Makin' banana pancakes pretend that it's the weekend now...

This was my breakfast yesterday. Banana pancakes. They were deeeeelicious. Mmm mmm mmm. There is something about making pancakes that just brings back the best memories... cooking breakfast at the Oxley house as kids sleepily stumble out one by one... staying up late with my roommates snacking on them... going to my lovely friends' house last semester for brunch on Saturdays... Good times, good times. Anyway, this was a spur of the moment pancake making experience, so I did not have my handy dandy bisquick pancake mix. So I had my very first experience making them from scratch. I will never go back. This was the greatest recipe ever. And of course, my friends, I will share it with you.

I wish I could take credit for this recipe, but I can't. It's from the Food Network's How to Boil Water cookbook.

This recipe makes about 8 large or 12 small pancakes:

1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg (optional, and I just used ground nutmeg I had)
2 large eggs, room temp.
1 1/4 c. milk
Dash pure vanilla extract (abt. 1/4 teaspoon)
4 tablespoons unsalted butter (I used a bit less. That's a lotta butta)
1 banana, sliced

1. Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg, if using, in a large bowl.
2. Beat the eggs in another bowl. Whisk in half of the milk and the vanilla.
3. In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the butter with the remaining milk, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Stir or whisk into the egg mixture. (Note: I just did that in the microwave instead of on the stove)
4. Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk until a thick batter forms (a few lumps are ok).
5. Now make the pancakes! Pour a pancake sized bit of batter on the skillet and then place the banana slices in the batter immediately. Flip when ready. Then eat. Yum yum yummmmm.


-K.



Hi!!! It's, Brian. I'm posting in the midst of Katie's because I just felt like it. So, school is almost over; I'm going to our last family lunch of the quarter today. Hopefully we keep it going in the coming quarters, but I kinda' fear we won't as we all go join our separate groups. But oh, well. For breakfast the other day I had oatmeal. Like I always do. And it was meh, as it always is. But it makes a nice breakfast since I have to go ride the hot/humid/smelly bus for 40 minutes right afterwards. I've been sick recently but now i'm on 'roids so it should be clearing up (and it is). Well I dont think Katie likes me sitting on her lap like this, so I'm gonna' head out to school and work on my math final (we have 8 hours to complete a single problem) and then I'll be done! Hoorah. Maybe I will see some of you grand folks over Christmas break!? Look forward to it! :)