Chocolate Chip Pancakes

One of the more common pancakes is the chocolate chip pancake. Simple, straightforward, yet easily botched. Too many chips, and its just a gooey mess. The kids won't complain, but the pancake will be nothing more than a canvas, left unnoticed. Bad pancake recipe, and the chips will not be enough to hide an overly dense, chewy slab of dough. No, no, the chocolate chip pancake must be done just right.

For the purpose of this blog I am avoiding just using the same recipe over and over, simply replacing the fillings each time. I feel that would be fairly repetitive. It would be far better to try a brand new recipe each time. So today I searched for a recipe for chocolate chip pancakes.

I was lucky enough to come across a fantastic recipe. The pancakes were light, fluffy, not too dense. They had a slight sweetness, but not too sweet, allowing the chocolate to do the sweetening. The baking powder was perfect, too much can give any recipe a horrendous metallic taste. The proportion of chips was perfect. Enough to make a strong flavour, but not so many that you feel as though you are eating a chocolate bar left in your pocket too long, rich and sweet, but an overpowering, gooey mess. They tasted well with maple syrup, but would also be really good with just butter and a light sprinkling of icing sugar. If you are looking to please your sweet tooth, but don't want to fuss with any extensive recipes, these are a quick easy treat.

Note: Our household was all out of regular milk, so I used almond milk. Gives a nice thickness, not thin like skim milk. However, use caution as some almond milks are sweetened, which could cause your pancakes to be much sweeter.

Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Ingredients
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1 cup flour
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1 cup almond milk (actual recipe calls for regular milk)
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/4 tsp vanilla

Directions
1. Combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
2. In a separate mixing bowl, combine egg, milk, vanilla and vegetable oil.
3. Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and whisk together.
4. Stir in the chocolate chips.
5. Pour 1/4 cup of dough for each batch onto greased skillet and cook each pancake for about 1-2 minutes per side.

Recipe courtesy of thisgalcooks.com
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Enjoy,

- Jack