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    Food » Breakfast Time » Homemade Just Add Water Pancake Mix

    Homemade Just Add Water Pancake Mix

    Posted: 12/09/2019 | Last updated: 09/14/2021 by Erin K. Browne 22 Comments
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    Why make your own homemade pancake mix, when buying it at the store is easy and relatively cheap?  One reason may be that you're trying to reduce the amount of preservatives or other unnecessary added ingredients of such premade products.

    Another reason may be that you are tucked into your home on a Saturday morning and you're really feelin' some quick, no fuss pancakes.  Having this mix on hand - or whipping it up on the fly - can have fluffy pancakes on your plate in 10 minutes or less.

    This pancake mix uses 6 simple ingredients, most or all of which may already be in your pantry.  When you're ready to make pancakes, just add water, heat up your skillet, and you're in business. Check out customwater.com to gather the water bottles you need for this recipe and others.

    You can add any of your favorite additions such as chocolate chips, nuts, dried or fresh fruit, or even flavored extracts.  This is such a handy mix to have on hand in your kitchen!  Enjoy!

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    • Total Time: 10 mins
    • Yield: 35 pancakes 1x

    Ingredients

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    • ¾ cup nonfat dry milk powder
    • 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
    • ¼ cup powdered sugar
    • 2 TBS baking powder
    • 1 TBS baking soda
    • 1 tsp salt

    Instructions

    1. Mix all ingredients together. Store in an airtight container in a cool, dry place. Discard when the expiration date on the milk powder has passed.
    2. To make pancakes, melt a small amount of butter (or use cooking spray) on a griddle or on a nonstick skillet over medium heat.
    3. Combine 1 cup of dry mix with ¾ cup of water and ½ tsp vanilla extract (optional) and stir until combined. Pour a small amount of mix (about ¼ cup) or enough to create 4-5 inch pancakes into the skillet. (you'll probably get around 5-7 small pancakes from this amount of mix)
    4. If using any additions such as chocolate chips, nuts, fruit, etc, sprinkle them onto each pancake.
    5. When bubbles form on the surface, flip pancakes over and cook 1-2 minutes more.
    • Author: Erin Browne
    • Prep Time: 5 mins
    • Cook Time: 5 mins

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    Erin K. Browne is an author of a cookbook (The Unofficial Dollywood Cookbook, Simon & Schuster/Adams Media) and Dollywood guide (The Ultimate Guide to Dollywood, Simon & Schuster/Adams Media) She has over two decades experience with recipe development. Erin is a mom of two human babies and a sweet kitty named Biscuit Fingers ("Ketto"). She loves comfy clothes, sarcastic t-shirts, and reading thrillers. Make her day and toss her a like on Facebook or follow her on Instagram. Post may contain affiliate links including those via the Amazon Associates program

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    1. Wilma Lambrechts

      September 06, 2023 at 3:31 am

      Hi Erin
      I would like to sell it at Markets/Fair. I am in South Africa.

      How much pancakes can you get out of one batch. One cup of mix makes 5 - 7 small pancakes, so if I work on 5 larger pancakes, then I can make 20 pancakes out of 1 batch. Am I correct by saying that or am I totally wrong. Not good at maths though. LOL! Please advise. Thanks

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    2. Holly Sapp

      May 18, 2023 at 2:00 am

      How long can this be stored for?

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      • Erin

        June 24, 2023 at 5:20 pm

        I'm so sorry it's taken me a while to get to this comment - I have been very ill! When stored in an airtight container in a cool place, refer to the expiration dates on your baking powder and dry milk powder. When they expire, toss the mix!

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    3. Sara

      February 13, 2023 at 8:19 am

      I love keeping a container of this around for weekend pancakes! Great recipe!






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    4. PJ

      February 11, 2023 at 5:43 pm

      I want to make these but was wondering if you can sub the powered milk with buttermilk powder. The family loves buttermilk pancakes and I'd love to make this ahead and have it on hand when we're in a hurry. Thank you for your feedback.

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      • Erin

        February 13, 2023 at 8:16 am

        That should be fine, though I have not tried it. Usually when substituting liquid buttermilk for liquid milk, you reduce the baking powder by 2tsp and increase the baking soda by 1/2tsp for every cup of milk, but I'm not sure how that translates when using the dry product! You could try using a little less powder and a little more soda if you use buttermilk powder and that should work fine - pancakes are, thankfully, pretty forgiving! Good luck!

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    5. Kris

      May 16, 2021 at 9:58 am

      I was looking to use up some powdered milk and this did the trick. I measured everything perfectly because I wanted the awesome pancakes I read about in the reviews. They’re not particularly fluffy, and the taste isn’t quite where I want it. I’m going to finish making them, as I used a lot of flour for these, but I’m going to keep on tweaking. This was a good starting point for me! Thank you for that.






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      • Erin

        May 16, 2021 at 10:12 am

        HI Kris! Thank you for your feedback! For your next batches, try this: After mixing the batter, let it rest for a good 5 minutes. The batter will start to look a little light and foamy - this is what you want. Don't stir it after this happens, just lightly scoop out the amount you want per pancake. That'll keep your pancakes light and fluffy. Hope this helps!

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        • Ashley L

          January 19, 2023 at 1:26 am

          I haven't tried this yet, just stumbled upon this on pintrest, but looling forward to trying this. Suggestion, if you recommend letting the batter sit for 5 minutes before using, would you add that to your instructions please? Also I guess I will experiment with it but if I use milk, instead of milk powder or water should it turn out similar?

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          • Erin

            January 24, 2023 at 10:45 am

            I haven't tried using liquid milk myself, so I can't comment for sure if that will work out. let me know if you try it out!

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      • Sara

        April 21, 2022 at 10:18 am

        I was wondering if anyone tried this in a mug pancake in the microwave and if so how did you measure

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    6. Sarah

      February 26, 2021 at 3:13 pm

      Also the "Rate this recipe" feature seems to be broken, or I'd give ya 5 stars!

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      • Erin

        February 26, 2021 at 3:16 pm

        Thanks so much!! I'm happy they worked so well for you!

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    7. Sarah

      February 26, 2021 at 3:12 pm

      Added some cinnamon and nutmeg to the mix as it's our thing, but we were shocked at how fluffy these suckers are! Thanks so muc. 🙂

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    8. Kathy

      October 03, 2020 at 7:24 am

      How much butter/oil would you add to 1 cup mix to make waffles?

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      • Sarah

        November 28, 2020 at 9:03 pm

        Would dry buttermilk powder work instead of the dry milk powder?

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        • Erin

          November 28, 2020 at 9:07 pm

          I haven't tried it myself - maybe you could scale down the recipe to just make a small batch to test it out first? Let me know how it turns out if you give it a whirl!

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        • Chonsie

          February 26, 2022 at 9:51 pm

          Did you try this? I was wanting to do the same.

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      • Erin

        November 28, 2020 at 9:08 pm

        I haven't used this recipe to make anything but pancakes, but maybe you'd need to add an egg? It's a recipe ripe for experimentation!

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