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I am so glad you stopped by. A couple of months ago I saw the movie Julie & Julia, where a young woman decides to take a year and make every recipe in Julia Child's French Cookbook. I enjoyed the movie very much and became intrigued. Maybe I could do something like that, so, I got out my barely used, 13 year old, Better Homes Cookbook and started flipping through. Thus began my cooking experiment.

Cooking is something I have always hated to do, it was a chore for me, not a pleasure. I am not a professional cook, and never will be, but the movie ignited a spark in me and revealed a new discovery, cooking can be fun!

I am learning that with patience, motivation, and good recipes anyone can be a good cook. Believe me, if I can do it, so can you! I hope you will experiment along with me and let me know what you think of the recipes I share.

I will post each new recipe I try along with a picture (I can't stand cookbooks that don't include pictures!) so you can see the final product. I will also share tips that I have learned along the way. For you seasoned chefs, the tips may seem like common sense, but for those of us who are dummies in the kitchen, they are epiphanies.

Happy Cooking!

Nancy

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Blueberry Sour Cream Pancakes



If you like Blueberries and you love pancakes, you will adore this recipe. Some people (me) think that it is easier to just use a mix, but it REALLY isn't and you often get a much better tasting end result when you do it from scratch.

10 Servings Prep: 20 min. Cook: 30 min.

Ingredients:

Topping:

1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup cold water
4 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

Pancakes:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1-1/2 cups milk
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Directions:

•For topping. In a large saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in water
until smooth. Add blueberries. Bring to a boil over medium heat;
cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the
heat; cover and keep warm.

•For pancakes, in a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking
powder and salt. Combine the eggs, milk, sour cream and butter. Stir
into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in blueberries.

•Pour batter by 1/4 cupful onto a greased hot griddle. Turn when
bubbles form on top; cook until the second side is golden brown.

Serve with blueberry topping.

Yield: about 20 pancakes (3-1/2 cups topping).

Nutrition Facts: 2 pancakes equals 332 calories, 13 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 79 mg cholesterol, 387 mg sodium, 48 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 6 g protein.

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None of the recipes posted on this site are mine, they are all taken from other sources, or given to me to try. I am not nearly creative enough or good enough in the kitchen to have come up with any of them.

I also cannot promise that any of these recipes are going to turn out good, or taste good for that matter, so you try them at your own risk.

Enjoy!!! Nancy
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