Homemade Waffles, Pancakes, & Strawberry Preserves (Includes Recipe)

Incredibly easy to make homemade waffles and pancakes! Keep reading... I'm going to give you the recipe!

I've always been a firm believer that homemade is better than store bought. It not only tastes better, it's better for you too! To be honest, I am probably a little spoiled considering that my mother (who comes from an Italian family) made everything from scratch-- preserves, bread, sauces, pastries, and even pasta noodles! With that kind of mom, how could I not be biased towards homemade?

My husband really enjoys breakfast foods (even for dinner), so I make waffles, pancakes, eggs, scones, bacon, crepes, cinnamon rolls, etc on a regular basis. So, I figured that I would share my recipe for pancakes and waffles... Not the preserves though. Sorry, guys! (A girl's gotta make a living somehow, right?)

Amazingly enough, I use the same recipe for both my pancakes and waffles (just add an extra egg for the waffles)! So, without further ado, here it is:

1.5 cups of flour

1.25 cups of 2% milk (use buttermilk if you want them to be fluffier)

1 Tablespoon of vanilla

1 Tablespoon of granulated sugar

.5 (heaping) teaspoon of baking powder

.5 teaspoon of baking soda

.5 teaspoon of salt

3 Tablespoons of (melted and cooled) butter

1 large egg

This recipe, using a .25 measuring cup, makes approximately 9 pancakes and waffles.

If you're mixing by hand, I recommend using two separate bowls (one to mix dry ingredients, one to mix wet ingredients-- then slowly pour dry ingredients into wet as you mix). If you're using a mixer, I recommend putting all the ingredients in together and mixing on low to avoid over mixing. 

I use a large griddle for the pancakes and, of course, use a waffle iron for the waffles. For the pancakes, I set the griddle at 325 degrees, and set the waffle iron on the lowest setting. This keeps them from getting too dark. Since my waffle iron doesn't flip over, I don't flip them. However, I flip my pancakes over when the edges start to look solid and the bubbles in the batter start to pop. 

I made heart shaped pancakes for my husband for Valentine's Day dinner, and he ate six pancakes before I could even get over to the table and sit down with him! To give you an idea of the difference between using buttermilk and 2%, the waffles pictured at the top of the post were made with 2% milk and the pancakes were made with buttermilk. 

If you have any questions, please let me know. I would be more than happy to try and help you out!

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Until next time...

-Mandy from Mimi's Sweets