Four-Flavor Sheet Pan Pancakes
Bake four kinds of pancakes on one sheet pan -- no flipping required! Preheating the oven to 500 degrees F may seem scary, but it mimics the heat of a hot cast-iron griddle, giving you an instant rise and golden brown color.
Author: The Chef
Cuisine: American
Recipe type: Cake
Ingredients
- 2¾ cups buttermilk
- 2 large eggs, beaten to blend
- 1½ teaspoons kosher salt
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup plus 1 to 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 2¾ cups all-purpose flour (see Cook's Note)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons strawberry jam, preferably seedless, warmed
- ½ cup sliced strawberries
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 1 banana, halved crosswise and thinly sliced lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- Maple syrup and whipped cream, for serving
Instructions
- Position the oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 500 degrees F. Whisk the buttermilk, eggs, salt, vanilla and ⅓ cup granulated sugar together in a large bowl until completely combined. Whisk the flour, baking powder and baking soda together in another large bowl until completely combined. Fold the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture with a silicone spatula until just combined (it's OK if there are a few lumps). Reserve 2 tablespoons of batter in small bowl and set aside.
- Brush 2 tablespoons butter on a 18-by-13-inch sheet pan and pour in the batter, using a spatula to smooth out the top. Tap the tray on the counter a few times to even out and flatten the batter.
- Stir the warmed jam in a small bowl until pourable. Imagine the batter in the pan divided into four sections (2 across and 2 down). Dollop the jam, about 1 teaspoon at a time, over the surface of one section. (You want to see red dots of jam sitting on top of the batter.) Using a toothpick or small skewer, swirl the jam into the batter, making a marbled pattern. Top with sliced strawberries.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips over a second section of the batter. Arrange banana slices in a herringbone pattern over a third section of the batter and sprinkle the fruit with the remaining 1 to 2 teaspoons granulated sugar.
- Mix the brown sugar, cinnamon and reserved batter together in a small bowl, and dollop, about 1 teaspoon at a time, over the last section of the batter. (You want to see a lot of brown dots sitting on top of the batter.) Using another toothpick or small skewer, swirl the cinnamon mixture into the batter, making a marbled pattern.
- Put the sheet pan in the oven and immediately reduce the temperature to 400 degrees F. Bake, rotating the sheet pan halfway through baking, until golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the center of the pancake comes out clean, 18 to 23 minutes.
- Brush the pancake with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and let cool 15 minutes before cutting. Stir together the confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon water in a small bowl and drizzle over the cinnamon swirl quadrant.
- Serve the pancakes with maple syrup and whipped cream.
- Cook’s Note
- When measuring flour, we spoon into a dry measuring cup and level off the excess. (Scooping directly from the bag compacts the flour, resulting in dry baked goods.)
Watch the recipe video here:
How to Make Four-Flavor Sheet Pan Pancakes
Forget flipping pancakes for a crowd when you can make the whole batch in a SHEET PAN! ??
Posted by Food Network on Sunday, April 15, 2018
