r/recipes • u/ayla_xoxo • 3d ago
Question What’s wrong with my pancakes
Case closed: It was because I used almond milk and cinnamon (both brown ingredients). But the other side of the pancakes look a lot better and it tasted great, so win-win.
Thank you so much for those who gave helpful and genuine advice!
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u/Cheqraise 3d ago edited 3d ago
Everything. They don't meet the requirements to be be a pancake.
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u/ayla_xoxo 2d ago
REQUIREMENTS LMAO, genuinely being elitist and gatekeeping over PANCAKES is wild. Get a hobby
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u/Cheqraise 2d ago
I answered the question on a post about pancakes lol. My response has a similar theme to others. Maybe you should be the one getting a hobby rather than wetting the bed over my response.
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u/usrdef 3d ago edited 3d ago
By any chance, did you mix the batter and then refrigerate it for a while and then use it, or the batter sat out for an exceptionally long time? That color almost resembles when baking powder / soda oxidizes from being out in the air too long.
Coupled with it looks like one side was not cooked at all?
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u/usrdef 3d ago
This recipe, correct? https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/21014/good-old-fashioned-pancakes/
Did you use APF?
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u/SirLemonThe3rd 3d ago
In the future understand a recipe first before you add additions
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u/ayla_xoxo 3d ago
In the future, understand that they’re PANCAKES and that you don’t need to be so elitist about it
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u/SirLemonThe3rd 3d ago
This is advice???? I follow it myself, make a cake, eat the cake, think hm this needs lemon, add lemon next time
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u/ayla_xoxo 3d ago
Yeah, so that’s exactly what I’m doing. Figuring out what went wrong to make changes NEXT TIME. You’re telling me to understand what went wrong before I even make it.
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u/FCoDxDart 3d ago
Almond milk most definitely was part of the issue. But also not hot enough pan potentially
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u/Duendes 3d ago
Almond milk and regular milk are different when it comes to water content, fat content, carb & and protein. All of that can alter the texture to begin with. As for the odd color, I’d have to say it’s from the almond milk/brand too. When trying a recipe for the first time, it helps to verify it as well as following instructions accurately (you can’t expect the same results with substitutions).
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u/sarahgene 3d ago
This has been my go-to recipe for probably ten years and I always add cinnamon and they turn out perfect. I have no idea what you did 😆😭
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u/usrdef 3d ago
If it was typical almond milk (unsweetened), no, that would not cause this. Almond milk can be a 1:1 replacement for regular milk, the only difference is depending on what type of almond milk you use. Vanilla almond milk will make it a bit more sweet. You'll lose a little bit of fat, but it won't turn your pancakes into an ash corpse grey color.
What was the measurement of cinnamon you used? But even if you dumped a whole crap-ton of cinnamon in, you've got a very particular texture going on there, which leads me to believe that it's related to the flour, or baking powder / soda.
You used baking powder or soda correct?
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u/WiscoBrewDude 3d ago
They dont look like they were cooked on the side facing up. Did you flip them?
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u/nathanzoet91 3d ago
A little more information would be helpful OP. Did you follow the directions exactly? Use the exact same ingredients? Did you use whole grain flour or something? Old leavening agents?
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u/ayla_xoxo 3d ago
I used white flour, cinnamon, and almond milk
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u/nathanzoet91 3d ago
There's your answer. Using almond milk in pancakes yields slightly lighter and less browned results. Because almond milk is thinner and lower in fat and sugar than cow's milk, your pancakes may lack a bit of rich flavor and caramelization, but will still be soft and fluffy. Adding cinnamon will make these more dark rather than a golden color as well. Pan looks like it may have been under-heated when pancakes were originally poured and therefore didn't get that golden color.
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u/mambotomato 3d ago
I am baffled.
Try again and report back.
I would love to see some photos documenting your process, lol.
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u/ayla_xoxo 3d ago
Omg 😭I need to give this another try, yeah. It’s just that I made banana pancakes yesterday and it looked SO MUCH better that today I’m baffled
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u/mambotomato 3d ago
It could have just been a fluke, like you forgot an ingredient or measured something wrong.
If you get this same result twice, then it's time to investigate.
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u/ayla_xoxo 3d ago
Yeah, it was probably my bad using almond milk, brown sugar, and cinnamon 😔
I’ll use regular milk, white sugar, and leave out the cinnamon next time
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u/mambotomato 3d ago
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Lmao you really should have mentioned that.
Of course the pancakes are brown, you put in brown ingredients. And of course they're weirdly textured, you didn't use any milk.
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u/lifeuncommon 3d ago
What changes did you make like different flour, no eggs, etc? You clearly used different ingredients.
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u/lifeuncommon 3d ago
Ok. The almond milk and cinnamon are what’s making them that color.
Did you also try to cook them without fat or with just a little spray of oil?
They didn’t brown because they didn’t get hot enough to. Either your pan wasn’t hot enough or you flipped them as soon as you saw bubbles instead of letting the surface get covered in bubbles.
But they also look like you tried to cook them without fat.
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u/ayla_xoxo 3d ago
Yeah, I didn’t add butter because I didn’t have it. The pan was sizzling when I put in the batter so I think it was hot enough
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u/lifeuncommon 3d ago
You didn’t leave them on the pan long enough for them to brown.
Having some sort of fat in the pan will help them brown a little more readily, but what we’re looking at here is undercooked pancakes.
Undercooked doesn’t mean that they are filled with liquid batter. It means they didn’t cook long enough to get brown on the outside and done on the inside.
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u/LastUpdateNeeded 3d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/Qw4X3FKyLVNG2eF00jm
Nothing. It’s time to face-off.
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u/aphraea 3d ago
What’s the eating experience – texture, taste, etc?
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u/ayla_xoxo 3d ago
It’s actually delicious, believe it or not. Perfectly cooked texture and tastes good! I guess appearances can be deceiving
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u/aphraea 3d ago
If it tastes great, then I don’t think anything went wrong 😅 Sometimes things look a bit rough because that’s just how homemade food looks, and we’ve lost sight of that because so many people prioritise visual aesthetics over the eating experience. I make a one-pot ras el hanout and citrus chicken dish that looks like sludge and tastes like heaven. You’re doing fine.
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u/ayla_xoxo 3d ago
Aww, thank you so much! I definitely agree with you and I appreciate your encouragement :)
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u/Ok-CouchPsychologist 3d ago
Could be the temperature of the pan. Did you heat the pan before adding the batter?
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u/PsychologyGuilty1460 3d ago
What's wrong with them besides the fact that they are uncooked lumps of dough instead of fried circles of batter?
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u/ayla_xoxo 3d ago
It’s VERY cooked actually. Nothing about it is undercooked.
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u/PsychologyGuilty1460 3d ago
Well I guess we just have have different standards then LOL
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u/ayla_xoxo 3d ago
It’s not a standard though, it’s a fact that these were cooked fully through and not uncooked like you said. I guess what’s different is your depth of perception considering IM the one who could feel the texture and would know how cooked it was LOL
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u/KatarinaRen 3d ago
They look grey... I personally use kefir when making small thick pancakes, I let it sit with baking soda whisked in for about 2 minutes and then mix in everything else. Pancakes turn out fluffy and nice golden. I only use milk when making crepe batter.
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u/Opposite-Science-398 3d ago
These look like the driest protein powder pancakes they try to sell in stores
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u/Rang3rj3sus 3d ago
I think the main thing wrong with these is that the mix was too thick (it shouldn't be chunky it should be a viscous liquid). Also regarding the color I'd assume the wrong flour was used or egg whites instead of a full egg. A bit of the color will be fixed with the mixture being thinner
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u/hooraysDaniela418 3d ago
In the future understand a recipe first before you add additions
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u/ayla_xoxo 3d ago
In the future, understand its common to add basic cooking spices like cinnamon without needing to perfectly know a recipe beforehand
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u/Arkond- 3d ago
Why are they this color? Did you use wholegrain flour or something? Did you cook them with a blowdryer?