homemade pancakes.

this morning travis wanted homemade pancakes for breakfast. i've wanted waffles lately, but i don't have a waffle iron, so i decided to settle for pancakes as well. i considered making the healthy pancakes i've been making over the past few years {i thought i had shared the recipe, but it doesn't look like i have -- looks like i have another post in the works}, but i didn't feel like being good so i decided to whip up a batch of regular ol' homemade pancakes. i used this recipe from the food network, and they turned out delicious. i'll definitely be using it again in the future {i actually considered creating a large batch of the dry ingredients that i could use just like i would use a box mix} but i'll save that for another saturday. travis specifically requested no chocolate chips, no raisins, no bananas on top, no blueberries. just plain pancakes.

ingredients:

1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour

3 T. sugar

1 T. baking powder

1/4 t. salt

1/8 t. freshly ground nutmeg

2 large eggs, at room temperature

1/2 t. pure vanilla

3 T. unsalted butter, plus more as needed

directions:

in a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg

in another bowl beat the eggs, then whisk in the milk and vanilla

melt the butter in a large cast iron skillet or griddle over medium heat {i really need to get both of these}

whisk the melted butter into the milk mixture. add the wet ingredients to the dry mixture and whisk together until a thick batter is just formed

keeping the skillet at medium heat {i actually ended up having to turn down my electric stove from medium to the notch in between low and medium to keep the pancakes golden}, ladle about 1/4 cup of batter onto the skillet. cook until bubbles break the surface and the undersides are golden brown {about two minutes}. flip with a spatula and cook about 1 minute more on the second side.

i added more butter to the skillet as needed. i put a serving platter in the oven, and turned it to warm. as the pancakes finished cooking, i would place them on the platter in the oven. everything came out just perfectly and i loved having saturday morning breakfast with my boys.