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Crispy potato pancakes from a simple batter of grated potato, egg, onion, and flour, pan-fried golden in a shallow pool of fat. Serve them piping hot with applesauce or a dollop of sour cream.

Homemade easy hot cakes from a handful of pantry staples, flour, milk, eggs, and butter, whisked into a smooth batter and griddled golden. Soft, lightly sweet pancakes ready for jam or your favorite topping.

Libby's pumpkin pound cake is a dense, buttery loaf with canned pumpkin folded into a classic creamed-butter batter. No spice rack required, just clean pumpkin flavor in a tender crumb that holds up to a sugar glaze.

Sorghum griddle cakes are fluffy gluten-free and dairy-free pancakes made with nutty sorghum flour and a starch for lift. No milk needed, and the batter thins to any consistency you like.

Breakfast waffles with soda use fizzy club soda for an extra-light, crispy waffle from a few pantry ingredients. The carbonation aerates the batter, so the waffles bake up airy inside and crisp outside.

Overnight yeast-raised waffles with a tangy sourdough-style depth and crisp-shattering exterior. Mix the batter the night before, beat in eggs at dawn, and serve with maple syrup or fruit.

Gluten-free pancakes made with a blend of rice flour, soy flour, and cornmeal. A simple wheat-free breakfast batter you can stir together in minutes for a celiac-safe pancake stack with real flavor.

Cranberry cake wreath bakes a tart-sweet cranberry and orange batter in a ring mold for a festive holiday centerpiece. Fresh cranberries pop against an orange-scented crumb, with walnuts for crunch.

Coconut treacle pani hoppers, sweet Sri Lankan hoppers from a fermented rice-flour and coconut milk batter enriched with coconut treacle, cooked soft and spongy, then folded into a crescent. A treacly teatime treat.

I made these cookies and they came out perfectly. They did not stick to the pan or spread while baking. I did drop batter with a spoon to keep them on the small side.

Texas brownie cake, a thin and fudgy sheet cake with a boiled cocoa-butter batter poured over flour, finished with warm chocolate icing and chopped pecans. The Lone Star State's answer to a sheet pan dessert.

Cornmeal waffles fold beaten egg whites into a yellow cornmeal batter for crisp-edged, tender-centered Southern-style waffles. A 20-minute breakfast that holds up to maple syrup, butter, or fresh fruit.

Light, crisp homemade waffles made with a classic trick: whipped egg whites folded into the batter for a fluffy interior and golden, crunchy edges. Serve with fresh berries, syrup, and whipped cream.

Cappuccino cream muffins with a cinnamon-chocolate ripple through the center and sour cream batter. Coffee shop flavor in a homemade muffin.

Vegan oat and cashew waffles blitzed in a blender with just five ingredients. No flour, no eggs, no dairy: ground oats and cashews build a high-fiber batter that crisps up nutty and golden.

Whole wheat orange pancakes use fresh orange juice and zest in a half-whole-wheat batter boosted with wheat germ. Bright, fluffy and high-fiber. Ready in 20 minutes for a healthy weekend breakfast.