I have a cold.  A stupid November cold.  Right there in my chest.  And you know what?  I don't care.  It's the weekend and I'm not staying in 'cause of a stupid cold.  Look, you wait the whole work week to do whatever you want on the weekend and I'm not staying in bed with a cold because, well, I don't want to.  I'm going out.  Taking the kids out, doing my shopping and going out for date night tonight.  I'm just determined.  That's it.  I'm not staying in bed the whole weekend so that I can get up and go back to work on Monday.  That just seems dumb.  I'm going to enjoy myself, dammit!


I got up late this morning and made these because kid #1 and kid #2 begged me to.  I don't mind really.  I'm not a big 'sleeper-in'.  8:30 is pretty decadent for me.  So, I made these puppies and we had a nice breakfast.  D was still in bed.  He got home at about 3:30 a.m. after a gig.  He can sleep in for a while if he wants... that's cool.
This recipe makes a lot, which totally works for me.  I just put them in the fridge and heat them up for the kiddies during the week.  They get a nice, hearty breakfast and I don't have to make it.  Win/Win.
The recipe comes together easily.  The hardest part really is staying near enough to the stove so that you can turn them over before they burn.  Also, this recipe calls for using 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour.  I didn't have any in my pantry so I just used all-purpose for the whole thing and reduced the amount of milk to 2 cups - worked out just fine.


I feeling pretty good right now in spite of feeling pretty crappy.  I got my weeks worth of kids breakfast (ok I give them more than just a pancake - yeah) already done and we all had a yumm, lazy breakfast to boot.

Apple Cinnamon Pancake adapted from mymilkcalendar.ca
Makes about 15 med/small pancakes

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (I used 3 cups)
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (I skipped it)
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3 lg eggs
2 1/2 cups milk (I used 2 cups)
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 tbsp brown sugar or maple syrup
1 1/2 cups shredded apple (2 lg)
butter for cooking

Heat a skillet for cooking the pancakes
In a bowl combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.  Set aside.
In another bowl combine the eggs, milk and melted butter.
Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture.  Combine.  Add in the sugar and apples.  Mix well.
Add some grease or butter to the skillet and drop the pancakes onto the skillet by about 1/3 cup at a time.


Cook on each side until just browned and turn over.


Serve with warmed up maple syrup (if at all humanly possible - I am Canadian after all)