Best homemade self rising flour pancakes made using bleached self rising flour, eggs, milk & butter! They are homemade but so delicious, fluffy, quite large sized pancakes as you get in restaurants and they are also easy & quick to make from scratch without using boxed pancake mix.

In fact, these self rising flour pancakes are homemade diner style or restaurant style pancakes without buttermilk that you can make easily at the comfort of your home!
what is self rising flour & what is it used for?
Self rising flour is prepared with added baking powder in it and sometimes contain baking soda, salt etc for leavening. So usually you do not need to add extra baking powder while you use self rising flour to make pancakes, waffles or any baked goods. You can also use it to make delicious self rising flour cookies with chocolate chips, peanut butter cookies, strawberry peach cobbler, easy peach cobbler from scratch, eggless cinnamon pancakes, chocolate m&m cookies, easy blueberry cobbler and more!
However, it is always a good idea to check the ingredients list in the self rising flour you have purchased, so you know what all is added in it. In this recipe, I used bleached self rising flour which already contains baking powder, so we do not need any extra baking powder in the recipe.
Self rising flour is said to have less protein content than all purpose flour and the pancakes made using self rising flour will usually tend to be more softer in texture. Self rising flour is usually used to make soft & fluffy pancakes, waffles and baked goods. These homemade pancakes are totally delicious, fluffy, soft and slightly dense in texture as we use three eggs to make these pancakes, along with using whole milk and butter. In addition to that, we use a secret ingredient in this homemade pancake mix which is dry milk powder, that makes the pancakes even more delicious.
using milk powder in homemade pancake mix as an ingredient
As I mentioned, we use dry milk powder in this homemade pancakes. Adding milk powder (either whole milk or low fat) will make the homemade pancakes more delicious, soft & fluffy in texture, just like we use milk powder to make these delicious milk cookies! Also it will improve the flavor of the pancakes a lot. You may make these pancakes without using the milk powder too, if you do not have the milk powder at home. But the flavor will be slightly lesser than the pancakes that use the milk powder, as they will be more rich & flavorful. These pancakes with milk powder are so rich, perfect and delicious these are the best pancakes I have made with self rising flour.
Since we use self rising flour to make these delicious pancakes, the process is even more easy and we do not need to add any additional baking powder or baking soda to make the pancake batter.
how to make pancakes with self rising flour?
We use the following ingredients to make the best pancakes using self rising flour.
ingredients to make the best self rising flour pancakes
- self rising flour 2 cups (I used bleached self rising flour)
- eggs 3
- cinnamon powder 1 teaspoon
- vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
- dry milk powder ¼ cup (optional, but I highly recommend using this)
- whole milk 1 cup
- melted butter ¼ cup (or use oil)
- sugar 4 tablespoons
step by step photo instructions to make self rising flour pancakes
- In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients - flour, dry milk powder, cinnamon powder and sugar until everything is evenly mixed.
- In another bowl, beat the eggs very well, add the vanilla extract, melted butter or oil and milk, stir well to combine.
- Add the wet ingredients mixture to the dry flour mixture, mix well to form the pancake batter.
- Heat a non stick pan and grease with little oil or butter.
- Pour a ladle full of pancake batter on to the pan.
- Cook in medium heat until bubbles appear on top, which takes about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Gently flip the pancake and cook the other side too.
- Transfer the cooked pancake to a serving dish.
- Similarly cook all pancakes until the batter is all finished.
- Serve the delicious pancakes with maple syrup or butter, jam, fresh fruits etc as you please!
- I served these delicious, fluffy and soft pancakes with butter and watermelon jam (and also maple syrup which I added later).
can you make these pancakes without self rising flour?
Yes, you can make these pancakes without self rising flour if you use baking powder. To substitute self rising flour in this pancake recipe, just replace the 2 cups of self rising flour with 2 cups of all purpose flour and also use 2 teaspoons of baking powder to make fluffy pancakes. Just make sure to evenly mix the baking powder with the dry flour before you add in the wet ingredients mixture. The texture may be slightly different when you use substitute self rising flour with all purpose flour and baking powder, but it will still be delicious.
what if you do not have baking powder or self rising flour?
If you do not have baking powder or self rising flour, you still can make these milk powder pancakes. You need to separate the egg whites and egg yolks and then whip the egg whites to form soft peaks, which should be used to make the pancake batter if you do not have baking powder and self rising flour. This process is clearly explained in this post on pancakes without baking powder which you may follow.
can you make these pancakes vegan?
To make this recipe vegan, you will need to make some changes.
Instead of using butter, you may use oil. Instead of using milk, you can use almond milk or oat milk to make the pancakes, and you can skip the milk powder too. To replace eggs, you may use flax seeds powder to make flax eggs. In this recipe for pancakes without eggs, I have used flax to make the delicious pancakes but that recipe is different from this one. You may try to make vegan pancakes by making these changes though the flavor and texture of the pancakes may not be the same.
more easy pancake recipes:
- fluffy pancakes from scratch (without buttermilk)
- carrot pancakes
- blueberry pancakes
- yogurt pancakes
- pancakes without eggs
- flavored pancakes
- simple ingredient pancakes recipe
- banana pancakes
- 3 ingredient banana pancakes
Below you can get the recipe for this easy and delicious self rising flour pancakes in detail.
Pancakes With Self Rising Flour - Easy, Fluffy, Simple, Homemade
Ingredients
- 2 cups self rising flour (I used bleached self rising flour, may use unbleached too)
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup dry milk powder (optional)
- 1 cup whole milk
- ¼ cup melted butter or use oil
- 4 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients - flour, dry milk powder, cinnamon powder and sugar until everything is evenly mixed.
- In another bowl, beat the eggs very well, add the vanilla extract, melted butter or oil and milk, stir well to combine.
- Add the wet ingredients mixture to the dry flour mixture, mix well to form the pancake batter.
- Heat a non stick pan and grease with little oil or butter. Pour a ladle full of pancake batter on to the pan. Cook in medium heat until bubbles appear on top, which takes about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Gently flip the pancake and cook the other side too.
- Transfer the cooked pancake to a serving dish. Similarly cook all pancakes until the batter is all finished. Serve the delicious pancakes with maple syrup or butter, jam, fresh fruits etc as you please!
Ariel Oliver
These are good pancakes. I have an excess of self rising flour that I need to use and this will probably be my base recipe. I would add salt next time and perhaps more butter as I needed to add milk to thin out out just a bit to get pancakes like the photos.
Recipe Garden
Thank you so much for your feedback on this recipe! I am glad you enjoyed the pancakes 🙂
Leo Alexander Hines
Hello, good morning /or good afternoon, wherever you may be! I would like to comment on this recipe... This is one of the most, by far, best pancake recipes from scratch, and the pancakes turned out so beautifully and golden brown... I will also give this recipe a 5-star rating... Thank you for sharing this recipe. They are so delicious , light and fluffy!
Recipe Garden
Hello, Thank you so much for your feedback 🙂 I am so glad to hear you find these pancakes so delicious!!
Faith
These pancakes are so delicious and fluffy. The added vanilla and cinnamon where such a great addition.
Recipe Garden
Hi Faith,
I am so glad you enjoyed the pancakes! Thank you so much for your feedback 🙂
Aaron
Oh my word those pancakes come out fluffy and perfect they didn't stick to the skillet and just Glide I cooked them I cooked two eggs with them they were good thank you for that recipe on pancakes the cinnamon and the vanilla extract you can taste it in the pancakes thanks again.
Recipe Garden
Hi Aaron, I am so glad to hear the pancakes turned out great! Thank you so much for your feeback, I very much appreciate it 🙂
Paula
these were very good. I liked the addition of cinnamon, and they cooked up nicely. I would like them perhaps just a bit fluffier but it's not a deal breaker of any kind. I'll will definitely make these again.
Recipe Garden
Hi Paula, thank you so much for the feedback! I am so glad you liked these pancakes!!
Leo Alexander Hines
In addition, for this recipe, I substituted 1 cup of cake flour for the 2 cups of self-rising flour, and combined those two together, with the rest of the other dry ingredients, and also added for extra insurance that the pancakes will brown and rise and stay light and fluffy, a 1/2 tsp of baking powder and a 1/4 tsp of baking soda, and these pancakes pair well with some hardwood-smoked-crispy bacon, with full-flavor and the salt from the bacon helps bring out the flavors of the pancakes.
Recipe Garden
Thanks again, using cake flour sounds great! Cake flour with added self rising flour and baking powder gives even more softer and lighter texture I guess! I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe 🙂 Thank you so much for your feedback, it's much appreciated!!