Festive pancakes on a peaceful Advent Sunday ..

Do you find it is so hard to co-ordinate schedules of various friends this time of the year? 

Get togethers are very random - a pub for lunch, a quick mooch with lists, a breakfast if lucky & even pancakes first thing on a Sunday morning so you can both complete the festive lists. 

It is the last Sunday of Advent & the fourth candle for PEACE will light our breakfast. It will burn alongside HOPE, LOVE and JOY, important symbols this time of the year in a world that is still in turmoil. 

The table was set the night before so the fruit can be prepared & the pancakes made first thing in the morning. The poinsettia table cloth & red chargers go well with the things already on the sideboard.  

Early morning pancakes made (I didn't do a photo as we all got talking) but tea, fruit juice, pancakes, lots of fruit & a choice of yoghurts made a healthy choice ahead of the festivities. 

The 4th Advent candle was lit alongside the other three & it was time to catch up with each others busy lives.  The hyacinth in the green vase will not be ready for Christmas but then the pleasure in watching it is something I enjoy. The greenery came from our lovely walk in Wales last weekend & it is perfect for winter when it is traditional to bring in greenery - the words of the famous carol - The Holly & The Ivy comes to mind ... 

Have a blessed last Sunday before Christmas, 

Dee 🎄🕯️🥣

Little pancakes with apple

 I do love a quick pancake & sometimes, it is a spur of the moment thing. 

Today was such a day - with fruit to use up in the fridge & a slower morning, I quickly cut fruit & made up the pancake mixture. This is the recipe my late mother always made - I have shared it before but here it is again. 

I always just mix with a whisk & a bowl 

1 cup of self raising flour 

1 egg 

5/8th cup of milk (about 150-175ml) 

a little vanilla extract if liked 

Whisk together, adding a little milk to the mixture if it is too thick. 

Heat the pan & turn it down to medium. Drop tablespoons of the mixture on to the pan & wait until it bubbles then flip over - it is less than 1 minute each side. 

For the apple ones, I cut half an apple in to thin pieces (skin on still) and then as the first side of the pancake was cooking, I added the apple pieces to the pancake, let the bottom side cook then flipped it over. Watch that the apple does not brown too much (turn the heat down if needed) 

Serve the pancakes with fruit,  yoghurt or anything you fancy. 

They really do take less than 5 minutes to mix & a few minutes to make. This mixture makes about 9 (of the size shown in the photos) and the mixture can be doubled. 

Best served hot with orange juice or a tea or coffee. 

Do tell if you make them & what you put with yours.

Thank you for stopping by, 

Dee 🥞