wednesday mornings have become our saturdays.  to aid to the delightful cloud of stress over my head, my husband has been on 12-hour night shifts six days a week for the last two months.  tuesday is his one night off and gives way to his one morning a week that he can join us for breakfast instead of burying himself under the covers for the day.  this morning, he made - what i truly believe - to be the loveliest pancakes i have ever had.  they are not the light airy pancakes of your childhood, they are dense, rich and rather decedent and would be equally scrumptious drowned in maple syrup or a rum sauce.  the recipe does make quite a few - but they are so good the next morning - just toss them in the toaster.  we can not take sole credit for this recipe - it is {very loosely} adapted from The Joy of Cooking and i can not take credit for making them - breakfast and the barbecue {now used exclusively for portobello burgers and tofu dogs - more on that later} are my husband's domain.  i can, however, take credit for the photo and oh yes, cleaning my plate.

His Pancakes

~ 2 c. flour

~ 1 c. whole wheat flour

~ 2 T. maple syrup

~ 1 T. baking powder

~ 1 t. salt

~ 3 c. organic milk

~ 3 eggs

~ 1 egg white

~ 1 t. vanilla

~ 6 T melted butter

melt the butter in a small pan on the stove and set aside.  combine the flours, sugar, baking powder and salt - set aside.  separate the eggs yolks and whites and beat the whites until they are fluffy and set aside.  mix the yolks, the maple syrup, milk, melted butter and vanilla.  combine the flour and the wet mixture then fold in the beaten whites.  ladle onto a buttered flat top griddle or non-stick pan allowing about a half an inch between each pancake.  after a few minutes flip - they are done when the edges begin to turn gold. 

* These are so rich that you really don't need to butter them before eating - but if you must, you must. 

xoox~jla

p.s.  thank you so much for your support and lovely comments in the black & white post - i responded to all of you individually in the comment section because each of you moved me so - thank you.

Comments

[Mischa]

These sound amazing! I love pancakes, but always foret about them for some reason. I can't wait to try out this recipe and revive the Saturday (wednesday) morning tradition! :)

[Dennis]

don't separate/fluff the whites, that would make them fluffy. Barely scrambling the eggs is what makes them dense. the recipie says to, but I don't like them as much that way. (and obviously Jen too)

[Christie @ fig&cherry]

Oooh, they look delicious! And even more so because they were made for you, lucky girl ;)

[alison]

you make everyday life so beautiful!
xo alison

[sammyw]

how much sugar do you add? i don't see that in the recipe, but in the instructions, it lists to add sugar?
Thanks!