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I have grown up in love with blueberry pancakes. I didn’t get to eat them very often because my mom hates the smell after picking thousands of berries when she was younger. But whenever we got to make them (when she went out of town) I loved eating them!
I decided one Saturday morning to surprise my beloved with some. I experimented a bit, and what came out was a densely smooth, almost crepe-like, cake with sweet and sour and bitter balanced so perfectly that they meld into one delicious new flavor.
I knew I had a hit when our son tried them. He’s going through a phase where he’s starting to push boundaries and see what he can get away with. He’ll nibble if we give him food he doesn’t want, and then begs for something else.
When we put the pancakes in front of him he was very excited! He scarfed down his first one before my wife and I had finished. Then he begged for another, and another. We cut him off after 3, and he was not happy about it. Luckily we had some leftover, so he had a couple for the next couple of breakfasts.
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- Juice from one lemon
- 4 eggs
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- Zest of one lemon
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 4 TBS butter, melted
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cups fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Beat softened cream cheese and lemon juice until combined. Add eggs one of a time, beating until each egg is mixed in completely.
- Add milk, melted butter, and vanilla to cream mixture. Mix well.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, sugar, lemon zest, and salt. Mix well. Create a well in the center of the mixture.
- Pour wet ingredients into the well in the dry ingredients. Stir gently until just combined. Be careful not to over-mix the batter. Gently add blueberries, stirring until blueberries are coated.
- Heat a griddle to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Pour 1/4 cup of batter onto buttered griddle for each pancake. Flip once new bubbles stop forming on the exposed side and underside has golden brown patches. Pancakes are done when downside has golden brown patches.
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