This Unexpected Ingredient Will Make Your Pancakes So Much More Delicious, According to Our Food Director

There are loads of other upgrades in this recipe too.

Jim Henkens

Pancakes are the quintessentialweekend breakfast.

But, if you really think about it, standard pancakes are a little ho-hum in the taste department.

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Photo:Jim Henkens

There just isn’t a lot of actual flavor there.

Here, two tablespoons makes these pancakes richer, more complex, and more compulsively eatable.

The Other Upgrades

But miso isnt the only surprising ingredient in the recipe.

First, Doiron calls forsalted butter; most recipes call for unsalted.

And, that butter isbrowned, adding a layer of mouthwatering toastiness to every bite.

Note that the salted butter doesnt mean you dont add salt.

You doa full teaspoon, in fact.

But the pancakes dont taste salty.

It contributes even more flavor herecaramel, molasses notes that make every bite more interesting.

Finally, the recipe includes a couple handfuls of rolled oats for extra texture and chew.

All of these unexpected ingredients, starting with that miso, add up to a special stack.

These pancakes are on the thinner side, and they cooked up beautifully, with brown, lacy edges.

I enjoyed them plain, but adding dark maple syrup took them completely over the top.

Heres an abridged version of Doirons Miso-Butter Pancakes.