Good Old Fashioned Pancakes!

Saturday night!

pancake night.

M & M pancakes tonight.

 our chocolate-loving-2-year-old inhaled them fist-over-fist.

seriously. fist-over-fist. 

she knows what's good, huh?

It's taken me almost 10 years of marriage to be able to make pancakes.

seriously.

no matter what I did, they burnt, were dough-y, or just yucky.

My pancake tips today?

{generously} spray your griddle with non-stick spray.

start with a HOT griddle.

{I usually turn mine on right as I add the wet ingredients}.

use a measuring scoop slightly bigger than the size you need. 

I use 1/3 cup for 1/4 cup-sized-pancakes.

turn the burners down when you're on your 3rd batch.

turn them down even more when you hit your 4th or 5th one.

prevents the bottoms from getting too done before the middle.

if all else fails?

add chocolate.

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My favorite all-time pancake recipe:

my own version of this one

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons baking powder

2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons white sugar
2 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs
4 tablespoons butter, melted

2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions: 

1. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, vanilla, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth.  

2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

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for those interested, there are 2261 calories in the ENTIRE batch.  

so, just divide by how many you get.

I usually get about 24.

which is only 94 calories/pancake.

{not including any added M&M's.}

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what's your favorite way to eat pancakes?