Fluffy Rice Cooker Pancakes

Who knew rice cookers could make more than … just rice? We have the Zojirushi rice cooker and love it! It makes the softest and fluffiest brown rice… that almost tastes like white rice… at least to me. My kids and husband think otherwise. The rice cooker has a “cake” option that I use to make pancakes with just a push of the button. Just grease up the inner cooking pan with some butter, pour in your batter, and push a button and within 30-40 minutes, these fluffy rice cooker pancakes are ready to be eaten!

The fluffy rice cooker pancakes are a bit thicker than regular American pancakes. With the recipe below, the pancake ends up being about 1.5 inches thick.

And if you don’t have a fancy rice cooker, the recipe below can still be used to make traditional pancakes over the stove. Just pour 1/4 cup of the batter into the pan and flip when you see the pancakes bubbling on top.

You can also make these pancakes using store bought mix. A friend came back from Singapore and brought us back this Bran & Nat’s Pancake Mix.

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Fluffy Rice Cooker Pancakes

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time40 minutes mins

Total Time50 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American, Japanese

Servings: 4

Calories: 230kcal

Equipment

• rice cooker

Ingredients

• 3/4 C milk you can use buttermilk instead of milk+vinegar
• 2 tbsp white vinegar
• 1 C all purpose flour
• 2 tbsp white sugar i sometimes leave out since the maple syrup adds sweetness already!
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp melted butter

Instructions

• Use buttermilk or combine the milk and vinegar in a mixing cup and let it sit for 5 minutes to "sour."
• Combine the flour, sugar, baking power, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl.
• Whisk the egg and butter into the "soured" milk (or buttermilk) and then pour into the dry ingredients. Mix until lumps are gone and batter is smooth.
• Grease the rice cooker's inner cooking pan with butter, up to 3 inches from the bottom of the pan.
• Pour the batter into the greased cooking pan. Set the rice cooker on "cake" mode and adjust time to 40 minutes.
• Pancake is done cooking when it is firm on top. Use oven mitts (the inner pan will be hot!) to cover the inner cooking pan with a plate and flip the inner pan upside down so that the pancakes falls onto the plate. Serve with fruit and syrup!

Adapted from Allrecipes Fluffy Pancakes