Blueberries are on sale around here. My kids love them plain, in cereal, in pancakes, and in smoothies. This morning we made blueberry pancakes. Just take your favorite pancake recipe and pour the batter on the grill. Once the pancakes have started to bubble, plop the blueberries (washed of course) onto the top of the pancake and use the spatula to press them in a bit. Flip over when the bubbles start to stay open.  Cook another minute or two. 

 

What? You don’t have a favorite pancake recipe? Here’s an easy one.

 

1 cup milk

5 Tbs butter

2 eggs

1 cup flour

4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

 

Warm the milk and butter until the butter is melted. Let this cool a bit or else it will cook the eggs when you add them.  In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs until well beaten. Add the cooled milk and butter and stir. Now, most recipes will tell you to blend the flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl, then add the moist ingredients. But I’ve found that if I just sprinkle the dry ingredients around on top of the wet ingredients, then stir them together it works just fine. You don’t want a big clump of baking powder or salt somewhere, so just sprinkle them around rather than pouring them in.

 

This works for plain pancakes as well, of course. But the blueberries do add a wonderful flavor!