I just really like pancakes. I like waffles more but I got rid of my waffle maker when I moved into the "treehouse", a tiny 250sq ft standalone room/home. It was great, but the fear of burning the place down caused me to get rid of many electrical appliances and candles.
These pancakes aren't overly sweet, which is nice. I didn't want them to taste like candy. But a great tip is to set aside some sliced or chopped strawberries in a small bowl or container with a sprinkle of sugar. It brings out the juices and they become a great topping. I didn't feel like making a quick jam (follow the basic instructions used here and here with any fruit and it should work). I also sprinkled a little powdered sugar for presentation. My next mission is to learn how to paint with chocolate syrup. Training the syrup bottles will be the challenge... like the rowing guinea pigs.... such a simple word....
Ok, enough of that. Onto the pancakes!
STRAWBERRY PANCAKES
2 servings
CONTENTS
1 cup flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp oil (you'll probably need 1 tsp or less each time you cook up a batch)
2 cups strawberries, chopped and divided
1 TBS sugar ("white" works better for the topping berries)
FASCIST DIRECTIONS
1. Sprinkle 1 cup of the chopped strawberries with the TBS of sugar. Set it aside to do it's thang.
3. Add the milk and strawberries. Stir it up, little darling!
4. Measure out about 1/4 cup of batter onto the heated pan and cook about 4 minutes, till bubbly and drying out on top.
5. Flip and repeat!
6. By now your strawberries should be juicier... wait as long as you want...
...basically, serve a pancake with a sprinkle of powdered sugar...
...then top with strawberries! Repeat with another pancake if you got 'em!
Super simple, and super delicious. I can't wait until summer comes back and we can pick our own berries and make all sorts of goodies. These with blueberries or blackberries or raspberries or all berries would be so goooooooooood...
