Food Breakfast Our Best Homemade Pancake Recipes By Midwest Living editors Midwest Living editors Midwest Living's experienced editors create best-in-class travel, lifestyle, food, home and garden content you won't find anywhere else. We're loudly, proudly Midwestern, and we're passionate about helping our audience explore and create through award-winning storytelling. Midwest Living's Editorial Guidelines Updated on December 28, 2022 Trending Videos Photo: Carson Downing Flavor pancakes with lemon, fill them with fruit, add multigrain options, bake a puffy Dutch baby—choose the recipe that suits your tastes! 01 of 14 Lemon-Ricotta Hotcakes Carson Downing When life gives you lemons, make the legendary lemon-ricotta hotcakes from Hell's Kitchen, a Minneapolis favorite. Favorite Breakfast and Brunch Recipes View Recipe 02 of 14 Dutch Baby with Chai-Spiced Pears Carson Downing The combination of spiced, buttery pears; tart creme fraiche; and baked pancake is sublime, and so festive. For maximum puff, let the eggs and milk sit out for 30 minutes to take the chill off before making the batter. View Recipe 03 of 14 Hearty Multigrain Pancakes We added whole grains to these flapjacks to help ward off the morning munchies. Personalize this breakfast or brunch recipe with chocolate chips, blueberries and other stir-ins. View Recipe 04 of 14 Apple Pie Pancakes Apple pie spice, apple juice and apples give these pancakes a triple dose of fruit. Both pancakes and maple syrup have a rich tradition in the Midwest, where winter and spring festivals celebrate the syrup harvest. View Recipe 05 of 14 Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Warm Blueberry Compote Rise and shine with these special-occasion pancakes from Chicago chef Mindy Segal. Ricotta makes them moist and rich; lemon curd gives sweet-tart punch. Our Best Brunch Recipes View Recipe 06 of 14 Sausage-Apple Dutch Baby Why fry sausage separately when you can cook it right into the pancake? That kind of ease is just one reason we love this sweet-and-savory Dutch baby pancake. The batter's quick, and in the 15 minutes while it bakes, you can whip up the maple-glazed apple topping. View Recipe 07 of 14 Hint-of-Orange Pancakes with Grapefruit Syrup This recipe couldn't be simpler! Just simmer grapefruit slices in maple syrup for a delicious, rosy compote to serve over waffles, French toast, crepes—or these subtly orange-flavored pancakes. View Recipe 08 of 14 Whole-Grain Buttermilk Pancakes Pile your breakfast plate high with our 100-percent-whole-wheat (yet still fluffy) buttermilk pancakes. Serve with syrup or jazz up with one of the quick and easy toppers in our recipe. View Recipe 09 of 14 Finnish Baked Pancakes This recipe comes from the Poplar Creek Guesthouse Bed and Breakfast on the Gunflint Trail near Grand Marais, Minnesota. The traditional big pancake has been adapted into a lighter version: puffed pancakes (recipe link above). Poplar Creek also serves a delicious Stuffed French Toast, flavored with cream cheese, apricot preserves and pecans. View Recipe 10 of 14 Gingerbread Pancakes Love the taste of gingerbread? Make a weekend breakfast extraordinary with a stack of these cakes featuring ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, molasses and fresh-picked apples sliced paper-thin. View Recipe 11 of 14 Blueberry Buckwheat Pancakes Made with buckwheat, a whole grain, these easy pancakes offer a low-fat, low-sodium breakfast or brunch alternative. View Recipe 12 of 14 Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Raspberry Sauce Kids will love helping make this breakfast or brunch treat, but don't save it just for them—adults like chocolate chip pancakes, too! The raspberry sauce can be made ahead of time. View Recipe 13 of 14 Four-Grain Pancakes Whole-wheat flour, rolled oats, cornmeal and wheat germ give these buttermilk pancakes great flavor and texture. View Recipe 14 of 14 Oatmeal Pancakes with Strawberry-Orange Sauce Made with brown sugar and rolled oats, these pancakes taste almost like a soft oatmeal cookie. Top with either strawberry-orange sauce or maple syrup. Delicious Ways to Power Your Day With Oats View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit