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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Love it! My dad made us kids pancakes every Sunday morning for years and years. I still have the urge to do it myself even though I moved out!
I’m hooked on my own sourdough pancakes, but the nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla are on the counter waiting to be added to the sponge in the morning. Mmm.
this might just be the cutest blog post…ever. it made me smile. :)
These sound insanely delicious!
Wow, these sound so good! I love oatmeal raisin cookies. And this whole post was adorable, too.
I love pancakes. Not everyday though, because when you pancakes everyday, it becomes…well ..mundane. I want to keep pancakes special, like for Saturday mornings. So Saturdays are pancake days. And my kids feel that it is special too. Thanks Joy for this wonderful read.
Oh Joy, this is the sweetest thing. And I definitely do stuff like this, glad I’m not alone. Who doesn’t love pancakes, the soft fluffy, warm goodness is irresistible. Thank you for posting, I’ll try these in a couple of days (sadly not tomorrow).
Aagggrrhhhh!!!
There is no buttermilk to be found in Japan!
Why do the Shinto gods curse me so????!!?!!?
I swear… you all are some of the sweetest humans around. now if i could just find a way to marry each and every one of you, we’d be in business!
Hi Joy, I’ve been reading for quite a while now and rarely comment, but I have to tell you that you’ve become kind of a role model for me. I’m a new-ish blogger, and I’ve been trying to perfect the fine line of using an approachable, conversational tone while engaging readers in whatever the heck I happen to be writing about. I always look forward to reading your posts, because you make it seem effortless! Not to mention the food, nomnomnom. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Mmm, now, these pancakes look like something to write home about–or to your future husband/children, for that matters. What a fabulous flavor combination you have going on!
YUM!!!! What a fantastic idea! And I love your cute letter!!! :)
Wow, these look incredible. I love how you always turn my favourite cookies & cakes into pancakes. Hurray! Now, I’m like ‘Jody Leon’ – if only there were some buttermilk in the UK! Is it sad that one of the reasons I’m looking forward to moving back to the States next year is so that I can have buttermilk for pancakes? Among other things…but this features high on the list. Have a nice weekend!
Speaking as one who has one of those tea-making, dish-doing husbands — those are truly great attributes to have in a spouse (me, I’ve been married for 21 years now and he hasn’t gotten tired of making me tea and doing the dishes)!
For the buttermilk deprived; just take regular milk and put a couple of tablespoons of vinegar in it and wait a few minutes until it curdles. Works like a charm. You could also use yogurt as a sub, I imagine.
Making them now! Thanks for all the great pancake recipes. I’ve made many of them and they are all very tasty :-)
If only you were looking for a future wife. I would sign up in a second not only for the mounds of pancakes but also because you are an awesome, creative, and beautiful person. I guess your mom was right about the broccoli!
To Maggie and Jody Leon. you guys can use a replacement for buttermilk: whole milk with lemon. If I remember correctly you add a tablespoon of fresh lemon juice to 1 1/4 cup of whole milk and let it sit for 5 minutes. If will thicken a little and be ready to use then. By the way, Jody, I used to live in Japan too (Tokyo). It rocks!!!
Joy, I loved your post, and pancakes too. I just wish maple syrup wasn’t so expensive here in israel, it’s not the same eating pancakes without it….
Oh, my. If my boyfriend doesn’t swoon from this, I’ll give you ten bucks.
(And the soured-milk thing works with vinegar, too, though I learned it as a tablespoon of vinegar, then enough milk to make a total of one cup.)
I would be more than happy to let you borrow my kids, I am sure they would want to live with you more than with me if you are offering up those divine pancakes!
oh how sweet! What a nice letter :) Your future husband and children will be very lucky :) These pancakes look delicious I love the addition of oatmeal !
Cute post! The pancakes sound fantastic!
Joy, I have come to the conclusion that at the very least I NEED you to publish a pancake cookbook.
need :)
thanks
I wish we could all marry each other! Anyway, I know that even if the future husband ends up drinking Dr. Pepper first thing in the morning and messes up your tea while blasting Def Leppard, or if your kids need gluten free-no corn-soy milk pancakes, it’ll still be breakfast, you’ll still make some kind of pancakes, and it’ll be love all ’round.
I wrote a couple letters to my future husband, in the day. Wow! Hoping you meet him soon! :) P.S. gotta add these pancakes to my must-try-someday list..
this is the cutest post. sounds like a wonderful recipe. my family LOVES pancakes, too!
I really love your blog, even if I can’t eat any of this stuff. You always tell the best stories, Joy!
Wow! You really like the pancake.
I guess that’s only fair, I really like the egg.
wow i dont know abt joining this party that want’s to marry eachother, but joy i gotta tell you this your letter made my day!
I hope God gives you the husband and kids u want…u deserve it!!!
u sure do know how to spread the joy!! keep it up :)
This looks so good!
Love your post! And, I made these pancakes for my husband this morning. They are AMAZING! Thanks for the receipe Joy!
Just stumbled across your blog- it’s lovely! What an adorable post. I’ll definitely be back for more!
Oatmeal pancakes are good and I like the idea of adding raisins and spices to make them like oatmeal cookies!
Joy – I’m munching on these right now. These are the best pancakes I’ve had in quite a while! (and that’s high praise as I make a different kind of pancake every week)
I think the raisins really seal the deal for these – so tasty!
One comment: I’m sure you did this, but many of your readers probably don’t realize that when making pancakes, you should mix your dry and your wet ingredients separately! So you should be mixing together the vanilla, eggs, buttermilk, butter, brown sugar (yes it’s wet!), maple syrup, and even your raisins together in one bowl, and everything else in another bowl. Then you want to pour your wet ingredients on top of your dry ingredients – and stir as little as possible! Doing this helps keep your leavening from activating too early, leaving your pancakes flat.
You rock Joy – keep up the awesomeness!
I do a similar pancake, but I add a couple of mushed up bananas to the wet batter. Gotta get those fruits and veggies in :) And it adds a great texture.
Oh my God.
Ur blog is too good to be true 8->
I made these pancakes as part of a fabulous-fantastic breakfast yesterday for some friends who were going back home. I substituted mini chocolate chips for the raisins.
They were served w/ maple butter, and accompanied rosemary potatoes, lemon-blueberry french toast w/ freshly made blueberry compote, eggs w/ onion, garlic, red pepper, jalapeño, cilantro & balsamic vinegar, and… coconut tofu. French toast AND pancakes? Yeah, I went there. ; )
Kelly commented they were the best pancakes she’d ever had. The credit is yours!
Did I mention I also made your S’more Brownies for said friends to take on the plane? It was a Joy the Baker super-weekend!
Thanks for doin’ what you do so well!
i made these (i think from the same gourmet recipe) on sunday…fantastic! thanks for the idea joy!
oh :) I love love love your letter to a future husband/kids.
If/when you get married, you must print this out and give it to him the morning after the wedding.
Love the look of those pancakes.
That post made me go “awwwwww”
Long time reader/first time commenter…those pancakes look amazing. It’s definitely breakfast-for-dinner tonight!
That is the most cutest thing ever. Pancakes do equal love.
I made these for my boys just the other day and we were all in heaven. Thank you!
I know that your future husband and future children will love them just as much as my husband and three children absolutely adored these this weekend when I made them. Can’t go wrong with pancakes that taste like dessert! Thanks for the delicious recipe!!
oh WOW. Pretty sure I’m gonna love these.
Beautiful blog and pictures!
I made these for my birthday breakfast treat the other day and they were so good my kids begged for them the next morning too. Thank you!
Nothing speaks louder than pancakes- in the morning, at night, anytime.
This was too adorable. Now i don’t feel so bad that as I tucked my baby into bed tonight I said “Good night, Noah”. Baby is Mateo, my 3yo is Noah. Of course I know that.
Hi Joy,
I am a newish reader of your blog and each new entry brings a smile to my face! I just wanted to let you know that I tried these pancakes and they are amazingly good! Unfortunately there were only about 3 edible ones left after I managed to burn all the others. I am a good baker and an even better cake decorator – but the humble pancake defies me ever time. It is most depressing. Having said that, those 3 edible pancakes were more than worth the effort. Thank you.
Joy……
Just wanted to drop in a line and tell you whole heartedly that i have just my favourite blog…. you mix the two things i am passionate about: baking and reading. Your writing warms the heart….
i wish u all the best..
xoxo
…… I have just FOUND……:-)
Hi Joy,
I would be totally remiss if I didn’t leave a note to tell you I made these pancakes last weekend. SO fabulous! They were almost muffin like. Everyone absolutely loved them. My husband said, and I quote, “These are the only pancakes I ever want you to make me.” That’s a big feat considering pancakes are his favorite breakfast food. Think they can be made into waffles? Love you and your site!!
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