I love breakfast food. When I am on vacation the most important thing to me is what the hotel's breakfast buffet is like. We recently went to Puerta Vallarta and the breakfast buffet at the Marriott was the best, most extensive menu I have ever seen. Sometimes I salivate when I think about all of the delicious food we ate. I came across a pancake recipe that is worthy to be served at the Marriott, or to your weekend guests. The buttermilk syrup is a sweet and slightly salty welcome addition to these pancakes. Serve with bananas or peaches and whipping cream and be ready to impress!

Buttermilk Pancakes (aka The Best Pancakes on the Planet)
adapted from Clawson Live

2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/4 cup oil
2 Tbs sugar
2 cups buttermilk (I use a little more)

Mix the above and pour onto a greased waffle iron or griddle and enjoy. Can add mashed bananas, pecans, berries or mini chocolate chips.

Buttermilk Syrup

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp baking soda
Mix and bring to a boil in a large pot because it foams up a lot. Boil for about 5 minutes until a thick caramel color. Take off heat and add 1/2 tsp vanilla. This is so good over pancakes, fresh fruit, pound cake and peaches. Enjoy! Printable recipe

I made some cookies last week. They are giant. They are crunchy and chocolaty. They are chewy and delicious. I've made these for a few years now because my kids love them. I found the recipe here. I always double my cookie recipes (especially this one) because each cookie takes 1/4 cup of dough.

Giant Toffee-Chocolate Chip Cookies
Betty Crocker's Best of Baking

1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening (don't judge me)
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
14 tsp salt
1 pkg (12 ounces) miniature semisweet chocolate chips
1 pkg (6 ounces) almond brickle chips

Heat oven to 350. Mix brown sugar, butter, shortening, honey and egg i large bowl. Stir in lour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir i chocolate chips and brickle chips.

Drop doug by level 1/4 cupfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12 t0 14 minutes or until edges are golden brown (centers will be soft.) Cool 3 to 4 minutes; remove from cookie sheet. Printable recipe
Six cookies per sheet.
The cookies are packaged cute on a plate but much cuter in a cellophane bag with a ribbon.
But look how stinking cute they are packaged in CD envelopes. My daughter took these to share with her friends at a school activity.

I love peaches. I love to cook with peaches. I love them in my cereal, on pancakes, rolled up in a crepe or all alone. I love them so much I will be posting several recipes with peaches in the next few days. This recipe is from my father-in-law who lives in Brigham City, Utah. They literally have PEACH DAYS with a parade and everything. When he gave me this recipe I was a little nervous to make it because he didn't know the exact quantities of anything he used to make the batter. For example he said, "about 1/2 cup sugar, maybe a little more". So, after trial and error...and trial and error, I came up with this recipe and I think it is delicious!
Try it. You'll like it.

Bob's Peach Cobbler

1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/3 cup butter
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
Mix together (batter should resemble consistency of pancake batter)

In buttered 9X13 pan or 6 buttered ramekins slice peaches until 2/3 full (6-8 large peaches)
sprinkle with a mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tbsp. cinnamon. Then pour batter over peaches. If there is any cinnamon sugar left, sprinkle on top.

Bake at 350 for 45 min -55 min. Or until golden brown and bubbly. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream. Printable recipe

This is my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe. I ALWAYS flash freeze a double batch so I can throw them in the oven anytime. This cookie recipe is one of the first recipes I tried as a married woman so many years ago. It has been one of my trusted recipes in my recipe box. In fact if I had to choose one cookie to eat for the rest of my life, this is the one I'd choose. I'm happy to share it with you because I know it will bring you great joy as well. I originally found the recipe here.

Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
*My all time favorite

3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 egg
2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts (optional)
1 pkg 12 oz. chocolate chips (2 cups)

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Mix sugars, butter and egg in large bowl.
Stir in flour, baking soda and salt (dough will be stiff.) Stir in nuts and
chocolate chips.

Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased
cookie sheet.

Bake 8-10 minutes or until light brown. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet.
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