My family bugs me for pancakes every weekend. The scenario looks like this: I get up earlier than anyone else in the house and scurry about… fiddling with things on the computer, doing laundry, making tea and eating a bowl of cereal. My husband gets up next and makes his coffee and watches TV. My son meanders out of his bedroom late morning and snuggles on the couch with Dad. They both look at me with sad puppy-dog-eyes and ask if I’ll make pancakes. How can I resist the two boys I love most in the whole world?! So, of course, I head into the kitchen and figure out what kind of pancakes I’m going to whip up for my boys.
About Eggnog Pancakes:
These eggnog pancakes are a nice, fluffy pancake with a base of eggnog instead of buttermilk or milk. The flavor of the eggnog comes through in the pancake, and then we top them with a warm (real) maple syrup. Sidenote: I used to buy the store-brand maple syrup or whatever. One day I was reading the label out loud and it said that the syrup contained 2% maple syrup. What?! What the heck is the other 98%?? My husband and I decided right then and there that we would spend the big bucks on the real stuff from here on out. It tastes much better. It has way more calories than the light crud that I was buying, but I’m finding that a little kind of goes a long way… so you don’t use as much.
So back to these pancakes! » My boys love them. The recipe makes quite a few (small pancakes), so we freeze some in little stacks for later. They’re a nice holiday season breakfast treat- perfect for a cozy, lazy weekend. Enjoy!
