Pancakes

            A few days ago, I woke up and wanted pancakes. After making them in class, I looked around for all the ingredients, but we didn’t have everything and I was the only one home. I did find some store-bought pancake batter though, so I decided to use that. I knew it wouldn’t be the same as what we made in class, but it would be fine. As I was looking around the kitchen, I opened up the spice cabinet, almost by accident and the cinnamon sugar caught my attention. That was one ingredient that we used in class that I knew I could use at home too. So I mixed up the pre-made batter and poured a little onto the griddle. Then I sprinkled some cinnamon sugar onto the top liquid side. I flipped the pancake when I saw the little bubbles and then immediately sprinkled some more cinnamon sugar onto the top, cooked side. It was still hot, so the sugar melted almost immediately onto the surface. When the bottom side of the pancake was done, I took it off the griddle and dumped on some more batter. Before I put any cinnamon sugar on that one, I tested the first pancake out. I drizzled a little hot maple syrup onto it and dug in. The flavor was incredible, and there was a bit of a crust on the outside of the pancake. The sugar must’ve caramelized on the pancake. I made a few more after that, all with cinnamon sugar of course. From now on, the only way I can really enjoy a pancake is if it’s cooked with a little cinnamon sugar. I never would’ve even thought to try that if I hadn’t seen it done in our class the other day. This class has made me want to make more things on my own at home.
Jake L.