Name: Homemade Blueberry Pancakes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 cup milk; 1 egg, beaten; 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (optional); 1/2 pint fresh blueberries

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Homemade blueberry pancakes are super easy to make on weekends and perfect to reheat during the week for easy breakfasts. Pancakes are one of those recipes that once you make them from scratch, it seems ridiculous to have ever used a box mix, or even store-bought in the frozen foods aisle!

My basic recipe for homemade pancakes includes ingredients that even the most basically stocked fridge and pantry usually have: flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, oil, eggs and milk.

In my book, simple is delicious. But, there are still times when you want to liven things up a bit, give a little pizzazz or just use up some fruit or berries that are leaning into over-ripe status.

It can be fun to come with flavor combos and other ingredients you can incorporate, like using blueberries and vanilla in this homemade blueberry pancakes recipe. My basic pancake recipe is super forgiving and very versatile!

Some of our other fun add-ins and combos include:

Vanilla
Mashed Banana
Slivered almonds
Cinnamon
Chocolate chips
Sautéed apples
Berries
Peaches
Yogurt

The recipe makes enough for a family of four, give or take. I’ve been known to double the recipe and save the leftovers for breakfast during the week.

Storing Leftover Blueberry Pancakes

Once cooled, you can store the pancakes in a gallon zip top bag in your refrigerator and then reheat in the microwave as needed. But … you can also store them in the freezer!

Let the homemade blueberry pancakes (or any variety) cool completely, and then lay them flat on a baking sheet in the freezer. Once frozen, put them all in a zip top freezer bag and then pull the pancakes out as needed. By freezing them first on the baking sheet, you’ll keep them from sticking together in the bag later.

Frozen pancakes reheat quickly in the microwave, just like the ones you buy in the freezer section at the grocery store!

Check out some of my other pancake recipes here:

Homemade Blueberry Pancakes

Yield: 12 to 15 Pancakes

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Homemade blueberry pancakes are super easy to make on weekends and perfect to reheat during the week for easy breakfasts!

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup milk
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (optional)
1/2 pint fresh blueberries

Instructions

Place 1/4 stick of butter into a large skillet over medium to medium/high heat. The pan is ready when the butter is melted and starts to foam a little.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. In a 2-cup (or larger) glass measuring cup, combine the milk, egg, oil and vanilla. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, whisking to just combine.
Pour the batter, about 1/4 cup at a time, into your preheated skillet. Sprinkle each pancake with blueberries to taste. Cook 4 minutes, or until you see bubbles appear all over the top. Flip the pancakes and cook an additional 1-2 minutes. Repeat the process until batter has been used up.

Notes

Serve hot with butter and real maple syrup.

Tips:

I start with the pan on medium/high to preheat, but once the first set of pancakes has finished, I reduce the heat to medium because I've found the remaining batches need less time — about 3 minutes the first side and only a minute on the second side.

If you don't have fresh blueberries, use 1/2 cup thawed frozen blueberries as an alternative. I've also folded the blueberries into the batter instead of dropping them onto the pancakes. This works fine as long as you toss the blueberries in some flour first, otherwise they'll sink to the bottom of your batter!

During the week we take leftovers, wrap them in a damp paper towel, and microwave for about 30 seconds.