Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Pancakes with Strawberries

Here is a breakfast main dish or heck it could be for supper...sometimes here on the farm we do have breakfast for supper.
This recipe was in the dessert category back in 1967.

Pancakes with Strawberries
Mrs. John B. Mainer

2 cups flour, sifted
5 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
1/2 cup light cream
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 eggs, beaten

Sift dry ingredients. Combine milk, cream, butter and eggs and add to dry ingredients. Beat until smooth. Bake 6-inch pancakes on hot griddle. Each pancake should be buttered and sprinkled with brown sugar. Make stacks of 6 and place in very slow oven. cover pancakes with towel.

STRAWBERRY SAUCE

1 quart fresh strawberries, halved or quartered
few strawberries for garnish
1/2 cup sugar.

Combine and bring to a boil.

MARSHMALLOW MIX

1/2 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons water
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 teaspoon butter, soft

Combine sugar and water and cook until sugar dissolves. Beat egg whites until stiff and add soft butter. Pour sugar mixture slowly over egg whites. Cover each stack of pancakes with marshmallow mix and broil until golden brown. Remove from broiler and place on hot plates. Drizzle with strawberry sauce. Garnish with whole strawberris. Serve immediately.
For strawberry sauce can use 2  -10-oz cans frozen strawberries may be used instead of fresh strawberries

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