10 Essential Pancake Recipes

Nothing beats the smell of freshly flipped pancakes in the morning. But the circular specialties shouldn't be relegated to breakfast. After mixing some buttery banana pancake batter in the morning and smothering the warm flapjacks in syrup, try traditional potato pancakes or other savory flapjacks as a delicious side at other meals throughout the day.

With so many options for pancakes, this week, we put the Culinary Content Network and our staff to the test to come up with tasty pancake recipes. Here are some of the highlights:

• Haley Willard, assistant editor at The Daily Meal, was in the fall spirit as she dressed up pumpkin pancake mix with blueberry preserves.
• Elizabeth Brunetti of The Bare Midriff shared with us her recipe for potato latkes with smoked salmon. Brunetti is a member of the Culinary Content Network.
• The winner this week is Meriem Kouar of Culinary Couture with her fluffy apple cinnamon pancakes, sure to please any pancake craving. Kouar is a member of the Culinary Content Network.

All of the recipes featured can be made at home for about $20 or less, excluding the cost of small amounts of basic ingredients such as butter, oil, flour, sugar, salt, pepper, and other dried herbs and spices.

Emily Jacobs is the Recipe editor at The Daily Meal. Follow her on Twitter @EmilyRecipes