Valentines Day Breakfast

Happy Belated Valentines Day! It's a cold, gray, icy day here in North Carolina. Too icy to drive to work and a perfect opportunity to tell you all about my latest cooking success thanks to The Three Sisters Bake cookbook.

I hadn't really planned on making a special Valentines breakfast for the boys, and honestly it may actually have been a way to postpone going to the grocery store, but I ended up making the Blueberry Pancake Stack yesterday. I purchased blueberries last week -- I've been anticipating berry season lately (and it's still a couple months away!) so I bought some. Not local, and not that sweet, they were perfect for making the blueberry compote. That is the first step in the process so that it has a chance to cool down a bit before serving.

As soon as the mixture started bubbling the whole kitchen smelled like blueberries. It was wonderful!! Once it was done, I set it aside to cool down a bit.

On to the pancakes themselves. All the ingredients are things that I normally have on hand. The only substitution I made was using skim milk instead of whole milk. And, I used a bit more milk than called for in the recipe. The batter was really thick, so I added more to thin it out a bit and make it easier to pour out onto the skillet. I just eye-balled it, so am not sure how much I actually added. The first batch looked great.

I have not mastered the art of perfectly round pancakes. Mine are always a bit wonky - mostly because I often flip them too soon - even though I KNOW I should wait until they start to bubble on top. These pancakes (without the compote) were good - with just a hint of sweetness to them. Which is good, because the compote is really, really sweet!! Once assembled they looked fantastic and scrumptious.

My son Nick was a bit skeptical at first,and I was sure he'd bypass the blueberries for maple syrup. He surprised me by going for the blueberries. Joe (my husband) is always a good sport about trying things so no surprise there when he had the blueberries too! Both of them LOVED this breakfast!! Honestly, I did too! A real treat. As The Three Sisters say in their book "What could be better than eating sweet treats first thing in the mornining?" Well, not much!

I got 13 pancakes out the batter, and about 4 generous servings of the compote. In the end, there was just one lone pancake . . .

that I nibbled on while cleaning up!

In short, if you have this book you should make this recipe next weekend!! If you don't have the book, buy it and make these pancakes!

Have a great week and until next time BAKE ON my sweets!! xxoxxoxo