IHOP Pancakes (copycat)
These copycat IHOP Pancakes are golden and fluffy and taste just like the ones from the popular restaurant chain.
I have to admit it. I love me some IHOP pancakes. Breakfast is one of my favorite meals to eat at restaurants, though it’s funny, because I’m normally a savory foods girl. I like to order chicken fried steak, bacon or eggs. BUT there’s always an exception when we go to IHOP. I always get their pancakes. They are amazing! Especially with their butter pecan syrup. Yum!
We absolutely loved these pancakes. In my family’s opinion, they were BETTER than IHOP’s. Maybe it’s because they were homemade, I’m not sure. They were just amazing!
Whip your family up a batch of these and you’ll have some happy campers sitting at your breakfast table. These iHOP Pancakes are a great way to start off a great day! 🙂
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IHOP Pancakes (copycat)
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 ¼ cups buttermilk
- 2 Tablespoons salted butter melted
- 3 Tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a small bowl, combine egg and buttermilk. Whisk together until blended. Add to flour mixture, stirring only until smooth. Add melted butter and sugar to batter and whisk until combined.
- Heat a griddle or nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Grease griddle with cooking spray or butter. Drop 1/4 cup batter on pan and spread into a 5-inch circle. Cook until bubbles begin to form on surface and edges begin to brown. Gently flip and continue to brown other side. Repeat with remaining batter.
- Serve with butter and warm syrup. Enjoy!
Notes
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Can you use almond milk? Out of regular milk to make buttermilk. Ive made them before as the recipe is written, theyre Fantastic!! Passed it on to my daughter.
Just made these no more boxed pancakes , Thank You for the recipe.
These were awesome!!! I Followed recipe exactly. I prefer to try recipes as written before later adding my own twist, that way I can give a honest review.
I had a craving for ihop pancakes and these were the next best thing. Will never use another recipe. Next time I’ll add a little vanilla extract to the batter.
I didn’t have buttermilk, but I just made fresh yogurt and it was still warm so I used that. My batter immediately fluffed up when I added wet to dry, and the warmth meant the butter blended in so smoothly. Wow these pancakes were everything I was looking for! Fluffy but dense enough to not deflate as soon they came off the STOVe. 100% will make these again
So glad they were still a success with your substitution! 🙂
This is my first ever comment on any recipe and all I gotta say is, they were literally perfect. Bravo. Thank you.
Thank you so much for commenting! I am so glad you enjoyed them 🙂
Start with the color of the pancake, it was beautiful, it was fluffy and soft. problem i was getting the backlash, of the baking soda taste’, i will try it again, beware, of the baking soda, i give it 4 stars, much better than my fake pancakes, hahaha………thanks for sharing
Oh my gosh fInally i found a PERFECT recipe! All this time i thought it was my fault, but nope… iT was the recipes i was using. These turn into perfect pancakes (even color).
Made these for my girlfriend and she loved them! This’ll be my go-to pancake recipe from now on.
I didn’t have buttermilk (who does?) so I substituted it with 1:2 Greek yogurt mixed with milk (1 part yogurt, 2 parts milk). It turned out amazing!
(Actually, I accidentally used strawberry Greek yogurt instead of plain and they came out as strawberry pancakes. Delicious!)
i never rate recipes but THese pancakes Were simply amazing! Buttery, fluffy, melt in your mouth delicious! Besides adding a bit of vanilla, don’t change a thing!
Awesome pancakes! Thanks for the recipe. (Side note: it will only let me type in all caps, even though my text keypad is lowercase.)
I worked at IHOP on and off for 20 years and somehow I still love pancakes, but i hate syrup. Now that I’m not there anymore I’ve been on the hunt for perfect pancakes – fluffy, not dense, has just enough sweetness that I don’t need to add any….these are it! My poor husband has suffered through my pancake experiments and told me i can stop – these are the ones!
Made THese this morning, made them dairy free (Used oatmilk added lemon juice 2t to sour it, buttermilk sub). Turned out perfect. Also sugar free as we like to pile on maple sYrup. Reminded me of my trip to the usa and my ihop visit. Perfect
Excellent pancakes. BAtter is thick and pancakes are light and fluffy.
Good day
I’ve been gracing IHOP ever since I left USA 8 years Ago. Called hubby to bring me buttermilk from the store and can’t wait to make them in the morning. Was wondering if I can add some chocolate Chips?
Thank you
I’m super excited
Yes you can add chocolate chips for sure! I would add in about half a cup to the batter.
I’m from New Zealand and since we’re far away from the rest of the world we don’t have Ihob so I don’t actually know what they taste like or how accurate it is to this recipe. Although out of the hundreds of pancake recipe i have tried this one is by far the best pancakes i have ever had. These pancakes were so delicious that i had to make a second batch because they were amazing. 100% would DEFINITELY reccomend
After weeks of making these every Sunday, Just thought I should say I love them! My husband loves only Ihop pancakes, and I think this is as close as it gets. He loves them too. Thank you for sharing!
So Great! Perfect directions! my whole family loves it! It came out perfectly.
Thank you.
Batter tasted good but was way too thin. The first pancake came out really flat. Added more fLour and they Came out a bit better
I Made these for dinner a few daYs ago. I’m usually not a pancake lover (even the IHOP ones) but i love these. My husband, who is on a diet, started Witn two pancakes and enDed up eating four ☺️. ThaNks for sharing the recipe!
Made these with blueberries for sunday morning breakfast. These were so good we are Never going back to store-bought pancake mix.
Thank you for the recipe.
Almost better than ihop!
Wow just wow perfect pancakes!! Thank you for SHARING. The PANCAKES truly are tasty as STATED.
GreaT recipe! I add 4 tablespoons of Hershey’s cocoa and 1/3 cup of mini semi-sweet chocolate chips to the batter. Then after cooking, i drizzle with hershey’s chOcolate syrup and Whipped crEam. Grandkids love it!
Love, love, love these pAncakes!!!
I make them as the recipe says but use 50/50 milk and sour cream cuz I never have buttermilk. Fluffy, delicious and never rubbery!! Thanks to your recipe, I finally can say I have mastered pancakes!
These were the best and did have the signature IHOP taste. The only thing I added was a splash of vanilla and used soured milk v buttermilk.
WoW! – these really are better than ihop or denny’s i’d never made buttermilk pancakes before in my life but these were quick, simple and totally deelish! I used my grandma’s 100 year+ old cast iron frying pan and they browned up golden and fluffy just like the real deal. This will be my go to recipe for weekend flapjacks for sure! – thank you