Pancakes.
Can there ever be anything more splendid then a mountain of pancakes placed before you?
I think it stems back from my childhood, actually a lot has been stemming back from my childhood lately… but that’s a different story altogether. I remember every Sunday as a child my family and I would always go to IHOP after church. We would all walk in, all six of us, and we would always have to wait forever, (of course as a child anything more than 5 minutes feels like forever), and as we waited my mom would give me one of their menus, you know those really long menus, and I would have to share it with my younger siblings. Now let me let you in on a little something, I am the oldest of four- in case you didn’t already know that. I have 2 sisters (Aly and Chanel) and one brother (Sascha). So even though I was always the one given the menu to look at, which always made me feel like a grownup… of course, I had to always share with the little ones.
We would all look through the menu and we would 9 out of the 10 times get the same exact thing. Aly would get the French Toast, Sascha the Fried Eggs with bacon, Chanel the Scrambled Eggs, and I would always get the pancakes, but to be exact the Silver Dollar Pancakes. You know those mini pancakes that come five together with scrambled eggs and a side of bacon. Of course I would have to drown my pancakes in syrup, oh and trust me the drowning continues to this day. My husband always looks at me like I’m crazy whenever I eat pancakes because he thinks I go way overboard with the syrup, and I just look at him with a mouth full of dripping pancakes and smile a BIG smile. 🙂 But that’s just me, I love pancakes with lots of syrup.
I definitely think the trait has been passed down because my kids LOVE pancakes just as much as I do. I truly think that a stack of pancakes can make anyone’s day a little brighter and a whole lot better.
What do you think… Do you like pancakes???
Silver Dollar Pancakes
Pancakes makes the world better.
- Yield: serves 4-6 1x
Ingredients
1–1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1–1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups buttermilk
a little less than 1/4 cup milk
2 extra large eggs
3 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, beat together buttermilk, milk, eggs and melted butter.
Heat a large frying pan or oiled griddle on medium heat.
Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture, and combine. Do not over stir~ lumps will still be there and that’s ok. Pour the batter onto the frying pan or griddle, I like to use a 1/4 cup for measuring out each pancake. Brown on one side, once the bubbles start forming, flip and cook other side a few minutes.
Serve and with lots of maple syrup.
I absolutely love pancakes! I love your little silver dollar pancakes…makes me feel less guilty if I eat a ton, right? 😀
Julie, lol I have the same theory… the smaller the fewer calories… hehehe!
Yum…bring on the pancakes.
Hi Natasha!
Those pancakes look so yummy! It’s great that they remind you of such a special childhood memory. Maybe you can help your kids develop this same type of wonderful memory by involving them in the cooking process!
Cooking with your kids is a great way to enjoy family time together and to reinforce important life skills. That’s why I work with the Healthy Monday campaigns, which recently launched a new program – The Kids Cook Monday. (http://www.TheKidsCookMonday.org)
The Kids Cook Monday encourages children to take on an active role in the cooking process, enabling families to cook and eat together every Monday. When kids pitch in making meals, they’re empowered to consider the portions and nutrients in their food, leading to healthier lifestyles.
This video by Dietitian Julieanna Hever is interesting to watch, as she explains the benefits of cooking with kids while she cooks with her daughter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8CCD1FWRrg.
We are currently looking for blogs to help spread the word about our new campaign with weekly Kids Cook Monday posts, usually detailing a family recipe, family dinner or family cooking video. If you’re interested in writing weekly Kids Cook Monday posts for That’s So Yummy, please email me back at blogs@mondaycampaigns.org.
Thank you!
-Chelsea