suburbanwhisk

In my house, we never call these chocolate chip pancakes. We call them jockstrap pancakes. Why jockstrap pancakes you may ask? It is not a secret that I am the world’s worst texter. Seriously, my finger accidentally may touch the letter next to the letter that I need AND I press enter way to fast. So one day, I texted my husband asking him what he wanted for dinner. When he could not decide, I started typing in some ideas. Chocolate chip turned into jockstrap. I have no idea where this came from auto correct, but it has took. These pancakes are on the table within 20 minutes and are very yummy. Feel free to add whatever add-in you prefer instead of chocolate chips.

Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Slightly Adapted from All Recipes

Ingredients:
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
3 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp white sugar
3 tbsp butter, melted
1 egg, room temperature
1 ¼ buttermilk
1 cup chocolate chips
Butter for griddle

Directions:

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Whisk in melted butter, egg, and buttermilk, until combined. Do not over mix this batter. Mix in chocolate chips in. Pre heat a large griddle over medium-high heat. Place a little butter to oil up the griddle. Pour about ¼ cup of the batter onto the hot skillet. Cook until bubbles appear on the pancake, about 2 minutes. Flip and cook until golden, for another minute or two.

Sometimes plain yogurt just does not do it for me. I need to mix it up with something. Most granola in the supermarket have either shredded coconut or abundance of nuts, again something I don’t like. A good granola is like finding a good wine that you want to keep going back to. This granola has large clumps that allow crunch to occur while you are eating yogurt. It is so easy to make it, that it may become part of your breakfast/snack rotation.

Nut Free Granola
Adapted from Smitten Kitchen’s Cookbook and Melissa d’Arabian

Makes – at least 4 cups

Ingredients:

2 cups old fashioned oats
1 cup wheat bran
1/3 cup flax seed
1 cup rice krispies or puffed wheat cereal
¾ cup steel cut oatmeal
2 tbsp. melted butter
½ cup maple syrup
½ tsp. salt
1 tbsp. cinnamon
2 egg whites

Preheat oven to 300F. Combine old fashioned oats, wheat bran, flax seed, cereal, and steel cut oatmeal, salt and cinnamon. Add melted butter, maple syrup, and egg whites. Lay flat on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Cook for 45 to 55 minutes. When dry to the touch, take out of the oven. Allow to cool for 5-8 minutes. Break up the granola into clumps. Store in an airtight container.