What’s more beautiful than to start your day with a big stack of fluffy pancakes on your dining table…!!! Golden and soft, with the maple syrup slowly flowing through the stacks… how can you not be drooling?

Pancakes are everybody’s favorite, unless you have never tasted it. Well yea… my experience with pancakes really started a year ago around the time I moved to the US, and it was the very first “new” breakfast dish I heard about. Pancakes are not common in India as we have a different variety of breakfast dishes which are mostly vegetarian, and made with rice, pulses and wheat. But now, it is one of our favorite breakfasts…!

There are hundreds of different pancake recipes, and it’s so easy to make variations and try. This is a recipe which uses buttermilk, and I have read in many articles that buttermilk is a key element to bring in softness, not just for pancakes but also in cakes, breads & muffins. It’s an old fashioned grandma technique and it really works. You might get a bit apprehensive initially thinking about the sourness of buttermilk, but not only does it make the pancakes light, moist and fluffy, it also tastes awesome.

One key point while making these buttermilk pancakes is to not over-mix the batter, it may end up in hard pancakes. Those little lumps in the batter are just fine, and also make sure you pour the batter when the griddle is really hot.

Interested to try another version of pancakes? Check this out –>  Dutch baby pancake.

Enjoy, Happy Cooking…!

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Buttermilk Pancakes

Treat yourself to a stack of Light n Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes! Made with simple pantry ingredients and ready under 30 minutes, enjoy your mornings with this breakfast topped with your favorite fruits and a drizzle of maple syrup...!!

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword buttermilk pancake, pancake

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 8 pancakes

Author Akhila

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• ¾ cup buttermilk
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• Whipped cream, fruits, honey/maple syrup (serve)

Instructions

• In a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix all the dry ingredients well.
• Take another bowl and add eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, butter and whisk in buttermilk.
• Add the above wet ingredients to the dry flour mix and whisk lightly. Do not over mix the batter, its fine to have a few lumps.
• While making the pancakes, heat the griddle, smear with butter /oil and pour batter into it when it is really hot (about ¼ cup batter).
• When the top side starts to bubble up, flip and cook the other side until it turns golden.
• Serve warm with whipped cream or honey or maple syrup or any fruit mix.

Notes

You can also use berries in this recipe, just fold it into the batter at the end of the third step.

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Hello 2020… and Wish You All a Very Happy New Year!!! And I am back with my first post of the year, its none other than a Homemade Breakfast Sausage recipe!

After moving to the US, I have seen a steep decline in my eating outs for breakfast, which I guess is due to my boredom with the typical English menu. One of the things I badly miss here is, a good savory vegetarian breakfast. We Indians are so spoilt with the variety of hearty-n-delicious breakfast choices back home, be it protein filled, vegetarian, savory, sweet, and the list goes on an on. But if I have to pick a favorite non-Indian dish, then that would definitely be my sausage breakfast mornings.

Nothing better than a perfectly cooked sausage! Most people are not aware of the ease at which sausages can be prepared at home from scratch, and instead they buy frozen patties. If you can buy a good quality sausage meat, then the spice mix and cooking hardly takes any time. I’m pretty sure that if you have tried it out once, then you would never go for frozen patties anymore as they are not always made of good meat and come with preservatives.

These homemade breakfast sausages make a wonderful addition to your meal prep days. Breakfast being the important meal of your day, you shouldn’t skip it giving lame excuses and instead should try meal prep breakfasts. And if you are like me who loves a breakfast menu for dinner, then this sausage makes an excellent choice for your dinner time.

I prefer pan frying sausages on my Lodge Cast Iron Skillet as they cook evenly and retain heat, perfect for everyday cooking.

How to store fresh/uncooked leftover sausage patties?

Once you’ve made the patties, arrange them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and freeze. Once frozen, you can store the patties in a freezer safe bag with parchment paper (cut into small squares) placed between the patties to prevent them from sticking them to each other. When ready to use, you can cook them directly without thawing in an open skillet but with an increased cooking time.

How to store cooked leftover sausage patties?

Once they are cooled, transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 4 days. You can also freeze cooked sausage patties by storing them in a freezer safe bag or in an air tight container. Place parchment paper (cut into small squares) in-between the sausages to prevent them from sticking to each other while freezing. This method helps to easily pull out individual frozen patties as needed, and then microwave them for 2 minutes or until heated through before serving.

Interested in more breakfast recipes? Check out my Breakfast corner.

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Homemade Breakfast Sausage

Delicious & Flavorful Homemade Breakfast Sausage Patties for your Sunny Mornings! These Quick-n-Easy sausage take hardly 5 minutes to cook and are So Good that you will never buy frozen patties again …!

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword breakfast, sausage

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes minutes

Total Time 23 minutes minutes

Servings 12 patties

Author Akhila

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground pork
• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp garlic and onion powder
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp Italian seasonings
• 1 tsp red chili flakes
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp oil

Instructions

• In a large bowl, mix ground pork with pepper, red chili flakes, brown sugar, Italian seasonings, salt, and garlic and onion powder. Gently mix with your hands or with a spoon to combine the seasonings well.
• Divide the sausage into equally sized balls. Flatten them into ½ inch sized patties by placing them between your oiled palms.
• Heat a pan with little oil. Pan fry these patties 2-3 minutes (depending on the thickness) on each side until they are browned and cooked through. Leftover sausage patties can be refrigerated and stored in an air tight container for up to 4 days.
• Serve with toasted bread, eggs, fresh fruits, and juice for a perfect breakfast OR make breakfast sandwiches with croissant, sausage and eggs. You can cook the eggs as per your choice.

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