breakfast for the weekends

My motto in the kitchen is always including the kids, they will love to get involved with the cooking process, and get to spend quality time with mom @ her best, or even better if it's not @ your best, you get to experament with them and make something tasty, what an inspiration for your young ones :)

fluffy pumpkin pancakes

3/4 cup whole weat flour
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
4 tbs sugar
1 1/2 tbs baking powder
pinch of salt
2 eggs/3 egg whites
1 cup milk
1/4 vegetable oil
1/4 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup cream
3/4 pumpkin puree

In a large mixing bowl add, milk, cream, eggs, whisk or use a hand held mixer, then add  flour and all the dry ingrediants and mix till jsut combined.  Do not over mix, add the yogurt, pumpkin, oil, and once you have all the ingrediants blendid, let stand for 5 minutes while you get the pan, or the skillet hot and ready for the pancakes.  Get the oven set to 200, to add and keep the cooked pancakes warm and ready to serve.
As the pancake batter is sitting the baking powder is developing and that process with the starch in the yogurt will make the pancake super flaky and delicious.

Using a ladle, drop 1/3 to 1/2 cup batter onto heated surface, and cook on medium low heat till there are bubbles on top of the pancake, then flip, and cook for about another 3o seconds.  Place each pancake in the oven to keep warm, then serve with real maple syrup, or confectioners' sugar and enjoy.

sara motamedi

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