Bake for the Cure Recipe #1-World's Best Pancakes...

To bring more awareness to breast cancer this October, ABCD Diaries is participating in a Bake-Off with 19 other blogs. The Bake for the Cure Bakeoff is sponsored by ACH products.
The premise is simple: using ACH ingredients (Argo Corn Starch, Karo Corn Syrup, Fleishmann’s Yeast), prepare two recipes per week (Oct. 4 – 20) and post photos of the finished product.
So, each week we will be posting 2 recipes, one from the Bake for the Cure Cookbook and one personal favorite. The blogger with the most comments on their recipe posts wins $500, which would truly be a blessing for our family:)



We are going to start off with a family favorite...Buttermilk Pancakes! We love breakfast and the kids are guaranteed to eat it so we often have Breakfast-for-Dinner. These pancakes are the most requested of our breakfast fare. They are easy and you can add anything you like to personalize them...we've added berries, nuts and chocolate chips. This really is THE BEST pancake recipe I've ever tried!!

World's Best Pancakes

Ingredients:
1 c all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbl sugar
1 egg
1 c buttermilk
1/2 c melted butter, divided

Directions:
1. Mix dry ingredients thoroughly. Gently add liquid ingredients, including 1/4 c butter, and stir until just incorporated. Do not overwork the batter...it is thick; it can be thinned with a small amount of water or buttermilk.
2. Cook pancakes on a lightly greased griddle. Pancakes should be turned only once. They are ready to be turned when the bubbles form in the middle and the edges appear cooked. Once pancakes are turned, use a pastry brush to spread the additional melted butter on the top of the pancakes while the other side is cooking. This will keep you from having to spread cold butter on them, which will tear them. The pancakes will already be buttered when they reach the table. Top with your favorite syrup.
Note: You can add fresh fruit, berries, nuts or chocolate chips to the batter to change it up if you get tired of plain pancakes.

So, I'm not really the best food photographer and these pictures don't do the pancakes very much justice...I guess I could have taken pictures of the 4 empty plates and full tummies at the end of it all:)

If you have any ideas on how to spruce this recipe up a bit, other sure-thing meals that picky toddlers will eat, your favorite recipe or you just want to help us win the bake off, please leave a comment! Thanks so much and if you try this recipe I hope your family enjoys it as much as ours does:)

Disclosure: We were provided with ACH products, a cook book and a gift card for materials to participate in this contest. All opinions expressed in this post are ours and ours alone.