Lordy, Lord!
So here we are! Monday, January 3...the very start to the work week. Some of us... ahem...Warren have today off as well. Lucky him but...some of us shouldn't complain, right? I only work three nights a week and I guess I shouldn't fuss. Three nights a week has kinda become my norm. It is a short work week normally for me...but it always seems longer than it sounds when you work 12 hours and not 8 hours. I never anticipated that being like that, but I'm not ready to going back to work 5 days a week. Yuck!
Anyway, the new year weekend was pretty eventful for us. We didn't do much of anything, but we did try out my new smiley face non-stick pancake pan. FUN! It was good times but I think I ate a bit too much. It is practically bedtime and I still feel stuffed from brunch at 1 p.m. I sure hope I didn't eat under cooked egg whites, pancakes, or turkey sausage. No one else feels like this...so it must be me. AWESOME! Maybe it's a sleep issue.
My kids sleep through the night, but my dang night body still knows the night before I have to go back to work. I normally toss and turn the night before I go back to work. Always have and I guess I probably always will.
Anyway, back to our homemade brunch! I snapped a few pictures to show you all...Megan Vogt...that I still can cook like a normal person.
So here is the yummy pancake batter cooking a way on my new pan! Thanks a bunch Margaret! I wasn't sure how to cook the other side of the pancake...so I pulled out my other skillet!
Thank goodness my counter top skillet heats up quickly! I took the pan off the stove top and flipped them onto the counter top skillet! WOOHOO! How cute!!!
Here they are ready to start munching on! They may look tiny, but they were thick!!!
So here was my bad idea for the afternoon...dude...if I can cook pancakes on this thing...maybe I can cook egg whites!? Wouldn't that totally rock...yeah...not such a great idea. They don't flip! LOL!
Ok...so maybe I cheated a bit. Not everything has to be made from scratch!!!
Pop Up Pancake Recipe – makes 24 muffins or fills a 9×13 baking pan
1. I like to mix all the ingredients in my blender. I have tried to whisk it or even use my small electric mixer, but a blender seems to do the best job getting it smooth.2. Pour the mix into your greased muffin tins. Or your baking pan.
3. Bake them for 15 minutes in a 400* oven, or until puffy and golden on top. Use a knife to pop or pry them out, hopefully they were greased well enough and should pop right out. They puffiness will die down as they cool, and they become more like a cup.
Now they are ready for toppings. I love syrup, powdered sugar, and fruit. You could even use fresh Strawberry Jam. We usually load it all on and dive in. What do you use to top your pancakes with? Maybe peanut butter or honey?
