IHOP Pancakes Recipe (Copycat)-Butter Your Biscuit (2024)

FAQs

Why do IHOP pancakes taste better? ›

While the griddles themselves likely vary from one diner chain to the next, diners are pretty much all working with a waffle iron or griddle that's already hot. IHOP, for instance, requires its pans to be heated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and uses Crisco instead of butter to grease it, says Grimm.

Our Original Buttermilk Pancakes, Protein Pancakes and Belgian Waffle batters are vegetarian. For more information on our vegetarian and vegan menu offerings take a look at our Vegetarian and Vegan Menu Guide.

Don't over-mix the batter - As mentioned in the recipe you only want to mix the batter until it just comes together. Lumps are okay! Over mixing will develop too much gluten in the batter leading to tough, chewy pancakes.

Restaurants use better quality ingredients

Restaurants tend to use real, farm-fresh eggs and real milk when making their pancakes, which as you might guess, adds to a richer, higher-quality eating experience.

Butter Note: The Butter Alternative and Oil they use for cooking at IHOP are both dairy-free. However, they do use whipped butter on some dishes, on toast, for serving, etc. Make sure no real dairy butter is used to make or serve your order.

The aeration in the pancake batter makes the eggs light, tender, and fluffy without adding any obvious flavor, so the egg dish is both hefty and light at the same time. Pancake batter also gives the eggs enough body and structure to hold together over the meaty, cheesy fillings.

Does IHOP have real maple syrup? Generally no, IHOP only serves a chemically synthesized and sweetened syrup with artificial coloring and flavors. However of the 1400 locations in the US, there is one in South Burlington, VT that serves real maple syrup. As New Englanders, we unfailingly bring our own.

Even if your boxed mix doesn't call for an egg, go ahead and add one. Eggs provide a creamy richness for a pancake mix hack that will make the batch taste homemade, and they allow the pancakes to rise by keeping the bubbles structurally intact throughout the cooking process.

Brown butter adds a richer flavor to baked goods and recipes like these pancakes — making them irresistible and delicious.

Every gourmet dish at The Original Pancake House is cooked in the highest quality clarified butter. We do not have any Pam, Vegetable oil, or imitation butter - flavored cooking oil. We take 55 pound blocks of 93 score butter and melt it down at a very low temperature.

Is buttermilk pancake mix the same as Bisquick? ›

While pancake mix and Bisquick share many ingredients, the two are not the same. The main difference is that the pancake mix is sweeter. Most pancake mixes can be used in place of Bisquick and vice versa in sweet recipes.

Why is the first pancake often so ugly that it gets tossed? Pancake experts say that there are some possible reasons, including the amount of butter being used, the temperature of the heating surface, and so on. Perhaps the first one is a "tester." Once it is made, the next batches will be fine.

Baking powder (double acting) provides two rises: The first occurs when the baking powder comes into contact with a liquid, the second when it's exposed to heat. Too much baking powder will create a very puffy pancake with a chalky taste, while too little will make it flat and limp.

Okay, sure, pancakes are definitely not healthy or light, but sometimes the temptation is too real and you need those IHOP pancakes like Paula Deen needs butter. So if you must eat some flapjacks at least make sure to limit yourself to three, because really, that's all you need.

The chicken fried steak alone is responsible for 1530 of the calories. The dish also comes with a heart stopping 4130 milligrams of sodium! That's almost double the daily recommended intake! In fact, the meal exceeds the daily recommended limit in many areas.

IHOP has launched several new menu items to appeal both to guests who are looking for more indulgent items as well as lighter ones, and also has removed high-fructose corn syrup from its famous pancake syrups.