Sourdough Pancakes

Ingredients

1 cup sourdough starter (room temperature)

1 T granulated sugar

1 egg

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 tablespoon warm water

Directions

In a large bowl, add sourdough starter, sugar, egg, olive oil, and salt; mix well; set aside. 

In a small bowl, dilute 1 teaspoon baking soda in 1 tablespoon of warm water; set aside until ready to bake your pancakes. Note: don't add the baking soda/water mixture to the pancake batter until right before you are ready to cook them. Once your pan or griddle is hot, you can mix it in quickly just before you cook them.

When ready to cook your sourdough pancakes, fold the baking soda/water mixture gently into the prepared pancake batter. Let the mixture bubble and foam a minute or two before using.

Heat up a lightly-greased griddle until medium/hot and pour the sourdough pancake batter onto the griddle.  For each pancake, pour about 1/4 cup sourdough pancake batter onto hot griddle. 

Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes

What more could you ask for in a pancake than peanut butter, banana, and chocolate chips? I'm pretty anti-banana but they are delicious in here.

Ingredients

1 very ripe banana

1 tsp baking powder

1 egg 

1 pinch salt

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1T peanut, almond, sunflower butter

1T olive oil (or vegetable oil or melted coconut oil, whatever you have)

1/2 cup milk (or more depending on how thin you like your pancakes)

3/4 cup flour (I like to do any combo of white/wheat/almond flour here)

3 T chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat a skillet or griddle to medium heat. Mash your banana with baking powder. Add egg, oil, salt, vanilla, almond butter, and milk and stir. Stir in flour until just combined (don't over-mix). Add chocolate chips and fold in gently. 

Scoop 1/4 cup measurements onto griddle (may need cooking spray or butter depending on what kind of pan you're using). Cook for 2-4 minutes on each side - until golden brown. Make sure the pan/griddle isn't too hot because they're pretty hearty pancakes and it takes awhile for the middle to cook through.

Heidi & Haley's chocolate chocolate chip pancakes

1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
3 tbsp sugar
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Whisk dry ingredients together.

1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 stick butter (melted)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Whisk wet ingredients together.

Combine both bowls of ingredients and whisk in 3/4 cups of mini chocolate chips.  Cook on griddle at about 325.