Four fluffy buttermilk pancakes filled with festive rainbow sprinkles. Topped with cupcake icing & crowned with whipped topping.

IHOP Pancake Recipe Ingredients

• All-purpose flour.
• Baking powder.
• Sugar.
• Salt.
• Baking soda.
• Buttermilk.
• Vegetable oil.
• Egg.

When you put cold batter on a hot griddle, it will bring the griddle temperature down, and it will take a little bit for the griddle to recoup. At IHOP or Denny's, the griddles are very heavy compared to the number of pancakes they put on it, so the temp differential is much less compared to a pan at home.

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IHOP restaurants are franchised and operated by Glendale, California-based International House of Pancakes, LLC and its affiliates. International House of Pancakes, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dine Brands Global (NYSE: DIN).

In North America, they are typically considered a breakfast food and serve a similar function to waffles. In Britain and the Commonwealth, they are associated with Shrove Tuesday, commonly known as "Pancake Day", when, historically, perishable ingredients had to be used up before the fasting period of Lent.

For over 60 years, the IHOP family restaurant chain has served its world-famous pancakes and a wide variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner items that are loved by people of all ages. IHOP offers its guests an affordable, everyday dining experience with warm and friendly service.

A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter. It is a type of batter bread.

Here are some interesting historical and cultural facts about pancakes that you may not have known before:

• The oldest written record we have of pancakes is from ancient Greece.
• Pancakes were Ötzi the Iceman's last meal.
• Pancake Day and Shrove Tuesday fall on the same day.

Founders Al and Jerry Lapin, along with early investors Al and Trudy Kallis, open the first International House of Pancakes in the Los Angeles suburb of Toluca Lake, California. Company begins to expand through franchising. Company is publicly traded under the name International House of Pancakes.

In America, there are a few varieties of pancakes, and the most popular ones are johnnycakes (made from fried cornmeal) and silver dollar pancakes (smaller than regular pancakes).

Pancakes are one of our most ancient foods. Grinding tools for grains have been discovered and dated back as far 30,000 years ago, and the earliest civilizations to utilize fire and crop cultivation for their food supplies were making some form of pancakes as a primary source of sustenance.

A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter. It is a type of batter bread.

A pancake is a thin, flat, circular piece of cooked batter made from milk, flour, and eggs. Pancakes are often rolled up or folded and eaten hot with a sweet or savoury filling inside. In America, pancakes are usually eaten for breakfast, with butter and maple syrup.

“What links pancakes from different ingredients and different cultures … is their flat shape, which helps them cook through quickly,” says food writer and cookbook author Melissa Clark. “They're relatively simple, and their smallish size makes them easy to eat.”

Pancakes are softer and easier to eat. They can also be fully on the inside and crispy around the edges. Pancakes are denser and more filling than waffles. It's difficult to walk away hungry after eating a stack of pancakes.