Blueberry Almond Pancakes

Ahh...Pancakes! What a great way to start a weekend morning! Making creative, unique pancakes really is something a monkey can do. At the easiest, just start with the most basic pancake recipe and add your favorite fixin's kind of like DQ adds fixin's to their Blizzards. Heck, buy yourself some Bisquick and a giraffe could probably make some pancakes. Here's an easy recipe that will allow you to upgrade yourself into a chef of fancy pancakes. Mr. Fancy Pancakes if you will.

Blueberry Almond Pancakes

Whisk the following into a large bowl:

1 c Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 c All Purpose Flour

1/4 c Sugar

1 1/4 t baking powder

1/4 t baking soda

1/4 t salt

1 t cinnamon

1/2 t vanilla (optional)

Preheat your griddle to Medium to Medium High heat (350 deg)

In another bowl whisk the following:

1 1/4 c Greek Yogurt or Kefir or Milk

4 T unsalted butter, melted

2 Large Eggs

1 T grated lemon zest (optional)

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients mixing until they are combined well.

Fold in:

1 c Fresh Blueberries (Frozen -thaw and drain first- can also be used)

1/2 c Sliced Almonds

If your batter is too thick, add milk 1 T at a time until batter is desirable. If too thin, add flour 1 T at a time.

Ladle Pancakes on to the heated griddle at about 1/4 to 1/2 c depending on size of your desired cakes. Cook until the tops are showing small bubbles (about 3-5 min), then flip with a spatula and cook until the bottom is lightly brown.

Now it is time to enjoy some pancakes! Feel free to replace the blueberries with bananas or raisins or cranberries or strawberries... And replace the almonds with walnuts or cashews or pecans...

I love these pancakes just as is. I don't think they need syrup, but that is really up to you. You cannot go wrong smearing a bit of the previous post's Multi Nut Spread either. http://www.anymonkeycan.com/2010/10/homemade-multi-nut-butter.html

Enjoy your pancakes you crazy cooking monkey you!