Pancakes & Syrup

It was one of those days when everything I tried to use was almost gone.  All of the sudden we were low on everything: dish detergent, laundry detergent, butter, milk, bread, you name it.  I hate that.  Don't you?  You go to the grocery store, and the next day it becomes more than obvious that you clearly didn't check things out closely enough to get the things you really needed.  Blah, blah, blah - I'll stop venting now.

Tonight I made one recipe, yeast-raised pancakes.  These bad boys took almost 2 hours to rise once the batter was completed, and they didn't smell very good.  By themselves, they didn't taste very good, but amazingly they were quite delicious when paired with tons of syrup and whipped cream.  I even put chocolate chips on top of the whipped cream for the kiddos.  It was more like dessert than dinner.

Yeast-raised pancakes

Anna & the pancakes

Shamus & the pancakes

I'm realizing more and more as this project continues how much easier my life would be with a KitchenAid mixer and that Williams-Sonoma shopping spree I keep fantasizing about.  Anyone have one they would like to sell to me for a reasonable price?  Know of anyone else who may have one to sell?  I'm totally serious because I can barely mix things with my hand-held, circa 1999, mixer.  Send me an email at projectmelissamartha@yahoo.com.  Goodnight!

MELISSA