
Make Pancake Day, Breakfast or Brunch really special with these wonderful any Flavoured Pancakes. With this quick, easy, versatile family recipe, there’s almost no limit to the flavours you can enjoy.
To learn more about how this recipe came to be, read on – but if you just want the recipe, scroll to the top of this page and hit the “Jump to Recipe” button to go straight there.
One Shrove Tuesday, while making our favourite family recipe for pancakes, my son Alexander discovered he was out of the sour cream the recipe called for. He substituted plain yogurt and the resulting pancakes were lighter and fluffier than ever. So I began using plain yogurt for our family recipe when I made it too.
It didn’t seem to matter what plain or natural yogurt we used. Higher fat varieties did give the very best result – but we found that low fat yogurts also worked very well. Then one day, I discovered my plain yogurt was well out of date and I did not have any sour cream either. I used some vanilla yogurt in the recipe instead and the results were delicious – and they provided food for thought as well. What if we substituted flavoured yogurt for the plain yogurt?
Our first experiment involved lemon yogurt, which gave a lovely, delicate flavour that was the perfect foil to maple syrup. Then we tried strawberry flavour yogurt which gave the pancakes a delicious fruity flavour and light pink hue. (You could enhance this with a bit of food colouring for a children’s party or Valentine’s Day.) Of course you can use any fruit yogurt, but lesser known flavours like rhubarb, ginger and toffee work well too. Like my Easy Yogurt Loaf Cake and my Cinnamon Streusel Yogurt Muffins, this recipe is so flexible, there are tons of flavour possibilities. If there is a flavoured yogurt you like, you can use it to make flavoured pancakes!
The Quality of Your Ingredients Matters
Use the freshest eggs and milk possible and a good quality yogurt with a rich flavour profile for the best results. Add a small amount of vanilla, almond or other flavouring or some spices, like cinnamon or ginger, to really boost the taste experience. I like to add a little finely chopped fruit or blueberries to fruit-flavoured yogurt pancakes, but be careful not to add too much fruit or the pancakes will not have a good texture.
Add Layers of Flavour To Your Flavoured Pancakes
Of course, you can simply use flavoured yogurt and omit any other add-ins, but it can be fun to add layers of flavour to your flavoured pancakes. For example, I add a bit of grated lemon rind to the recipe when I use lemon yogurt. A bit of vanilla flavouring can really bring out the flavour of fruit yogurts as well.
Ideas for flavour variations and layering
- Lemon yogurt + Lemon rind
- Strawberry yogurt + a few finely chopped strawberries
- Blueberry yogurt + blueberries
- Coffee yogurt + a bit of coffee flavouring
- Peach yogurt + a couple of tablespoons of finely chopped peach + ¼ teaspoon of almond flavouring
- Apple and cinnamon yogurt + a dash of extra cinnamon
- Ginger yogurt + grated orange zest
- Vanilla yogurt + half an apple, finely grated + a dash of cinnamon
The possibilities are pretty endless. Use your imagination to create exciting variations. Elevate your breakfast even further by putting some matching fruit on top of and/or alongside your fruit yogurt flavoured pancakes.
A Great Way To Use Limited Edition Yogurts
You know those limited edition flavours of yogurt that come out occasionally? They are perfect for flavoured pancakes. I used apple and cinnamon yogurt and served the pancakes with maple syrup and a bit of homemade applesauce on the side. They were so good! I also enjoyed using fig and honey flavoured yogurt in the recipe, serving the pancakes with some lightly roasted figs.
Whatever flavour you choose, learning how to make flavoured pancakes is sure to transform your breakfast experience!
Light and Fluffy Flavoured Pancakes – Printable Recipe
Light Fluffy Flavoured Pancakes – A Versatile Recipe
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- 1½ cups plain flour Plain flour is also known as all purpose flour.
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda Bicarbonate of soda is also known as baking soda.
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup yogurt in a flavour of your choice
- 1 cup milk half fat (2%) or full cream (whole milk) works best
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla, almond or other flavouring or ground spices, optional Choose a flavour that compliments the yogurt.
- 2 tablespoons butter, for frying the pancakes You may need slightly more or less.
- Maple syrup and garnishes, to serve
Instructions
- Melt the ¼ cup (57 grams) of butter over low heat and set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In another bowl, combine the flavoured yogurt, milk and beaten eggs.
- Slowly beat the cooled, melted butter into the yogurt mixture.
- Add the yogurt mixture to the dry ingredients (flour mixture) all at once, stirring just until thoroughly mixed. Do not over-mix or beat.
- Heat a griddle or large frying pan over medium heat.
- Put a little bit of the 2 tablespoons of butter on the griddle to grease.
- Place dollops of batter (a scant quarter cup of batter makes a good size pancake) on a the hot, lightly greased griddle or frying pa.
- Cook on one side until bubbles form and break on the surface.
- Turn the pancakes over with a spatula or egg flipper.
- Cook for another minute or so until golden brown on both sides and cooked through.
- Serve immediately.
- Repeat until all the batter is gone.
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Comments & Reviews
Love this! The 16th of February is International Pancake Day, so we just published a pancake recipe roundup on our blog, wish I had seen this recipe sooner! I love some good pancakes. Sometimes a person just gets in the mood for them. I am definitely pinning this recipe!
Thank you, Helen! I’ll look forward to your roundup – I hope you will share it with Hearth and Soul. We celebrate Shrove Tuesday in England on the 16th. They call it Pancake Day, but historically this was the day we were supposed to use up all the flour and leavening before Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, in preparation for fasting. (Some people still give things up for Lent here, but very few still fast like they used to.) We’ll definitely be enjoying pancakes on Tuesday anyway 🙂
What fun! Love the idea of using limited-edition flavours, too. What a clever substitution…
Thank you, Pauline!
Congratulations April! Your awesome Flavored Pancakes are featured on Full Plate Thursday,524 this week. Thanks so much for sharing with us, we tried to share on our Features Board, however your buttons don’t seem to be working! Stay warm and safe, have a wonderful week!
Miz Helen
Thank you so much for the feature, Miz Helen! I checked all the buttons and they are working now, with the exception of the Pinterest button. I will speak to my web designer to get it fixed. Thank you so much for letting me know! Take xare and stay safe. Have a wonderful week!
What a Lovely Food. I’ll Definitely Try. Thank You.
AMAZING!
THANK YOU FOR SHARING……
These pancakes look amazing! 😍 I love how versatile the recipe is – so many flavor possibilities to try! 🥞🍓 Definitely going to give this a go for Pancake Day! 🙌
I’m so glad you like it, Nanajee! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!