Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram So, tell me, if your spouse woke you up (after too little sleep) and said this, what would you guess in the few seconds before you found out? You know how fast your brain can think of stuff like this. To quote Han Solo, “I can imagine quite a bit.” “U2 is going on tour next year, and I can buy tickets a day early!!” It is, of course, a question of WHEN we will buy tickets, not if. Eric’s U2 obsession devotion love knows no bounds. His face looked exactly like Charlotte’s when I tell her that it’s okay to jump in the puddles as hard as she can. Here’s my last post for gingerbread week! We started on Monday with these craaaazy awesome Frosted Peppermint Gingerbread Bars, then on Wednesday I shared these Nutella Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies. Never enough gingerbread! Represent. Today we’re talking breakfast. I made these pancakes for the first time a few weeks ago, and that day my nephew requested them for his birthday party that weekend. My friend Kate tried them, and needed the recipe to make them for her in-laws who were visiting. So this recipe officially falls under the “I literally can’t wait until you post” category. I get a text, “When are you posting X recipe?” “Uh I don’t know a couple weeks probably.” “You have to email it to me. Now.” That’s when you know you’ve found a winner. These gingerbread pancakes WIN. And the lemon-buttermilk syrup. Ooooh, the lemon-buttermilk syrup. I’m kind of regretting not dedicating an entire post to that recipe. Stuff of DREAMS you guys.
Lemon Sauce for Pancakes Ingredients
Instead of lemon syrup, make buttercream frosting. Give each person at your breakfast table a little decorating bag of buttercream and let them frost their own designs (happy faces, Christmas trees, snowmen, snowflakes–the sky’s the limit!). Add a chopped bar of high quality white chocolate to the pancake batter for a totally dessert-like breakfast experience. Use freshly squeezed orange juice and orange zest instead of the lemon juice and lemon zest in the syrup if you love orange. If citrus isn’t your thing, feel free to serve these pancakes with butter and real maple syrup (still an absolutely delicious choice). Pour the gingerbread pancake batter into your waffle iron. Now the lemon syrup can soak into every little waffle pocket! Heaven.
You can lay them out on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat or parchment paper and let them hang out in the freezer for 30 minutes or so. Then remove them from the baking sheet and pop them into ziplock bags or tupperware for an easy-to-reheat breakfast anytime. (If you skip the baking sheet step and just put them into a ziplock, they may stick together and it’ll be hard to reheat just one.) German Pancakes Recipe (Dutch Baby) « a puffy, delectable, and easy breakfast that you can make with the blender. Banana Macadamia Pancakes « take yourself on a mental vacation to Hawaii with these pancakes and homemade coconut syrup to boot. Deep Dish Buttermilk Pancake « why stand over the griddle all day when you could make one BIG pancake?? Peach Pancakes by The Healthful Ideas Sourdough Pancakes with Hibiscus Syrup by Karen’s Kitchen Stories Chocolate Chunk Gingerbread Cookies « gingerbread + chocolate = BFFs. Nutella Stuffed Gingerbread Cookies « creamy, dreamy Nutella tucked inside a super soft and flavorful gingerbread cookie. HEAVEN. Frosted Peppermint Gingerbread Bars « All your favorite flavors of Christmas, wrapped up in one big pan of easy-to-share (and easy to make!) bars. Grandma Prudy’s Classic Gingersnaps « this one is a huge family favorite! Homemade Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting « a super moist cake with all your favorite warm spices (and that rich frosting). Soft and Chewy Molasses Cookies « no snappy gingersnaps for you? These ginger cookies are SOFT, sweet, and chewy. Ginger Molasses Sandwich Cookies with Buttercream Frosting « Now take those same soft soft cookies, and add vanilla buttercream….yes please! Ginger Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake « a classic English dessert drenched in buttery caramel sauce. Gingerbread Roll from Saving Room for Dessert Gingerbread Loaf with Cinnamon Glaze from Happy Foods Tube
