peanut butter pancakes for one.

You don’t need me to tell you that peanut butter and pancakes are one delicious combination. You probably also don’t need me to tell you that after sleeping for 10 hours all you need is pancakes. You really don’t need me to tell you that when the only thing you have to do is pack up your apartment the last thing you want to do is pack. I think we’ve all been there.

These pancakes were inspired by Joy the Baker and her Peanut Butter Bacon Pancakes. I still don’t know how I feel about the bacon part. But peanut butter is my jam. I also threw some chocolate chips on the warm pancakes and let them melt. Perfect.

Pancakes are sometimes made for sharing. But these aren’t. These are all for you. All of ’em. You have permission not to share. Unless you really want to and you really love the person you’re sharing with. It’s okay to be selfish sometimes.

Sleep in. Make some pancakes. Smother them in maple syrup. Then start your day and enjoy the sunshine.

Peanut Butter Pancakes
makes 4 small pancakes

1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 cup buttermilk
1 egg
1 and 1/2 teaspoons canola oil
1 spoonful of peanut butter

In a small bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In a separate slightly larger bowl whisk the buttermilk, egg, oil, and peanut butter together. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and whisk until most of the lumps are gone. Let sit for a few minutes.
Heat a griddle over medium heat. Grease griddle with butter or nonstick spray. Using a 1/4 cups measuring cup, pour batter onto the hot griddle. Cook for 2-3 minutes on the first side and then flip onto the second side. Cook until the pancake releases from the griddle and is golden brown. Repeat for all the pancakes.
Serve warm topped with chocolate chips (optional) and maple syrup (also optional).

buttermilk pancakes with white chocolate chips.

I can’t even believe it. Two blog posts in two days. This is getting crazy. I’m really trying to give myself goals for the rest of the summer before my life gets really crazy.
Here’s a short list:
Blog more.
Practice my oboe a lot more.
Get more organized.
Read more books.
Run some more and get in shape.

That last one is difficult because right now our campus is overrun with Chicago Bears and everything that goes along with that (aka…sports media and a bunch of security people) so it’s a little bit more difficult to get anywhere. I don’t even know who any of them are so it doesn’t make much difference to me. Now…if Orlando Bloom or Robert Downey Jr. were here it would be a totally different story indeed. Okay, I’m done complaining about that situation now. Just had to get it out of my system.

Pancakes are that one thing you can’t go wrong with. Especially if you add chocolate chips. Especially if those chocolate chips are white chocolate chips. Although any kind of chocolate is totally fine by me. I also like to top my pancakes with Nutella. Wait…you don’t know what Nutella is? I’m so sorry. It’s the most delicious chocolate hazelnut spread. Seriously one of the best things ever created.

You can add these extra things to any pancake recipe you have. I found this one on my Foodily app for my phone (such a good app!) and I really need to use up the buttermilk in my fridge so it all worked out. These are really fluffy and light (as long as you don’t put too much butter in the pan like I did…). Perfect for breakfast or an evening snack. We used to have pancakes for dinner every so often when I was little. My mom always said that there wasn’t enough time in the mornings with 3 little kids getting ready for school and my dad getting ready for school so we had breakfast for dinner. It was the best thing for us kids. Especially when there was bacon involved. Which was often.

You can make these pancakes any way you want. Add different kinds of chocolate chips. Leave them plain. Slather peanut butter over the tops. Drown them in Michigan maple syrup. There are so many possibilities. This is just one way for you to enjoy them. And it’s a pretty delicious one. So make some pancakes, drink some tea, and check out my “Now Playing” page (above) to read all about the music in my life right now.

Buttermilk Pancakes with White Chocolate Chips

from bon appetite hon

makes about a dozen pancakes

1 cup flour

1 Tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup buttermilk

2 eggs

1 Tablespoon butter, melted

White chocolate chips and extra toppings (like syrup)

Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a medium sized bowl. Whisk together buttermilk, eggs, and melted butter in a smaller bowl. Add wet mixture to dry mixture and stir until just incorporated. Heat a frying pan or griddle over medium heat. Lightly coat with butter or nonstick spray. Ladle by 1/4 cup into the pan. Drop chocolate chips in the top of the batter. Cook until there are bubbles on the top and the bottom of the pancake is golden brown. Flip and brown the other side. When done remove from pan, top with Nutella or other topping of choice. Serve immediately.

These will keep in the fridge. Just microwave them for about 30 seconds to reheat them for a quick pancake breakfast.