For those wanting to go all out for great, made-from-scratch, pancakes. They are really nice for special occasions, but really I plan on trying regular pancake mix and adding the cinnamon, blueberries and bananas for an quicker, easier, everyday alternative. From Black Dog Summer on the Vineyard.

Dry Ingredients

• ¾ Cup Unbleached All-purpose Flour
• ½ Cup Whole Wheat Flour
• 2 Tablespoon Cornmeal (optional)
• 1 Tablespoon Sugar
• 1½ Teaspoon Baking Powder
• ½ Teaspoon Baking Soda
• ½ Teaspoon Salt
• 1½ Teaspoon Cinnamon

Wet Ingredients

• 2 Eggs
• 2 Tablespoons Melted Butter
• 1 to 1½ Cups of Whole Milk
• 1 Cup Fresh Blueberries
• 1 Thinly Sliced Banana

1. Mix the dry ingredients together in a medium size bowl
2. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with one cup of milk and the melted butter.
3. Add this wet mixture to your dry ingredients until you have a basic pancake batter. Add the additional ½ cup milk if the mixture is too thick, but don’t stir too much or the pancakes will be tough.
4. When the batter is ready, gently fold in the blueberries.
5. Heat the griddle, adding a little clarified butter or oil. Ladle a five inch circle of batter onto the griddle. Drop a few slices of banana into each circle. Cook pancakes until the tops are covered with tiny bubbles, then flip them over and finish cooking.
6. Serve hot, with butter and pure maple syrup.

Variation: To the basic batter, add ½ Cup Sliced Strawberries & ¼ Cup Chocolate Chips