Tomorrow is my oldest nephew’s 8th birthday. I can hardly believe it. I was a freshman in college when he was born. Has time really gone by THIS quickly? My gracious.
On the left is a shot of us from when he was 3 months old and on the right is us from this last summer. He has grown up so much!
I had all these great plans for this morning that included getting up and making a feast of a breakfast. I get up at 5:45am on work days so even when I’m off I only ever sleep in until 6:30am or 7am. But I’m sick. And apparently this sick girl needs her beauty sleep. I definitely slept 11 hours last night, ha! I got up around 9:45 this morning. Anyway, so breakfast didn’t happen, but I had been so excited about it that we decided to have breakfast-for-lunch instead! Because really, there is no statue of limitations on when one should eat breakfast. Especially when it comes to Brownie Batter Pancakes from Chocolate Covered Katie. 
Brownie Batter Pancakes
Ingredients:
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tbsp sugar in the raw
dash salt
3 tbsp canola oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp almond milk
Directions:
1. Heat skillet (or griddle) to medium heat. In a medium bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Then add wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
2. Ladle 1/8 cup batter onto skillet/griddle and spread gently into a circle. Flip when batter is bubbly. Repeat until all pancakes are cooked. Top with powdered sugar, chocolate chips, raspberries, syrup or topping of your choice!
Makes about 8 pancakes
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Christopher was only a couple of bites into his pancakes before he asked “how difficult are these to make? I think I want to make them for breakfast next week…” Yup, they were a hit in this house!
Okies friends, I gotta run because we are about to head out for coffee with some of our old grad school friends and then we have another friend’s birthday party tonight. Lots to do to get ready!
I lovee when something tastes SO good, that you are already thinking about the next time you want to make them! These pancakes look amazing, and happy birthday tomorrow to your nephew!
Yum! We’ll have to try these!!
Those look delicious!!
-Tia
Oh my goodness, you have all the good pancake recipes! I made the oatmeal cookie ones this morning, and they were delicious. My picky husband even liked them
YAY! I’m so glad you guys loved them! We’ve made them again and they were SO good the second time too! Really this is just a result of me pinning lots of pancake recipes on Pinterest and finally getting around to trying them all, haha!
Those pancakes look delish!
My oldest nephew was born when I was in college, too, and I can’t believe how much taller he gets every time I see him! It’s crazy! Those pancakes almost look too rich for breakfast! Are they super sweet? They look delicious, but I would definitely need a glass of milk to go with them!
I know! He is growing like a weed! Before I know it he’ll be graduating high school, ha! As for the pancakes they actually weren’t crazy sweet on their own. Definitely super chocolatey, but not overly-sweet. Now, once we added syrup, well that’s a different story, ha! Christopher had powdered sugar and chocolate chips on his too (the photograph is of his stack because it was prettier than my plain Jane ones, haha) so I’m guessing his were pretty sweet, but he loves stuff like that. We definitely both had a glass of milk with our pancakes, though! They are so worth trying if you like chocolately stuff!
I just love that first picture of the two of you … his little face is looking at you with such love!
Sometimes those LONG sleeps feel SO good! After I had the flu, I slept for 12 hours. It was amazing. I love the two pictures of you with your nephew!
do i spy chocolate pancakes?! yes!!! happy birthday to the sweet boy!
Mmmm I think I need to make pancakes for lunch today! Tasty
Wow brownie batter pancakes sound most delicious!!! And i was the same way when I was sick last month, slept and slept and slept. But it’s just gotta happen so you can get better, which I hope you do soon!!
Happy birthday to your nephew!
And I hope you get to feeling completely better soon! The 11 hours of sleep had to be exactly what your body needed.
Feel better soon
I LOVE that picture of you and your nephew when he was just a babe. Time really does fly, doesn’t it?!
First- Those things look amazing! Second- my niece recently turned 13. That’s makes a gal feel old
those look SOOO good! yum!! hope you are feeling better now!
Brownie batter pancakes = best idea ever!!!
These would be soooo dangerous. Haha