Gluten Free Pancakes
Although Darrell can’t eat peanut butter, I still love it. Growing up, it was a staple of my childhood. My dad would (and still does) put peanut butter on his pancakes and then drizzle a little syrup and take his fork to kind of mix up the peanut butter and syrup for the perfect topping. For many years, I would only eat pancakes if I could put this combo on top. If we were out of peanut butter, I wasn’t interested in pancakes. Now, the older I’ve gotten, I have discovered there are other flavors, toppings, etc. that are actually pretty great for pancakes and I won’t refuse them if we run out of peanut butter in the pantry - haha! - but seriously, if you don’t put peanut butter on your pancakes, you’re missing out!
Mom had clipped the back of a Bisquick box years ago, to save the pancake recipe. I’ve never bought a box of Bisquick that didn’t have a pancake recipe on the back, however, the recipe mom used was different.
While Gluten Free Bisquick is a different product and I haven’t compared the recipe on the back of the GF box to modern day boxes of normal Bisquick, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are even some differences in those recipes. I haven’t done a ton of true “baking” gluten free, but typically, I’ve found you can’t “just swap” the regular flour for gluten free flour on every single recipe. So I treat Bisquick the same way.
When comparing the recipe on the GF box to mom’s clipped recipe, the two recipes weren’t comparable in amount and type of ingredients, so I decided to experiment. The result was about as close to mom’s pancakes as I’ve been able to achieve and I think that’s pretty darn great!
Check out my recipe for gluten free pancakes using GF Bisquick, below.
Ingredients
1 cup Gluten Free Bisquick Mix
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 egg
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Stir ingredients. I prefer to use a hand mixer to ensure ingredients are evenly blended.
Heat griddle. Low heat works best.
Pour mix onto griddle, do so sparingly as the mix will spread. Just less that 1/4 cup (as advised by the Bisquick box recipe to make 10 pancakes, I think I use slightly more and come out with fewer but a smidge larger pancakes.)
Watch for the pancakes to bubble, soon after the edges should start to appear dry and you’re safe to flip the pancake at that point. I continue to flip them a couple of times until they’re golden to my preference.
As you transfer finished pancakes to a plate, top with a slice of butter.
Feel free to top with peanut butter, fruit or add in chocolate chips, etc!
If I’m making these for just the two of us, I typically have some left over. I’ve found that they’re great to freeze individually in small plastic bags so you can reheat them in the microwave as desired.