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Peach Melba Oven Pancake

Batter:

½ cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
½ cup milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla

Filling:

4 peaches, peeled and diced
½ cup raspberries
¼ cup butter
¼ to ½ cup brown sugar*
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400oF.

Grease a 9-inch pie pan. Whisk together all ingredients for batter and pour into prepared pie pan. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown. While pancake is baking, cook all filling ingredients except raspberries in a skillet until peaches are soft. Add raspberries. Cook until raspberries are warmed.

Remove pancake from oven. If it has puffed in the center, place a clean towel over it and push down. Pour filling in pancake and serve. 4 servings.

* adjust sugar based on sweetness of the fruit

Blueberry Pancakes

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoonfuls sugar
1 tablespoonful baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)
1 or 2 slightly beaten eggs
3 tablespoonfuls vegetable oil or melted butter
1 1/4 cup of milk
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup frozen dry pack blueberries.

Preheat griddle. Sift dry ingredients together, whisk eggs, oil or melted butter and milk together. Toss blueberries with 1/4 cup flour. Add wet ingredients to dry and quickly mix. Fold in blueberries. Use a 1/4 cup measure to measure out batter onto preheated griddle. Turn pancakes when bubbles on surface are bursting. Cook about a minute or two more after flipping. Serve with bacon or sausage.

Triple Berry Oven Pancake

Batter:

½ cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
½ cup milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla

Filling:

1 cup blackberries or marionberries*
1 cup red raspberries*
½ cup bluberries*
½ cup walnut pieces
¼ cup butter
½ cup superfine sugar
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon grated orange peel (optional)

Preheat oven to 400oF.

Grease a 9-inch pie pan. Whisk together all ingredients for batter and pour into prepared pie pan. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown. While pancake is baking, cook all filling ingredients in a skillet until berries are heated through and sugar is dissolved.

Remove pancake from oven. If it has puffed in the center, place a clean towel over it and push down. Pour filling in pancake and serve. 4 servings.

* Use dry packed fruit if using frozen berries.

Corn Muffins

 

1 1/4  cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup skim milk
1/4  vegetable oil
1 egg

Preheat oven to 400ºF. Grease 12 medium muffin cups. Combine dry ingredients. Stir in milk, oil, and egg, mixing until dry ingredients are just moistened. Pour batter into prepared muffing cups. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve hot with butter and jam or honey.

Optional additions: bacon bits, chopped jalapeño peppers, shredded cheddar cheese. Use about 1/2 cup of an optional ingredient.

 

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