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

1. Stir ingredients. I prefer to use a hand mixer to ensure ingredients are evenly blended.

2. Heat griddle. Low heat works best.

3. 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.)

4. 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.

5. 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.