I have two daughters—one of them loves all things peanut butter; the other one despises all things peanut butter. The one who loves all things peanut butter is home. She’s working four part-time jobs and taking a summer class at SJSU. She’s not a little kid anymore, but I can still treat her to a fun breakfast to kick off her full days in a special way. She loved these pancakes, and so did my grandson. That’s him destroying my photo-pancake 🙂

I like these pancakes, too—the peanut butter taste is mellow, not as cloying as I’d feared. I had my pancake with jelly (I’m a purist) and whipped cream. Abby and Zade had theirs with maple syrup—both ways taste great. The original recipe suggested serving with sliced bananas and chopped honey roasted peanuts along with the maple syrup. That sounds good, too! This recipe is from Family Fun, one of my very favorite magazines. The recipes are usually very simple, and every one I’ve tried has worked! I can’t say that for recipes in any other magazine. I was one of the first subscribers to Family Fun, and this was way back before Disney bought them out 🙂

Peanut Butter Pancakes

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup flour
• 2½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 2 Tablespoons melted butter OR vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• 1½ cups milk

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt, and set aside.
2. In another bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, sugar, and melted butter OR oil until smooth.
3. Beat in the egg, then the milk.
4. Pour the liquid mixture into the flour mixture, stirring until just blended.
5. Lightly coat a frying pan with a bit of butter, oil, or a spray of Pam, and heat pan over medium-high heat.
6. Drop the batter onto the griddle by ¼-½ cup measures, depending on how big you want your pancake.
7. Cook pancake until tiny bubbles appear on the surfaces and the edges appear a bit dry, then flip and cook a few minutes more.
8. Serve with your choice of sliced bananas, chopped honey-roasted peanuts, jelly, maple syrup, and/or whipped cream. Makes about six 6″- 8″ pancakes.

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