Single Serve Pancakes (Small Batch)

This Single Serve Pancake recipe is a super small batch recipe that makes just 3 pancakes that are perfect to serve one person. It's the perfect way to enjoy a pancake breakfast or brunch without having to make an entire batch.

⭐Why I Love It:

• Super Small Batch Breakfast Recipe - I love that this pancake recipe serves only one person! Another fun single serve breakfast recipe that I love is this Single Serve Banana Bread made with just 1 banana or Single Serve Blueberry Muffin.
• Fluffy Pancakes - By making our own buttermilk with milk and vinegar, whipping up the egg white, and using both baking powder and baking soda, we get fluffy and tender pancakes. If you want to make a bigger batch of pancakes, try these Extra Fluffy Pancakes, Pancakes without Milk, or Muffin Mix Pancakes.
• Customizable - I love that these pancakes are great plain OR add mix-ins like chocolate chips or blueberries.

🥘Ingredients

• Melted Unsalted Butter - You can also use salted butter and just use a little less salt.
• Milk - You'll make your own buttermilk for this recipe to get super fluffy pancakes. I like to use whole milk, but low fat milk works too.
• Distilled White Vinegar - This is added to the milk to make our own buttermilk.
• Egg White - Using only an egg white helps make the pancake batch super small and it results in fluffy pancakes!
• All-Purpose Flour - When measuring flour, make sure to use the 'spoon and level' method. This is where you spoon the flour into the measuring cup and then level off the top. Instead of dipping the measuring cup directly into the flour bin which can lead to over measuring.
• White Granulated Sugar - A little bit of sugar is needed in pancake recipes to make them sweet.
• Baking Soda AND Baking Powder - This is the leavener for the pancakes to help them rise and get fluffy.
• Kosher Salt - I like the Diamond Kosher Salt. A small amount of salt is so important to balance the sweetness in cookies. If you use table salt, then I would cut the amount by half.

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🔪Step by Step

This recipe for Single Serve Pancakes is easy to mix up by hand in one bowl before cooking off in a skillet and results in super fluffy pancakes perfect for one person.

💭Recipe Tips

• Egg White Only - This recipe uses just an egg white to help keep the recipe super small. The white is used instead of the yolk to help the pancakes rise and be fluffy. You can use the leftover egg yolk to make many of the single serve cookie recipes like this Single Serve Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie or Single Serve Red Velvet Cookie.
• How to Double the Recipe - But if you want to double this recipe to serve two people then you can just use a whole egg instead of two whites.
• Don't Over Mix the Batter - You want to be gentle when mixing the batter so there are bubbles and the pancakes get fluffy. There may be some small lumps in the batter and that is okay.
• Use 'Spoon and Level' Method When Measuring Flour - When measuring flour, make sure to use the 'spoon and level' method. This is where you spoon the flour into the measuring cup and then level off the top. Instead of dipping the measuring cup directly into the flour bin which can lead to over measuring.

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