"My Name is Fayana and I Approve These Pancakes"

I'm BAAAAAAAACK! It's been almost two years since my last post, so I expect to head internet echoes to this post and can't fault a person for it. It's been a hell of a time. I've had love. I've had loss. Work was unbelievably difficult, but I kicked ass, took some names, and am now wonderfully acclimated to my Detroit life. What better way to celebrate the D than to make pancakes with two of my favourite people?!

I got this recipe from a dear friend's mother. It's about 120 years old will ruin Bisquick for you. Forever. The recipe is surprisingly simple and doesn't require dirtying many dishes. You start with 2.5 cups of sifted flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda. No surprise that it looks like this:

You then melt four tablespoons of butter and let it cool to room temperature, which doesn't take long in 80 degree weather. Once cooled, you work that into the dry ingredients and let it rise for ten minutes.

The beer, though not part of the recipe, is necessary in order to properly appreciate the subtleties of homemade pancakes.

The only logical thing to do next is to start cooking the damn things. Oil up a cast-iron skillet - only fools would use anything else - and add the best fruit ever produced by the spectacular planet called earth: BLUEBERRIES MOTHER FUCKER! 

Some people make the mistake of putting extra ingredients directly into the batter. As with all cakes, this will result in a pile of blueberries, walnuts, chocolate chips, or any other heavy delicious thing to sink to the bottom. No one wants that so you should never do it. Okay? Do you understand this? No? Well, simpleton, just put the added ingredient(s) onto the top of the pancake after spooning it into the pan.

This is not a difficult concept to grasp.

Now I am somewhat ashamed to admit this, but this was the first time I ever made pancakes in my entire life. Seriously. The thought never occurred to me to try. What can I say? I'm a fool. Regardless of it being my first time, they turned out beautifully. They were think, fluffy, and held together well when drowned in syrup.

Delicious evidence.

It went over well with the company too.

Anyways, it's good to be back sweet bloggy internets. There will be more to come and if anyone would like to join me for one of my blog-oriented creations, don't hesitate to pop on by. You can also suggest dishes for me to try, baked or otherwise, in my comments section. Ciao for now!