What’s your favorite thing to cook?
I enjoy cooking. Among my favorites are baking, ice cream and breakfast. Not sure making ice cream counts as cooking it is more dumping things in a machine. While I enjoy baking I don’t do it much . So that leaves breakfast. Pancakes would be my favorite breakfast item.
Pancakes are extremely versatile and have virtually unending combinations, which makes creating new masterpieces easy. Now, I make real from scratch. Making pancakes from scratch is super; I’ve never understood why anyone would use a mix. I use our family’s recipe as the base. There are two secrets to these pancakes. First, add vanilla. That gives it a lighter taste and not that heavy dough taste some pancakes have. Make them thin, especially on the edges. The combination of the vanilla and thinness gives them a delicate, almost pastry-like texture.
My go to pancake is banana. Of course we often do blueberry as well. Every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas I make pumpkin pancakes at least once. Other pancakes variations I have tried:
- Cherry or Blueberry Cheesecake – Mix in cream cheese chunks and swirl with cherry or blueberry. Serve with whipped cream and warm blueberry or cherry syrup.
- Caramel Banana Silver Dollar Pancakes
- PBJ Pancakes
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