We started out making bunches of banana pancakes with yummy buttermilk syrup. I know buttermilk syrup may sound strange, but try it, it really is very yummy. The pancake recipe originally started out from Martha Stewart, but nothing I cook actually stays the same as the original recipe. Here is my version:
Banana-Buttermilk Pancakes
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups buttermilk
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 large ripe bananas, mashed
Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. Whisk in buttermilk, egg, butter, and banana until batter is well combined. Cook on non-stick griddle at 350 or in a large non-stick skillet lightly coated with oil. Serve with Buttermilk Syrup.
Buttermilk Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup buttermilk
5 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Bring sugar, buttermilk, and butter to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. Whisk in baking soda, vanilla, and cinnamon.
You can use the buttermilk substitute trick, 1 cup milk with 1 T lemon juice or vinegar and let sit for a couple of minutes, but the pancakes are really so tender made with the buttermilk.
I tripled the recipe and I still ended up with only a couple of pancakes by the end of the day. They munched on them all day.
We spent a lot of time out in our yard playing in the snow/ice. We had several inches of snow on the ground before the storms and the rain snow mix mad the top layer of snow hard. Which made for a lot of fun.
The first picture Mia is standing on the crisp layer of snow/ice, the second picture she fell through.
The kids figures out they could peel the ice off the leaves, for some cool ice impressions of the leaves.
Kirsten made a face sculpture in the ice layer.
It was nice to just enjoy the past several days sleeping in and just enjoying the time spent together. Back to the usual tomorrow.
