My Pancake Recipe Depends On My Mood

I enjoy pancakes in the morning, in the afternoon, and even in the evening. Pancakes, not just for breakfast anymore. My pancake recipe depends on my mood and the ingredients I have handy. My basic recipe is to mix in my food processor flour, sugar, baking powder, a pinch of salt, Milk and eggs. It is what you put in to the basic mix that makes the difference. Sometime I want blue berry pancakes. I myself process the blue berrys in the batter in the processor.

I know some people like to see whole berries in their pancakes. I sometimes add pumpkin to the batter for pumpkin pancakes. Simply use a can of pumpkin. You do not want to use the pumpkin pie mix but use canned pumpkin. There is a difference.

You can also make sweet potato pancakes. Now these are not potato pancakes. These are sweet potato flavored pancakes. Use canned sweet potato. You can add some of the liquid if you like. But not too much so your batter is not to runny. You will not use the whole can of sweet potatos so make sure you place the rest in an air tight container and refrigerate them.

Strawberry pancakes are a good mid summer morning treat. I process the strawberries in the food processor in the batter because they are too large to have them sticking out of the batter on the griddle.

Now I like to cook my pancakes on a griddle that I have brushed with a little cooking oil. I heat the griddle and then coat the surface with cooking oil using a pastry brush I paint the surface with oil. I then drop a few drops of batter on the griddle to make sure it is hot enough. If the drops start cooking I scrape them aside and start pouring the batter onto the griddle.

I pour about a five inch circle of batter. I turn them when the bubbles have formed but before they have all popped on the surface. If you like your pancakes more cooked you can wait until all the bubbles have popped. Flip the pancake and cook for about forty more seconds. Longer if you like your pancakes more cooked.

I place the pancake onto my plate and cover it with a pie tin. I start on my next. I like two pancakes on my plate. You want to use real maple syrup. I pour my syrup in a bowl and I set it on the stove top so it will get warm. I also place a piece of butter in the bowl so it will be melted into the syrup. If you read the grocery store pancake syrup you will find it is nothing but corn syrup.

You want real maple syrup for you pancakes. You can find real maple syrup in some grocery stores or you might have to go to a specialty food store. However you need to find real maple syrup do not make pancakes until you have it. Pouring corn syrup over your pancakes is not fair to you or your pancakes. I hope you enjoy your next stack… I feel like making myself some right now.

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