IHOP Country Griddle Cakes are hearty pancakes, as there is a touch of cereal added to the batter. While they are no longer on the menu, you can recreate them at home. The cooked Cream of Wheat provides a wonderful texture in the IHOP Country Griddle cakes.
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Over Fifty Years of Smile and Counting
International House of Pancakes began life in the suburbs of Los Angeles in 1958. Fifteen years later, a new marketing campaign introduced the acronym “IHOP” with its now-famous smile. Today, IHOP is the nationwide chain that everyone is familiar with. It’s the place where people know they can enjoy a bargain breakfast at any time of the day. For a complete history of IHOP, click here.
IHOP Country Griddle Cakes
International House of Pancakes began life in the suburbs of Los Angeles in 1958. Fifteen years later, a new marketing campaign introduced the acronym “IHOP” with its now-famous smile. Today, IHOP is the nationwide chain that everyone is familiar with. It’s the place where people know they can enjoy a bargain breakfast at any time of the day. For a complete history of IHOP, click here.
About Cream of Wheat
Cream of Wheat is a brand name. It’s a product that contains farina, a type of porridge mix made from ground wheat kernels. Apart from its color, Cream of Wheat looks similar to grits, which is made from ground corn, but the ground wheat gives it a smoother texture. Cream of Wheat is full of vitamins and minerals. For a complete list of all the nutrition contained in Cream of Wheat, click here.
Country Griddle Cakes Make Awesome Leftovers
These pancakes are so delicious that you may not have any leftovers. However, you can make a big batch, let them cool, shrink wrap them, and put them in the freezer. Whenever you get the urge for a pancake, just pop one in the microwave for a minute or two. It’ll be as good as freshly made. And, talk about the easiest breakfast!
Both You and Your Kids Will Enjoy Breakfast
These pancakes are a good way to sneak in some healthier ingredients into foods that kids love. Even if you have a child that goes “ugh” if you try to get them to eat Cream of Wheat or drink buttermilk, they will always eat pancakes.
Serve these griddle cakes with whichever is your favorite syrup, or add fresh fruit and a dollop of whipped cream. The tasty, crispy crunch of this pancake will put an IHOP smile on your face every time. Plus, now you and your family can have your pancakes and eat your cereal too!
Love the IHOP? Check out these other copycat IHOP recipes
IHOP Colorado Omelette
IHOP Blueberry Cannoli Pancakes
IHOP Pumpkin Pancakes
IHOP Country Griddle Cakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons Vegetable oil plus 1 teaspoon
- 1 beaten egg
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 3/4 cup prepared cream of wheat
Instructions
- Place first six ingredients in a medium-size bowl. In a small bowl mix cream of wheat with the buttermilk to get any lumps out of the cream of wheat. When this is done add egg, cream of wheat, and buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients. Beat with a spoon all until smooth.
- The batter may be a little lumpy. Heat a grill or a frying, pan medium-low heat works well with pancakes. When the surface is hot lightly oil or use a vegetable spray. Pour the desired size for pancakes and turn when the top of the pancake has little bubbles. If you spray your pancake turner with a nonstick spray it helps prevent the uncooked part of the pancake from sticking to the turner and flipping the pancake is made much easier.
- If your pan is seasoned well your pancakes should not be sticking and if the temperature is just right your pancakes should have a beautiful golden color.
Tammie
By “prepared Cream of Wheat”, does that mean you cook it first then add 3/4 cup to the mix? Thank You!
Stephanie
It means cream of wheat as prepared by the package directions. This should be about 1 serving of prepared cream of wheat.
Mitzi Duncan
These pancakes are better than I Hops
They were golden and fluffy and I served them with sliced bananas and raw honey. So good!