Eggnog Pancakes

Fluffy and sweet, these pancakes are the perfect winter breakfast featuring a favorite seasonal drink, eggnog!

I could eat pancakes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When I was a child, my mom would have "breakfast nights" when all she had the energy to do was make box pancakes, eggs and bacon - and I loved them! I've learned how to make pancakes from scratch since then, with buttermilk (recipe to come!) but was hoping to make a holiday version...insert eggnog! Thankfully using eggnog required a small adjustment to my buttermilk pancake recipe, and is just as easy, but extra delicious with eggnog included. I hope you'll enjoy these for your Christmas brunch, your winter breakfast treat, or your next breakfast night!

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Eggnog Pancakes

Makes 8 large pancakes

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp salt

• 1/4 cup granulated sugar

• 1 1/4 cups eggnog

• 1 large egg

• 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract

• 2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, add your flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Set aside.

2. In a measuring cup (the kind that pours, not the kind that scoops), pour your eggnog, then add your egg and vanilla.

3. In a small bowl, heat the butter until it is just melted and pour into the bowl of dry ingredients.

4. Pour the liquid mixture into the dry mixture (with butter) and whisk until just combined. Do not over mix.

5. Over medium high heat, add some butter to your skillet or griddle (if a griddle, mine was set to 325 degrees), you want to hear the sizzle when you add your butter!

6. Scoop some pancake batter into the skillet (I used an extra large cookie scoop) and allow it to cook until small holes appear over most of the pancake.

7. Flip your pancake and remove from the heat once the underside is fully cooked.

8. Repeat until all of your batter is cooked into stacks of fluffy pancakes. Add maple syrup, whipped cream and a dash of nutmeg on top of each stack (optional). Serve nice and hot.

Notes

• I use a griddle to cook my pancakes and set the temperature to 325 degrees.

• I use a cookie scoop because it's an easier way for me to try to make all of my pancakes the same size, but it's totally optional.

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