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To not out sugar in pancakes mix?

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ButteredRadishes · 15/06/2025 09:43

Literally have never done it as everyone covers them in sugar/syrup/fruit etc any way.

My DH just realised this and is appalled, he always uses sugar.

He's literally never noticed in 12 years 🤣

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BeRoseSloth · 28/06/2026 14:13

Ask him to find a recipe that has sugar in the batter.

Didimum · 28/06/2026 14:12

American thick style yes, thin crepe style no.

tartyflette · 28/06/2026 14:10

jackstini · 15/06/2025 10:11

Well I only have savoury fillings in pancakes, so sugar would be very odd

Would he put sugar in Yorkshire puddings?!

Well no — but leftover yorkies are extremely nice with a teaspoon of jam on top, swiftly eaten in the hand…

YesItsMe44 · 15/06/2025 16:21

Agree there are many varieties due to different times in history. I just have to say just because I'm American it doesn't mean we put sugar in everything. LOL I don't put it in my quick breads (banana, etc.). Made it once and realized I forgot it, so I quit adding it after that. No one has noticed. I make sure the bananas are nice and ripe. One fun thing about baking/cooking is experimenting when you don't have an ingredient.

ShesTheAlbatross · 15/06/2025 16:12

I put sugar in my scotch pancakes, but I like to eat them with butter on top. I wouldn’t add the sugar if I was topping them with sugar/honey/syrup

5foot5 · 15/06/2025 16:06

Fascinate · 15/06/2025 15:18

First post nails it

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First post made before OP revealed she was talking about American style pancakes, which require a different sort of batter.

ByQuaintAzureWasp · 15/06/2025 15:53

It will burn if you put sugar in

NImumconfused · 15/06/2025 15:42

ButteredRadishes · 15/06/2025 09:43

Literally have never done it as everyone covers them in sugar/syrup/fruit etc any way.

My DH just realised this and is appalled, he always uses sugar.

He's literally never noticed in 12 years 🤣

If he's never noticed, it's obviously not necessary, so just carry on doing what you're doing!

Fascinate · 15/06/2025 15:18

FloraBotticelli · 15/06/2025 09:45

Never have either - just flour, eggs, milk.

First post nails it

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 15/06/2025 15:02

I find that the sugar burns if you put it in the mix. I've only ever made pancakes from scratch though, not from a mix.

Tiredofwhataboutery · 15/06/2025 11:18

Pancakes don’t have sugar in the mix but (posdibly controversial) my recipe for French crepes does.

EasternStandard · 15/06/2025 11:15

No I haven’t seen a recipe that asks for it either.

phoenixrosehere · 15/06/2025 11:15

BoudiccaRuled · 15/06/2025 10:23

Pancakes aren't meant to be fluffy?!

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The ones I mentioned that I make are.

Literally said it below the part you chose to highlight.

Why ignore context?

knitnerd90 · 15/06/2025 11:03

This is what I use for American pancakes. It’s an American recipe but with weights so easy to use.

www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/simply-perfect-pancakes-recipe

Ffion56 · 15/06/2025 11:01

Lots of French crepe recipes have sugar or vanilla sugar in the mix.

knitnerd90 · 15/06/2025 11:00

American ones really are better with sugar in. They are a different beast. Because they’re thick and fluffy you taste the pancake more. They taste a bit flat if you don’t add some, and it helps them brown nicely. I suppose if you really drown them in syrup you wouldn’t notice but I am more restrained!

some pancake/crepe batters have a small amount of sugar, but most don’t.

Vetiver · 15/06/2025 10:50

Scotch pancakes also have sugar in

Pollntyme · 15/06/2025 10:49

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 15/06/2025 10:44

But don't Americans have sugar in bread and all sorts of other things that don't really require it either? Just because their tastes are different - not because the recipe 'needs' it?

Yeah traditionally their pancakes have sugar in them but no you don’t ‘need’ to add it.

annasfamilykitchen.com/recipes/american-pancakes-2/

Pollntyme · 15/06/2025 10:47

ButteredRadishes · 15/06/2025 09:43

Literally have never done it as everyone covers them in sugar/syrup/fruit etc any way.

My DH just realised this and is appalled, he always uses sugar.

He's literally never noticed in 12 years 🤣

If he’s never noticed a difference in taste in all this time , it just shows he doesn’t need it! He should stop adding sugar when he makes it then lol

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 15/06/2025 10:44

But don't Americans have sugar in bread and all sorts of other things that don't really require it either? Just because their tastes are different - not because the recipe 'needs' it?

Pollntyme · 15/06/2025 10:43

I tend to make banana pancakes and they’re sweet enough without sugar!

Mine are small, thick - closer to the American style pancakes.

I sometimes buy pancake mix and I think that may contain sugar.

Ponoka7 · 15/06/2025 10:42

Zanatdy · 15/06/2025 10:28

surely no-one puts sugar in the actual mix?

Yes.
What people are posting is different batter mixes. When there was a shortage of sugar, or it was too expensive, people would put it in the mix, as said to make it fluffy. Over the years, recipes have changed, during the war pancakes/cakes went egg-less. Salt would go in the savoury batter for Yorkshire puddings etc. It's pointless arguing about it. The point of pancakes was to use what was available. They could be cooked on the go, so every culture has a version.

Nutsabouttopic · 15/06/2025 10:35

No sugar but do add vanilla extract

DogCrew · 15/06/2025 10:33

ButteredRadishes · 15/06/2025 09:53

It's American style.ines that tend to have sugar in (what we have)

I don’t like pancakes but my partner and son do and they put sugar in the American style ones which they prefer.

soupyspoon · 15/06/2025 10:33

People arent clear on this thread about what sort of pancakes they are talking about. The thin crepe type pancakes which are traditional in the UK = no sugar. Small fatter american style pancakes = sugar.

Pancake clarity is essential for this discussion.

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