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Hot syrup being poured over a stack of brown butter buttermilk pancakes on a black plate.
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Brown Butter Buttermilk Pancakes

Fluffy buttermilk pancakes upgraded with brown butter, extra ricotta, and a honey swap.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
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Servings: 2
Calories: 465kcal
Author: Scott - RecipeRemodeler

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 Tbsp whole-milk ricotta drained if wet
  • 1.5 Tbsp unsalted butter for browning
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 egg separated, room temperature

Lemon Variation — add:

  • Zest of 1 full lemon
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • Reduce buttermilk by 1.5 Tbsp
  • Pinch of cardamom optional

Instructions

  • Brown the butter: melt butter in a light-colored saucepan over medium heat until golden and nutty. Cool 5 minutes.
    Light-colored saucepan showing perfectly browned butter with golden milk solids at the bottom
  • Sift flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder into a bowl.
  • Add egg yolk, ricotta, honey, vanilla, buttermilk, and cooled brown butter. Stir gently.
    A glass measuring cup with an egg yolk, ricotta and buttermilk before mixing
  • Add lemon zest/juice if using.
    A hand zesting a lemon over a measuring cup of pancake batter
  • Rest batter 5 minutes.
  • Whip egg white to stiff peaks.
    Electric beaters whipping egg whites to stiff peaks in a bowl
  • Fold whites into batter in two additions.
  • Heat griddle over medium. Lightly grease.
  • Pour batter into rounds; cook until bubbles form and edges set. Flip once.
    Pancake batter rounds on a griddle with bubbles forming on the surface
  • Serve immediately or keep warm on a wire rack in a 200°F oven.
    Pancakes cooking on a griddle with pats of butter melting on top

Notes

For the lemon variation, reduce buttermilk by 1.5 Tbsp. Fold egg whites last. See Brown Butter Hub for technique. Pairs with: Warm Spiced Bourbon Maple Syrup.
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