Should the butter on top of pancakes be salted or unsalted?

It's a matter of taste to some extent, but in general, use unsalted butter for cooking, so you have complete control over the amount of salt in your food, and salted butter at the table for flavor. That is, if you use butter as an ingredient when making the pancake batter, use unsalted. read more

It’s a matter of taste to some extent, but in general, use unsalted butter for cooking, so you have complete control over the amount of salt in your food, and salted butter at the table for flavor. That is, if you use butter as an ingredient when making the pancake batter, use unsalted. But once you’ve cooked them, put salted butter on top. read more

equal parts olive oil and salted butter. BTW, replace the water in your batter with a good ginger ale, you'll be pleasantly surprised. read more