Breakfast for dinner…a smart way to reduce your grocery budget…simply incorporate 1 of these meals into your weekly meal plan and be on your way to spending less!
Making pancakes from scratch has been something I have done for many years! I had lots of fun coming up with (and tasting) a bunch of different pancakes for my Breakfast and Lunch Cookbook. This is not a recipe in the cookbook, but will give you a sense of the pancake recipe goodness that awaits you in the next book!!!
Here’s the trick. And you must do it this way.
Toss some blueberries, fresh or frozen, with some lemon juice…then sift some powdered sugar over the top before folding them into the batter!!!
Gives plain old blueberry pancakes an extra burst of lemony sweetness!
Ingredients
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
2 1/4 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups flour
2 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
About 1 1/2 cup blueberries (I was planning on using 2, but *a child that shall remain unnamed* kept stealing them from my measuring cup!)
2 Tbsp lemon juice
About 3 Tbsp powdered sugar
Directions
In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs, oil, milk and sugar.
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Pour into the wet ingredients and whisk until batter is smooth.
In that same dry ingredient bowl, add the blueberries and toss with the lemon juice. Sift some powdered sugar over the top and then fold into the pancake batter.
Make the pancakes on whatever griddle you’ve got.
Pour maple syrup over the top (free, using Amazon credit from Swagbucks!)
Cut.
And eat!!!
Hello Mr. Burst of Lemony Sweetness!
(And if there are any left to freeze, these are totally freezable. Is that word?!)
Makes 20 1/4 cup pancakes.
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This is a fabulous idea. I’ll have to try it next time I make blueberry pancakes. I love lemon and blueberry together!
YUM! I just made a big batch of blueberry pancakes today. I wish I had read this first.
About how many does this recipe yield?
Nicola
@Nicola,
Will add that…I knew I forgot something! Made 20 1/4 cup pancakes!
i love blue berry pancakes! I’ll have to have hubby make some special for me.
The pancakes look awesome! Happy 2nd Blog Birthday!
YUM! These sound like they are bursting with flavor! Cannot wait to make them!
Lime and blueberry are a great combo, too! Lime adds a nice surprising zing.
these look so yummy and refreshing for summer bet the flavor was great
I have a question I love to make blueberry pancakes but the batter never really cooks around the blueberries very well. Any suggestions.
Oh and I have found this recipe as well for pancakes. It is IHOP’s recipe.
1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
1 egg
1 ½ cups butter milk
¼ cup sugar
1 heaping tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
¼ cup oil
pinch of salt.
@Christina,
I have noticed the same thing…I cook them over a little lower heat than normal…maybe 285-290 on my electric griddle and let them cook a little longer. Lower heat won’t turn them brown…and longer will get that pesky batter right around the blueberries. Also, I press them down a few times with my spatula after I flip them.
I think I am going to make these for the kids tomorrow night. They LOVE pancakes! LOVE the lemon juice tip, thanks!!!
Sounds delicious! I am going to try this some time.
Thanks for sharing this with us!
I love breakfast for dinner. Even if it wasn’t so cheap I would probably have to do it weekly.
Wow, these look awesome! I need to start doing breakfast for dinner again.
It’s pretty hard to be frugal when labels at the store tell you one thing when they mean another. My blog post tells you how to tell if the meat you are buying at the store is truly antibiotic free or not.
Thanks Erin!
I made some baked french toast! Good old brown sugar is what makes this sweet!
I LOVE blueberry pancakes! Have never heard of adding a little lemon juice like that, but I am totally wanting to try it next time! Thanks!
My kids love pancakes! Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Thanks for posting! I had forgotten how good the blueberry lemon combo is…… will definitely have to give ‘em a try
I love breakfast for dinner too! I often turn to pancakes, omelets or something similar for dinner when I’m stumped for ideas or in a hurry. Doesn’t hurt that breakfast foods are usually very economical.
I just made these this morning for my family . . . I’ve never seen my kids eat pancakes so fast – plus they totally forgot to ask for syrup!!!! That there’s a good recipe when you don’t need extra sugar to give it taste!! Awesome!
Thanks for the recipe. I made these for brunch at church yesterday and they were YUMMY! I loved how the lemon stuck with the blueberries. Just like you said- Mr. Burst of Lemony Sweetness.
I have the dried kind, will those work?
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