Brrr! This morning was a cold one and instead of my usual bowl of cereal, I thought I’d take the time to make some of my deliciously hot pancakes. I usually make my pancakes with Belgian milk chocolate chips, but my little girl has gotten into habit of breaking up her food in search of the little chips. By the time she’s done eating, her plate is covered with bits of pancake without a single chocolate chip in sight.
As I got my baking utensils out, the corner of my eye caught a glimpse of Scharffen Berger 70%. “I think she wouldn’t mind a change”, I thought to myself as I proceeded to chop up the chocolate in little flakes. When I mixed the flakes into the batter, I had to smile. The batter looked like my favorite ice cream, Baskin Robbin’s Chocolate Chip Mint (minus the green color, of course). Flakey chips in ice cream that just melts in your mouth. I really can’t stand ice cream with chunky stuff. For me, ice cream should be smooth. But I digress. To my pancake batter, I also added an handful of walnuts.
My baby girl and I have similar tastes in food. We both like to eat pancakes straight off the griddle, no butter and no syrup. The chocolate sweetens up the batter just fine. This morning’s experiment with pancakes was a success! Her plate didn’t look like a pancake battlezone. She was eating it all. And as I gave her a second serving, her head swayed from left to right and she hummed a little happy song.
Oh, the joy of pancakes!
