Who likes pancakes?

My neighbor created a delicious recipe for pancakes, and I wanted to share it with you.

Pancakes, Pancakes

The harvest is just beginning.

Lunch today was a small cucumber and 6 cherry tomatoes from our gardens, sliced up and drenched in a roasted garlic vinaigrette. I love fresh produce!

Follow the Instructions... mmmmmkay

I needed to find a basic sweet Shortcake recipe today. With the great deal I got on strawberries, Strawberry Shortcake seemed like a nice surprise for my husband. After looking at 6 recipes online I finally found one that didn't require shortening (lard) or buttermilk, and did have sugar as an ingredient.

I followed the recipe, tasted the batter and it wasn't quite sweet enough, so I added another teaspoon of sugar. The recipe said to pour the batter into a pie tin, but I did it drop style on a cookie sheet. It was only supposed to take 12 minutes to bake them in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven, but cooktime was actually 20 minutes.

They were delectable - moist, buttery, sweet, melt-in-your mouth cakes, perfect for soaking in the strawberry juice. I'll be adding this one to the recipe box for sure!

Basic Shortcake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit

• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons sugar
• 3/4 cup of milk
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) of butter - room temperature

Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl. Slice butter into 4 pieces and work into dry mixture until consistency is uniform. Slowly stir in the milk. Batter will be thick and sticky. Drop batter by tablespoonful onto non-stick cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes. Yield = 12