It’s easy to make light and fluffy homemade pancakes with no baking powder! This pancake recipe with self-rising flour is better than any boxed mix.

Learn how to make fluffy pancakes with self-rising flour that will melt in your mouth and taste absolutely delicious.

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Saturday mornings were made for sleeping late and enjoying fluffy pancakes.

And nothing beats homemade pancakes!

Now, to be clear, I don’t have anything against boxed mixes. The truth is, I keep my pantry well stocked with dry mixes.

I love using baking mixes, boxed cake mixes, and pancake mixes in a variety of recipes, but I rarely use boxed mixes for actually making pancakes.

We’ve all fought the battle of making the perfect pancake. There is a fine balance between too thin and too dense.

Everyone wants fluffy pancakes that soak up the maple syrup like they were made for each other.

My homemade fluffy pancakes are a family favorite, but require a few ingredients and take a bit of time to mix.

Learning how to make fluffy pancakes with self-rising flour is a little shortcut that helps save me time, and was almost as convenient as using a box mix.

As a bonus, the taste is just as fantastic as my regular homemade pancakes!

Making homemade pancakes with no baking soda or baking powder is super simple when you use self-rising flour, and they taste much better than the boxed variety.

More Recipes Made With Self-Rising Flour:

• Easy Homemade Biscuits
• Quick Cinnamon Rolls
• Baked Chicken and Dumplings Casserole

Perfect Pancakes With Self-Rising Flour

When you make pancakes from scratch, fresh ingredients are important. Especially if your recipe calls for baking powder.

Baking powder should be used within 6 months once the container is opened.

But many people simply don’t go through that much that fast, and the longer it’s on the shelf, the more likely it’s going to fail to give your pancakes that fluffy texture.

Self-rising flour is different from all-purpose flour. It has the baking powder and a bit of salt already mixed in.

Instead of buying a jar of baking powder you may never use up, you can purchase enough self-rising flour to make several batches of homemade pancakes with no baking powder needed.

How to Make Fluffy Pancakes with Self-Rising Flour

It’s really easy to make homemade pancake with no baking powder.

Ingredients You’ll Need:

• Self-rising flour (known in some parts of the world as self-raising flour)
• Sugar
• Eggs
• Vegetable Oil
• Milk
• Butter

How to Make It:

(Full printable recipe is available below)

Prepare the equipment. First, you’ll preheat a griddle or skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Melt 1-2 TBSP butter in griddle, swirling to coat pan.

Mix the dry ingredients. Next, you’ll combine self-rising flour and sugar in a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine.

Add the wet ingredients. Then, you’ll whisk together eggs, oil, and milk in a small bowl until combined. Pour the liquid mixture into the flour mixture and whisk.

Make the pancakes. Last, you’ll pour 1/4 cup of batter onto a hot griddle and cook until bubbles form. Flip and cook for one more minute on the other side. Repeat until all the batter has been used.

Notes and Adaptations:

• If you don’t have vegetable oil on hand, you can use melted butter, ghee, or coconut oil.
• If you don’t have self-rising flour, you can make these homemade pancakes instead, or make your own self-rising flour.
• For buttermilk pancakes, simply use buttermilk in place of regular milk. In a pinch, you can use water instead of milk, but I think the milk adds some richness. Non-dairy milk is fine, too.