Blog Hop: Favorite Recipes

From the time Big Girl was little, I began making up special "holidays" and part of the fun was having food that went along with the theme. It is tradition now to have pancakes on the morning of these celebrations that are in fun shapes. The picture here was from our (now) annual Cold Day (it didn't snow in NC!) . You can buy pancake molds or the large copper cookie cutters work quite well, too. And until you have little ones of your own to impress, good 'ole circle pancakes taste just as good!

Polar Bears, mittens, and snowmen (2008);
we added snowflakes this year- turns out there is
no snow in our part of CA either!

Basic Pancakes

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 T. sugar
2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
1 beaten egg
1 cup milk
2 T. cooking oil
1/2 t. vanilla

1. In a medium mixing bowl stir together the flour, sugar baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center of the dry mixture and set aside. (You can also make this ahead of time and bag it until you're ready to use it.)

2. In another small mixing bowl, combine the egg, milk, cooking oil, and vanilla. Add egg mixture all at once to dry ingredients. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy).

3. For standard-sized pancakes, our about 1/4 cup batter onto a hot, lightly greased griddle or skillet. Cook over medium heat about 2 minutes (or until the bubbles all pop) and flip to cook other side. Makes 8-10.