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Every Day Is Pancake Day with These 24 Recipes

Sweet or savory, can we all just agree that pancakes rule?
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To feed a larger group, double the recipe and keep pancakes warm in a 250° oven between batches.Alex Lau

Name a meal more satisfying than a stack of pancakes. Nothing? Nothing? All we hear is crickets, because whether pancakes are fluffy or crusty, sweet or savory, there's really no contest. Here are our 24 favorite recipes.

  • A stack of seven fluffy pancakes on table top topped with butter with syrup drizzling over the sides from above.
    Photograph by Isa Zapata, Prop Styling by Dayna Seman, Food Styling by Jesse Szewczyk
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    Perfectly Fluffy Pancakes

    Our best pancakes are easy to make on a moment’s notice with ingredients you have on hand.

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    Vegan Banana-Oat Pancakes

    Like banana bread in pancake form, these pancakes have crisp edges and tender centers with big banana flavor.

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    Hirsheimer Hamilton
    13/24

    Pea Pancakes

    Topping these fresh blini-like pancakes with smoked salmon would make an ideal appetizer for a party.

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    Alex Lau
    14/24

    Apple Dutch Baby

    Summon your family to the table while this bakes; it will be fabulously puffed when it comes out, and you’ll enjoy hearing the oohs and aahs before it deflates.

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    Ditte Isager
    19/24

    Lemon-Ricotta Pancakes

    "The mark of a great pancake is that it can be eaten without syrup," says chef Travis Lett, who serves this dish at Gjelina, his Venice, CA, eatery.

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    20/24

    Spelt Pancakes

    Don't dismiss these because you're confusing them with whole wheat. Mild, sweet, and nutty spelt gives extra body and flavor that normal whole wheat can't compare to.

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