Cinnamon Pancakes without Eggs or Yeast

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   Gather your ingredients. A reminder: for baking, everything should be at the same room temperature. Any fat percentage of buttermilk works — and really, any cultured dairy will do, such as plain yogurt. I like to use unbleached all-purpose flour.

2. Step 2:

   

   Pour the buttermilk into the bowl you'll mix the batter in. Use a large one, since the buttermilk and batter will expand a lot. Warm the buttermilk until it just barely starts to curdle — about 1 minute in the microwave at high power.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add the baking soda. It's the soda that makes these pancakes fluffy every time, even though there are no eggs and no yeast in the batter.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add a little salt. Anytime you use sugar, add a pinch of salt too — even in sweet dishes. It makes the flavor much more balanced.

5. Step 5:

   

   Add sugar and ground cinnamon to taste. I'm using regular white sugar, but you can reach for brown sugar for a light caramel note, or coconut sugar for a subtle coconut aroma.

6. Step 6:

   

   Stir everything together. The buttermilk will start bubbling and expand a lot. At this point you can fold in any favorite spices — whatever suits your taste for pancakes!

7. Step 7:

   

   Add the flour.

8. Step 8:

   

   Sifting the flour matters a lot in baking: it aerates the flour so the finished pancakes come out lighter. I recommend running it through a sieve.

9. Step 9:

   

   Stir the batter until smooth. It should have the consistency of thick sour cream. Different flours absorb differently, so don't add it all at once — you may need a little more or a little less. Go by the thickness of the batter!

10. Step 10:

    

    Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet. Use any refined oil, since we're frying and refined oil won't scorch. Spoon in a little batter for each pancake. Cook for 2–3 minutes over low heat.

11. Step 11:

    

    Flip the pancakes and cook another 1–2 minutes to finish.

12. Step 12:

    

    These pancakes are delicious both hot and cold. Enjoy!