Recipe: Quick & Easy Berry Sand Dollar Pancakes

A quick, easy breakfast for two: sand dollar-sized pancakes with your choice of berry. Makes 8-10.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1 cup berries (blueberries, blackberries, etc)
  

In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients except the berries. I find slowly upping the speed on the mixer till its about medium is easiest. Once you have a smooth dough, gently stir in the berries.

Heat 1 tsp butter or oil (not olive! or other flavored oil) in a frying pan. Once the butter is melted, pour a ladle or large spoonful of batter into the pan. (You can also use this recipe for full sized pancakes, but it's harder to get them that perfect brown color without some practice.)

Watch for bubbles - then flip and wait a little while for the other side to brown. Remove pancake. If you're feeling fancy you can keep the pancakes warm on a (oven-safe) plate in the oven on low heat.

I find that once the pan gets really hot, it's best to turn the heat down to low so as not to burn later pancakes. My husband swears the ideal temperature for the pan is about 480F, but don't worry if you don't have a fancy non-contact infrared thermometer just lying around - you can tell if the pan is too hot or too cold based on how well your pancakes are browning/burning.

Also, I always serve these with syrup despite the sugar - yummy!