Cream makes everything better. So does butter. We always suspected it, but more and more I realize that it’s an eternal truth. In fact, I’m starting to suspect that primordial ooze was really sweet cream butter. Yep, that’s right. Full-fat dairy gave birth to the universe as we know it.
All right, well maybe not. But it did give birth to these pancakes. But don’t worry; it was a lot cleaner than you think, and with less screaming.
I’ve struggled to make good pancakes for a while. I could do it when I was a kid but that was when we bought like, Aunt Jemima boxed mix and it was chemically engineered to be so easy that even a 9 year old could do it. But when I try to make that kind of magic out of raw ingredients on my own, sometimes it doesn’t work out. They turn out rubbery or chewy or whatever. This is, of course, a travesty because Josh likes pancakes. So Lauren practices her pancakes. I have a go-to recipe that I trot out and it’s usually pretty good but a few weeks ago, I found a way to make it even better. And then earlier this week, I tried it again for dinner. And let me tell you, it works. What’s the secret, you ask? Continue reading