Night #4- USA!!

Pancakes and Syrup

It was hard deciding on what to make for our USA night, but we ended up choosing a childhood favorite of both Ryan and mine....breakfast for dinner! I hate to brag, but I really do make a killer pancake.   So to celebrate the USA's medals, we chowed down on some pancakes and sausage.

Ingredients for pancakes:

1 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons sugar

3 tablespoons butter (plus more for cooking and serving)

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups half & half (you can use milk too, but half & half really makes them thick and fluffy)

1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix all dry ingredients together.  In a separate bowl, melt 3 tablespoons butter and add the remaining ingredients to that bowl.  Slowly wisk wet ingredients into dry.  You can make batter ahead of time or start cooking.  Scoop out desired amount of batter (I use 1/2 cup) into a frying pan on medium heat with some melted butter.  Cook on first side until lots of bubbles have formed, and then flip.  Serve with butter and real maple syrup (don't bother with the fake stuff!).