• 5/ Heat a skillet. A 14 cm (5.5 in) diameter skillet works best.
• 6/ Add a small piece of butter to the skillet to lightly grease the surface.
• 7/ Don’t let the butter burn. Use medium heat—pancakes brown quickly.
• 8/ Once the skillet is hot, pour in a generous ladle of batter.
• 9/ Cook until small bubbles form on the surface, then flip with a spatula.
• 10/ Watch carefully and lower the heat slightly. The pancake will be done in less than a minute.
• 11/ Serve with butter, powdered sugar, maple syrup, berries, banana slices, fried eggs—the options are endless! Pancakes are especially delicious with crispy bacon and whipped cream drizzled with a touch of maple syrup. Enjoy!

Share Your Pancakes with Us!

• Feel free to contact me if you’d like to share a recipe or a cooking challenge. 🙂 Email: patricia@cnewyork.net