The traditional Cracker Barrel Buttermilk Pancake is a comfortable experience for many American morning aficioners. Enjoyed by many patrons of the 662 outlets across 45 states, this signature meal has a delicious and fluffy taste that is much sought for.
The Buttermilk Pancake mix from Cracker Barrel blends several important components to provide their unique taste and texture. Although buttermilk powder is one of the primary ingredients and adds to the fluffy texture and ever-so-slight tangy taste, there are additional elements that help the meal.
This covers white rye flour, which gives the pancakes earthiness and increases their tenderness by low gluten levels, and yellow corn flour, which adds texture and that crispy bite the pancakes are known for.
Leavening ingredients like baking powder are included into the batter to ensure the pancakes have the characteristic fluffiness.
Leavening agents—also known as raising agents—raise volume and generate lift, therefore enabling the pancakes to rise during cooking. Crucially, they react with the buttermilk to create more air bubbles in the batter, resulting in lighter, more delicious pancakes.
Whey powder adds a rich texture and facilitates griddling, which produces the characteristic brown coloration and a small body. A little fat from egg yolk powder helps to improve the wetness in the pancakes; soybean oil adds to their soft and crumbly texture as well.
Beyond the traditional ideal pancake, Cracker Barrel presents many pancake-based breakfast options (available all day). Like Momma's Pancake Breakfast, which consists of two buttermilk pancakes presented with two eggs
To produce trademark Cracker Barrel dinners, this dish and others like Grandma's Sampler and the Sunrise Pancake Special are presented with 100% pure natural syrup and a side of whipped butter.