Pancakes

If you make the pancakes small enough, you can eat 23!

Lucas brought pancakes with maple syrup for a snack to school today.  He told me Mr. D. asked him what he was eating.   Fair question --it's not your typical snack.  Lucas reported ripping the pancakes into pieces so that he was able to dip them into the container of maple syrup I sent along.   I can only imagine what this looked like.  Somehow sending cold pancakes with maple syrup for dipping seemed like a normal thing to do this morning.   Yes, this is how much we love pancakes.

I know Dave and his family love pancakes too, as a weekend ritual.   Joan is the pancake guru in the Nault household, whipping up pancakes every Saturday morning with all different types of grains.  Catherine has a recipe she would argue rivals ours (I would suggest, a close second...!)

Pancakes are a strong association for Lucas with his Daddy, and for me too.  I can just picture Mike piling them 3 or 4 high and digging in with gusto.  Whenever we have pancakes, we talk about how many Daddy might eat, how much he liked them, and how much we miss him.  We just submitted our favourite recipe to Lucas and Emily's daycare, since the staff are making a year-end recipe book.

Lucas and Emily’s Favourite Pancakes

(Three cheers for ‘Breakfast for Dinner!’)

1 ½ rolled oats

2 cups milk

½ cup all purpose flour

½ cup whole wheat flour

1 tbsp brown sugar

1 tbsp baking powder

½ tsp cinnamon

2 eggs

¼ melted butter/margarine

optional fruit (mashed banana, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries…)

1.  Soak oats in milk (5 minutes)

2.  Mix dry ingredients.  Add oats/milk to dry.

3.  Add eggs and melted butter.

4.  Add fruit.

5.  Stir… then cook!

Enjoy Mike-style:  Serve topped with yogurt, then fruit, then maple syrup in a big, heaping mess.   Sides include scrambled eggs, orange juice and strong coffee.

Tip:  These pancakes freeze well!

Thanks to Christy for her 'cottage pancakes' recipe from many years ago.