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Magazine Mondays: Pancakes!

Date: Nov. 30th 2009
Category: Brunch, Magazine Mondays
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Obviously, December is all about the holidays.

But in the Cream Puff household, it’s also about breakfast.

Because we all tend to be off from work for a good part of the month (I take holidays and my brother is home since the factory usually closes for two weeks), it means lots of lazy mornings where we can all indulge in some long and slow breakfasts.

The stars of the show are usually pancakes, waffles or french toast. If it’s up to me, it would pancakes almost every time.

Much like chocolate chip cookies and granola, as far as I’m concerned, there’s no such thing as the “best recipe ever”. There’s always another recipe on the horizon waiting to be tried.

This time around it’s a recipe for Classic Buttermilk Pancakes from Issue 102 of Fine Cooking.

Wow. These were good.

I have a few other buttermilk pancake recipes, which are also very good, but these somehow were just a bit fluffier. I followed the instructions precisely, especially the part about letting the batter rest for a bit. I think this is absolutely key when making pancakes or waffles. Letting the batter rest allows it to thicken as the flour absorbs the liquid and swells. This gives you a pancake that rises more and that is far more fluffy and light.

So I’m going to stop now because my mouth is watering and there’s no way that I can make pancakes right now.

I ate them all up with lots of maple syrup and salted butter.

As always, I’m joined by a few people who have decided to attack that magazine pile. That’s what Magazine Mondays is all about!

Here’s who joined me this week:

Candy Girl made a Tangerine Beef with Scallions from the November 2009 issue of Food Network Magazine.

Di from Di’s Kitchen Notebook used a recipe for Streusel-Topped Chocolate-Cranberry Bread from the December 2009 issue of Bon Appétit as inspiration for a danish braid.

Poppy of Poppyseeds and Tiger Lilies made Chicken & Fontina Quesadillas from a 2008 issue of Food & Wine.

Janie of Panini Girl made Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies from the December issue of Sunset magazine.

And with something a little different, Wandering Coyote of ReTorte features her lastest article in Bread & Molasses magazine complete with Cheese Ball recipe!!!

Have a great week, everyone!

Ciao!

19 Comments

Nicole

11/30/09 at 3:57 am

these look sooooo fluffy!!! yum!

Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets

11/30/09 at 5:14 am

Oh goodness, these look delicious! I wish I had time to make these right now before work. I only recently made my first successful pancakes, so I can’t wait to experiment more with all the different recipes.

Anna

11/30/09 at 5:28 am

Wow, these pancakes look heavenly!
My husband is the pancake maker in our household, he takes such pride in his buttermilk pancakes and mine just never come out as good.

VeggieGirl

11/30/09 at 6:10 am

Can’t beat a hearty stack of pancakes!! And I love Fine Cooking magazine, so this is a double winner

Melanie

11/30/09 at 7:13 am

These look delish! We love pancakes in our house. We don’t eat them often but when we do, we are in heaven.

TJ Lubrano

11/30/09 at 9:35 am

Oh…my…gosh! These are really tasty looking! I usually let my pancake batter rest like 15 min, before I make my pancakes :). Thanks for sharing!! Ciao

*runs away to make some pancakes*

Wandering Coyote

11/30/09 at 9:56 am

OMG, Ivonne - those are some seriously beautiful pancakes!

Denise

11/30/09 at 12:33 pm

Thanks so much for trying (and liking) my pancake recipe! It’s based on my dad’s recipe, which I fondly remember him making for me and my sister on weekend mornings. Your photo is gorgeous too…

sara

11/30/09 at 1:20 pm

Mmmm, there’s just nothing better than a big fluffy stack of pancakes! Yum!

Lynne

11/30/09 at 4:57 pm

Would you believe my 3-yr old rejects pancakes? But then, 2 out of every 3 meals these days is peanut butter bread. Will try these and see if we can have a breakthrough. Food writing Mom badly needs it!

Candy

11/30/09 at 5:21 pm

Yum! I love pancakes and these look divine.

Candy

11/30/09 at 5:21 pm

Yum! I love pancakes and these look divine.

Monica

11/30/09 at 8:20 pm

Drool!!

Angela@spinachtiger.com

11/30/09 at 10:37 pm

I think I’m going to join you. I have so many magazines sitting around, especially, the La Cucina Italia. Now I just have to think of which one first. Also, I make breakfast every day for twin boys, so I think I will make these right away.

lynette

12/1/09 at 8:35 pm

ok, thanks so much for sharing. i HAVE to try those pancakes. my family has a lot of morning time too. i can’t wait to try them.

Jamie

12/4/09 at 3:22 am

Wow! I have only dreamed of making pancakes this gloriously huge, fat and luscious. Beautiful! One I will definitely try!

Sherley

02/21/10 at 11:42 pm

My son love thick pancakes, I can’t wait to make these fluffy’s next weekend.

Malin

02/23/10 at 5:28 am

Fluffomania! Those are some tasty looking pancakes! I have no other choice than trying them - asap! Top of my list!

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