Ava wanted to make smoothies and pancakes for breakfast. We started with pancakes and ended with pancakes because well, this happened. 🙂 Ava wanted to make Hyrum look like a polar bear. I think she did a pretty good job.
She was a great helper too. Thanks to her, all the pancakes had plenty of chocolate chips!
(Recipe is at the bottom.)
Here’s the recipe in case you want it. Jake got it from a co-worker a few years back. These pancakes are a little more dense, so if you like really light and fluffy ones, this is probably not the recipe for you. But we sure like them!
1 1/2 cups full cream milk
2 teaspoons lemon juice or white vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted
Chocolate chips, banana, whatever you’d like to drop on top!
Melted or softened butter, for greasing skillet
Place milk, lemon juice and sugar in a medium bowl. Stir to combine, and then set aside for five minutes. During this time the mixture should develop a slightly curdled appearance.
Stir or whisk flour, salt, and baking soda together in a large bowl until combined.
Add egg, vanilla, & melted butter to the milk mixture. Whisk.
Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and whisk until almost smooth: the batter should still have a few small lumps. Don’t overmix the batter as this may make the pancakes tough.
Enjoy!