These Swedish Pancakes are a breakfast staple. My husband’s grandmother often made this recipe and created tons of lasting memories by doing so. They are super easy to make (only a few ingredients needed!) and you can go simple or crazy with toppings!
Original post: October 2012 | Updated: December 2020
Why This Recipe Works
The original post for this recipe was written by my husband and instead of writing all new copy I want to keep his words. This recipe was his grandmother’s Swedish pancake recipe and he had a lot of really sweet things to say about the ‘cakes and his sweet grandma..
I call these Swedish pancakes because my awesome Grandma (who passed away a few years ago) is Swedish and made thousands of these for me and that’s what she called them, so that’s what they’ll always be to me.
My Grandma rocked. I have numerous childhood memories of vacations at her house in Norway, MI (the UP) and to this day my favorite foods come from her recipes. She was giving, caring and anyone who ever met her came away with a smile because of her genuine sweetness.
These pancakes were always eagerly anticipated whenever we were at Grandma’s or she was at our house. She would hover over the stove throwing out hot cakes to anyone and everyone until all bellies were crammed full. Good times.
How to Make Grandma’s Swedish Pancakes
STEP 1
Add the following ingredients to a blender or large mixing bowl:
- Eggs
- Milk
- All-purpose flour
- Granulated sugar
- Vegetable oil
Blend/mix until combined. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter on a medium skillet (or spray with cooking spray) and set heat to medium-high.
STEP 2
Pour 1/4 cup of flour-sugar batter onto hot skillet, over the melted butter. Allow the pancake to cook for about a minute, or until the bottom side of the pancake begins to firm up. Using a spatula, flip the pancake. Cook for an additional minute, or to desired crispiness.
Recipe Notes
- I’ve found that the easiest method for keeping the pan greased is generously coating it with cooking spray between each batch.
- Make sure your pan is nice and hot before you add batter to it! Not doing this will result in a ball of inedible dough and wasted ingredients.
- Once you’ve poured the 1/4 cup of batter onto your hot pan, give the pan a gentle turn to make sure the batter is covering bottom of pan. You’ll have a very thin layer of batter in the pan and this is exactly what you want.
What To Put on Swedish Pancakes
There are a hundred different ways to enjoy these cakes, but I’ll tell you a few of our favorites.
- Roll each pancake up with a pat of butter in the center and drizzle maple syrup over the top.
- Spread a bit of Nutella in the centers.
- Enjoy flat (like regular pancakes) with butter and fresh berries.
- Pour blueberry sauce over the top.
- A smear of mixed berry jam would be delicious, too!
- Our boys always love a generous drizzle of chocolate syrup over the top, too. Of course.
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Grandma’s Swedish Pancakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp butter
Instructions
- Add eggs, milk, flour, sugar and oil to a blender or large mixing bowl. Blend/mix until combined. Melt butter on a medium skillet (or spray with cooking spray) and set heat to medium-high.
- Pour 1/4 cup of batter onto hot skillet. Allow the pancake to cook for approximately thirty seconds to one minute, or until the bottom side of the pancake begins to firm up.
- Using a spatula, flip the pancake. Cook for an additional minute, or to desired crispiness. Serve warm with butter and syrup.
Notes
- I’ve found that the easiest method for keeping the pan greased is generously coating it with cooking spray between each batch.
- Make sure your pan is nice and hot before you add batter to it! Not doing this will result in a ball of inedible dough and wasted ingredients.
- Once you’ve poured the 1/4 cup of batter onto your hot pan, give the pan a gentle turn to make sure the batter is covering bottom of pan. You’ll have a very thin layer of batter in the pan and this is exactly what you want.
This is a great recipe-make sure like she says that the pan is hot! The butter will be browned, no problem. There was a diner I ate at as a kid that had amazing thinner chewy pancakes. They weren’t super eggy and they were not crepes. I’ve been trying so hard to recreate and I used this recipe but added an extra T of sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/4-1/2C extra flour and 1/4-1/2 tsp baking powder. Thank you it’s so close! Just have to narrow those ranges cause I changed as I went!
Thanks for sharing that! Glad you tried it out!
These look awesome! I have some Lingonberry Jam to put in & on them! Oh, make a yummy…Soft Butter & The Jam…mix well…..Oh Boy….Too Good ! Very Swedish !
Try them! So good. Thank you for commenting!
The recipe is not for swedish pancakes but some type of cookie. Would like to see the pancake recipe.
I hope it’s showing up ok now, Margaret!
Megan
this recipe is great the only thing is that pretty much you are making crepes.. only difference is butter instead of oil… tares great ?
The recipe is still some sort of brownie. I would love the Swedish pancake recipe.
Hi Bethany! The recipe is coming up fine on my end. When you click on the PRINT RECIPE button toward the bottom of the post, a brownie recipe is coming up? Shoot me an email and I’ll send you back the recipe if that’s not working for you. Sorry about that!
Megan
Would love this recipe and the picture is for the Swedish pancakes, but the recipe appears to be for some kind of brownie with cream cheese and twix bars.
Hi Emily! I’ll make the fix! Thanks for the heads up.
Megan
Hey, your recipe box is wonky. It’s not the right recipe for the Swedish cakes. It says to add twix and chocolate chips.
Hi Jo! Where are you seeing the twix and chocolate chips pop up for this recipe?
Megan
I'm making these right now for my parents'. SO GOOD! They remind me of my Mom's crepes, just a little thicker and sweeter. I took Fendi's idea and added the vanilla, mmm!!
Making these right now! So delicious :d I added a little bit more sugar & some vanilla extract. They are all crispy & chewy 🙂 Thank you!!!
Loving that dan did this post! John is the pancake maker at our house and these are surely on his list.
Miss you guys! Love to all of you!
LOL Loved this post!
Hey hey! Welcome to the wonderful world of food blogging, Dan! You done good! These look ace and Grandma Linnea sounds like da bomb!