On Saturday morning,* my roommate and I hosted a celebratory Pancake Party in honor of National Pancake Day, the completion of the required language exams, the purchase of a griddle and real maple syrup, and just general awesomeness. I am struggling here to list reasons to have a pancake party, mostly because I can't think of any good reason NOT to have a pancake party.
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| Pumpkin Walnut Chocolate Chip Pancakes |
We whipped up two base batters: buttermilk and pumpkin, and purchased an assortment of additions: walnuts, pecans, bananas, chocolate chips, and blueberries.
As our classmates walked through our door, dazed by their recent encounters with foreign verb conjugations, tricky script (Вы читаете России? Я не), and unfamiliar sentence structures (ດ້ວຍຄວາມຊື່ສັດ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ຮູ້ຫຍັງນີ້ເວົ້າວ່າ, ແຕ່ວ່າມັນເປັນຄົນລາວ?), we greeted them with a brand-new griddle -- Pumpkin or plain? Pick your toppings!
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| Buttermilk Blueberry Pancakes. |
Roommate Rachel (wo)manned the griddle and flipped pancakes for a few hours. Clearly A LOT of pancakes were consumed, along with gallons of orange juice and coffee. Aka, a morning well-spent!
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| Text from Rachel: I just bought a griddle, we're having a pancake party! |
Pancake parties are SO easy and always a winner (really, who doesn't like pancakes?). I made the Whole Wheat Pumpkin Pancakes, and my roommate made her mama's Buttermilk Batter -- so buttery! So light! So delicious!
An unexpectedly awesome combination for you to try: pumpkin, banana, walnut. Pumpkin and banana go shockingly well together, for serious.
Whole Wheat Pumpkin Pancakes
Adapted from Mother Thyme
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Directions:
- Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- Make a well in the middle and add in the wet ingredients.
- Stir until smooth.
- Let the batter sit (anywhere from 30 minutes to overnight).
- Preheat your griddle to 350 degrees.
- Scoop about 1/4-1/3 cup of batter onto the griddle for each pancake.
- Cook 1-2 minutes on each side.
Buttermilk Pancakes
Ingredients:- 2 cups self-rising flour
- approx 1 tbsp of sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1/2 stick butter, melted
Directions:
- Mix the flour and sugar in a large bowl.
- Stir in the wet ingredients.
- Preheat your griddle to 350 degrees.
- Scoop about 1/4-1/3 cup of batter onto the griddle for each pancake.
- Cook 1-2 minutes on each side.
*Apparently Weekend Reports come on Wednesdays now...alas I do as the homework gods command...
