Fun Pancakes for Breakfast

I just want to show some of the pancakes I have made for breakfast....The kulilits reaction is priceless every time I surprise them with pancakes for breakfast.....

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I use the copycat ihop recipe for my pancakes....

Ingredients:

Nonstick spray
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 egg
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 heaping teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup cooking oil
a pinch of salt

Instructions:

1.  Preheat a skillet over medium heat.  Use a pan with a nonstick surface or apply a little nonstick spray.

2.  In a blender or with a mixer, combine all of the remaining ingredients until smooth.

3.  Laddle approximately 1/3 cup of batter into the hot skillet, forming 5-inch circles.

4.  When the edges appear to harden, after a minute or two (when the batter starts to show small bubbles), flip the pancakes. They should be golden brown.

5.  Cook pancakes on the othe side for same amount of time, until golden brown.

Makes 8 to 10 pancakes

http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/IHOP-Pancakes-Recipe.html

Most delicious Banana cake / Banana muffin

My two boys (my hubby and my eldest son) can't get enough of this.  My mama gave this delicious banana cake/muffin recipe to me and  I just tweaked it a little bit. I would say this has been one of my family's favorite cake/snack. I've lost count on how many times I've made this cake/muffin.  Overripe bananas are best for this kind of recipe and hubby would always tease me when he sees overripe bananas in our fruit bowl "you're saving those bananas for the muffins right?" LOL!!!!It's very easy to make because there are only 8 ingredients that most probably you already have in your kitchen.

Ingredients:

3 to 4 bananas mashed
1 cup sifted flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla

Procedure:

1. Mix the mashed banana, sugar, eggs, vanilla and oil together. Set aside.

2. In a separate bowl, mix together baking powder, sugar, salt and flour. (sometimes I use 1/2 cup all purpose flour and 1/2 cup wheat flour).

3. Mix wet and dry ingredients all together! Pour into greased muffin tins.

4. Bake in 350 degrees F oven for approximately 25 minutes. Enjoy! 

Makes 12 muffins

***You can add nuts (walnuts, almonds etc.), but most of the time I add chocolate chips 1 cup Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips or 3/4 cup Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips and my kids really love it:))

PUTO

The other day I saw this paper on our fridge. 

My eldest son is requesting potto (puto) LOL!!! He may have missed this so much since I haven't cooked this for quite some time.
Wish granted!!!

Puto is a kind of steamed rice cake in Philippine cuisine. It is eaten as is or with butter and/or grated fresh coconut or as accompaniment to a number of savory dishes for breakfast (most notably, with dinuguan).
There are lots of variation like Puto Bumbong (this is very popular during christmas season), Puto Lanson, Puto Manapla, Puto Maya, Puto Pao and Puto Mamon. I have only tried Puto Mamon.
Puto Mamon - A puto mixture that does not include rice, here's my revised recipe:

Ingredients:

2 cups cake flour
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 tbsp baking powder
2 eggs
1 cup evap
1/2 cup water
2 1/2 tbsp melted butter
cheese (for toppings)

Procedure

1. Mix all dry ingredients alternately. Set aside

2. Beat eggs. Add milk and water. Stir and mix well.

3. Add the dry ingredients to the mixture.  Add butter (melted)

4. Pour the mixture into containers/molders and put cheese or salted egg on top (I don't know what happened but the cheese sank at the bottom).

5. Steam for 12 to 15 minutes.

Yields 24 pcs

Original Puto recipe (with cheese or salted egg) courtesy of Ana Marie S.J. Almoninia
6 cups of flour
4 1/2 cups white sugar
6 tbsp baking powder
5 whole eggs (medium to large)
4 1/2 cups evaporated milk
  or (1 1/2 cups milk + 3 cups water)
     (2 1/2 cups milk + 2 cups water)
     (3 cups milk + 1 1/2 cups water)
1/2 cup melted butter