Dear Future Husband and Future Children,
While it’s clear that the universe hasn’t yet pressed us together into a family mold, I think it prudent to get a few things about our life out in the open. You know, for the sake of transparency.
Future Husband! In all likelihood, I think you’re the coolest guy around. You’re awesome. While I’m certain there are things you do that drive me a little mad, the fact that you help me with the dishes and make me tea in the morning just makes me swoon. I’m a little quirky. You’re probably a little nutty too. That’s only fair. You should know that I sometimes show my love in… pancakes, piles and piles of warm pancakes. Pancakes for breakfast. Pancakes for a snack. Pancakes for dinner. Pancakes. It’s important that you like, no, loooove pancakes and understand that when I make giant plates of them for breakfast, I’m just trying to show you how much I love you. Deal?
Future Children! You’re super cute. You must be just adorable. You should know that I want to squeeze you constantly. When I mix up your names, you should know that it’s not that I don’t know your names… it’s just that things get a little complicated when I’m trying to wrangle all y’all. Eat your broccoli. It will make you beautiful, or at least that’s what my Mom used to tell me. When you feel mortified by my very presence in your teenage years, just realize that that’s all part of the game. I’m actually not that uncool and you’ll realize that at some point.
Also, like I told your father, I’m going to make you piles and piles of pancakes some mornings. Eat them, because I love you and you love me, and we love pancakes.
Thanks Future Husband. Thanks Future Children. I love you like crazy. K. Thanks. Bye.
Future Wife/Future Mother,
Joy
What could go wrong when fluffy pancakes meet oatmeal raisin cookies? Nothing, just sheer delicious, breakfast times. These pancakes are not overwhelmingly sweet, but have just the right balance of fluff, oats, cinnamon and raisins. With pure maple syrup, these are out of this world! Show some love. Make someone pancakes!
Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes
makes loads of pancakes, enough for four people
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
heaping 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
healthy pinch of freshly ground nutmeg
2 cups buttermilk
1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup golden raisins
oil or cooking spray (for cooking)
Step 1: In a large bowl beat eggs. Add buttermilk, butter , maple syrup and vanilla and mix well. Add flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. Mix well until mostly smooth. Fold in raisins and let batter set for a few minutes.
Step 2: Heat griddle or pan over medium heat. Add a teaspoon of oil to the pan or spray with cooking spray. You can test to see if the pan is hot enough by adding a few drops of water, when the drops start to dance its hot enough.
Step 3: Pour 2 Tablespoons of batter onto the griddle. Cook on the first side until bubbles that form start to pop. You can also gently lift up the pancake to make sure the bottom is not overcooking, if it is the pan may be too hot and you will need to adjust the heat. Flip the pancake over with a spatula and cook until golden brown. Repeat until all the batter is gone. Let cooked pancakes rest on a heat proof plate in a 200 degree F oven until ready to serve.
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Hello Man!
Please read my recent interview with a bowl of Oatmeal! http://hellomanwebsite.blogspot.com/2009/05/interview-with-bowl-of-oatmeal.html
Thank you!
HM
This pancakes were the most fantastic pancakes I have every had! I love oatmeal and chocolate so how could these go wrong. I even had to substitute the buttermilk with milk and vinegar. They were amazing and my family wants me to make them everyday! Thank you for sharing.
Oh. My. God. Best idea ever. These pancakes look awesome.
I wish I could be your future child so I could get these pancakes! What an awesome breakfast!!
This is such a cute letter…gotta try making these pancakes at soon in the future
Ok, so I made these for dinner… possibly the BEST thing ever!! My three kids and doting husband (who totally does the dishes after my cooking/baking extravaganza’s) LOVES them!! side note: I think you are totally RIGHT in those ‘love expectations’ and are NOT reaching for the stars with a husband that will appreciate your culinary skills, and do dishes, and eat your pancakes in love!! Keep on doing what your doing, and that amazing man will come soon enough!! (and then those adorable amazing kids- )
Joy these pancakes were wonderful!! Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!
I want to be reincarnated as your kiddo next time around!
Your post was touching and sweet. Thank you for sharing.
Cheers,
~ Paula
Luv your luv for pancakes!
Hi Joy! Thanks for this great recipe. I made these Wednesday night (though sans raisins) and they were great! I had to substitute milk for buttermilk because I didn’t have any on hand; I’m sure they would be a lot better with the buttermilk, but they were still delicious :-)
These are fantastic. You are a culinary genius! Thank you so much!! I made them sans raisins too, but they were brilliant! I know I shouldn’t, but I’m seriously thinking about making some more!
I’ve never really been a huge pancake fan but I love oatmeal so I thought I would try it out. So worth the effort! I loved them. Even had the leftovers for breakfast the next day. Even my husband who is a pancake purist loved them. I especially liked that the oatmeal made it a more “hearty” breakfast that kept me full longer than regular pancakes.
I woke up this morning with an insatiable craving for pancakes. Unfortunately I do not make them very often because they tend to start the day with too many calories. My husband and I tend to devour a four-serving recipe between the two of us. I decided I would stoop to buying McDonald’s pancakes if I had to because I wanted pancakes so badly. I realized that I had this recipe on hand and had been dying to try it. At first the pancake batter seemed a little thin. Please keep in mind that I am by no means a pancake expert! Well, I was wrong, and other than under-cooking one of my husband’s pancakes, these tasted PERFECT. I even used the vanilla extract you inspired me to make for the batter. YUM, it made a world of difference. Thanks for this GREAT recipe that I look forward to making again. Eventually I will get around to making all of your other pancake recipes. :)
I made these scumptious pancakes this morning for my family and everyone really enjoyed them! So yummy!
These were great, I made them this morning!
made these today for the second time…they are the best thing i have ever made for breakfast. EVER. thank you!
My Dad has always made me pancakes, even if it was what I wanted for dinner and everyone else ate what my Mom cooked. To me pancakes mean love. This is the perfect weekend family breakfast. Thanks for the great recipe.
I just made these pancakes for breakfast – they were great! I thought the batter was very running so added more flour. Is it supposed to be that runny??
=P~ *drolling yummy.
Just found your blog through Frenchie and Flea. I absolutely love making pancakes on Saturday mornings and something about it makes me think about my future family too!! I can’t wait to make pancakes for the future husband and future kids and not have all that left over batter!! Love love love it!
I made this for breakfast on Sunday. I have a pancake obsession like yourself:) and they were so yummy, like warm oatmeal cookies drizzled in syrup!
I finally made these pancakes over the 3-day weekend. My husband loved them! The oatmeal cookie flavor is subtle – adding “real” syrup would probably have made a big difference (didn’t have it on hand). Another great pancake feather in your cap, Joy! Next up – the pumpkin ones!
Fantastic! I chopped up a banana instead of using raisins. Then we made pancake sandwiches with banana, PB, and chocolate chips in the middle… Yumm-o!!!!
This is the post that originally drew me to your blog last year. I just made these pancakes again and WOW! I love the crazy fusion of the pancake/cookie textures. Genius.
I made a batch of these for breakfast…so delicious! My fiance and I absolutely loved them. They had the perfect consistency as well as a great flavor. :)
Living in Mozambique with a sweet craving and found this recipe. You can imagine the oohs and gasps of goodness brought the neighbors over to see what we were so excited about. These pancakes. Me oh my. There were no words. We did have to make some substitutions: honey instead of syrup, no Cinnamon, nutmeg or raisins, and we used whole wheat for half of the flour. We topped them with a fresh mulberry pineapple syrup.
It’s been a few hours and there is still drool on my face thinking about them.
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