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Buttermilk Blueberry Pancakes

Prep10 min
Cook15 min
Total25 min
YieldAbout 12 pancakes · serves 4
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 2 tbspgranulated sugar
  • 2 tspbaking powder
  • 1/2 tspbaking soda
  • 1/2 tspfine salt
  • 1 1/4 cupsbuttermilk
  • 2large eggs
  • 3 tbspunsalted butter, melted (plus more for the pan)
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 1 cupfresh blueberries≈ 99 median blueberries

Steps

  1. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla.
  3. Pour the wet into the dry and stir just until combined. The batter should be thick and lumpy — overmixing makes tough pancakes.
  4. Heat a non-stick skillet or griddle over medium-low. Butter it lightly.
  5. Pour 1/4 cup of batter per pancake. Immediately drop 6–8 blueberries onto each one.
  6. Cook 2–3 minutes until bubbles form across the surface and the edges look set. Flip and cook another 1–2 minutes until golden.
  7. Keep finished pancakes warm in a 200°F oven in a single layer while you cook the rest.

Notes

  • Dropping berries onto the batter in the pan (rather than stirring them in) prevents the batter from turning gray.
  • If you only have regular milk, add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar and let it sit 5 minutes.
A 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberriesA 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberries