A pancake recipe can mean a thin foldable round or a thicker stack. Decide which you want before reaching for flour, because toppings will not change the underlying batter. These two recipes explain the distinction and give you a reliable place to start.
A thin pancake for folding
Good Food’s easy pancakes use a smooth, fairly thin batter and a pan-coating approach for crêpe-style results. Lemon and sugar are suggested finishes, but the main choice here is the pancake itself. Read the guidance on batter consistency and the amount going into the pan before cooking the first one. A thin batter is intentional in this recipe, so it should not be thickened simply because it looks different from a breakfast-stack mixture.
BBC Good Food · Good Food · Thin crêpe-style pancakes
A thicker pancake for stacking
King Arthur Baking’s Simply Perfect Pancakes uses baking powder and a rested batter, portioned onto a griddle or frying pan. Its instructions describe bubbles forming before the pancake is turned, and offer malted milk powder as an alternative sweetener. Choose this recipe for the thicker style and keep its measurements and mixing method together. Neither recipe is a universal correction for the other; they are designed to produce different pancakes.
kingarthurbaking.com · King Arthur Baking · American-style pancakes