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I'll kick it off: I own pancakes. Been perfecting them for over 12 years. My pumpkin pancakes are particularly devastating. Base recipe: 2 cups milk 2 Tablespoons lemon juice 10 oz flour 1 Tablespoon sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsp baking powder 3 Tablespoons butter 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1 egg Mix the lemon juice and milk together first and set it aside. The acid in the lemon juice "sours" the milk, making it more like buttermilk. Then whisk together the dry goods in a mixing bowl. Never measure flour with a cup, or I'll find you and cut you. Get a cheap digital scale; your life will improve 10,000 fold. Melt the butter in a separate bowl. Don't get it ripping hot, just melted, otherwise it will start to scramble the egg. Add the vanilla and egg to the butter and whisk together. Now, nuke the milk/lemon mixture in the micro for a minute, just to warm it up. If it hits the butter cold it will cause the butter to solidify which leads to an icky mess. Add the warm milk/lemon to the butter, egg, and vanilla and whisk it all together. You're griddle is ready right? Don't add liquid to the dry unless your griddle is hot and ready to receive. Dump the liquids into the dry and whisk them together, no more than 10 stirs, count 'em. Whatever lumps are left leave 'em. Over mixing leads to chewy pancakes, we want light and fluffy. Use a measuring cup or laddle to scoop batter onto your griddle and you should be able to handle the rest. Now, for variations to the base. 1 apple, diced, I like to spread the fruit evenly on top of the batter once I've finished my ten stirs. I like this a little better than stirring the fruit into the batter. 1/2 tsp cinammon added in with dry goods additional 1/4 tsp of vanilla is optional One banana, diced, spread evenly on top of batter fist full of walnuts, chopped, spread evenly on top of batter with bananas 1/8 tsp ground cloves added with the dry goods (clove + banana = win) 1 cup blueberries or diced strawberries spread evenly on top of batter 1/4 tsp extra vanilla 1/2 cup pumpkin puree, wrapped in 6 or so paper towels to dry it out some, add this to the butter, vanilla, egg mixture. 3/4 tsp cinnamon 3/4 tsp ginger 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/4 tsp cloves 1/4 tsp allspice spices added to the dry goods Adjustments: If the batter is a little too thin (I like it pretty damn thick) reduce the milk by 1 once (2 Tablespoons). Have at it.