for the love of pancakes!

i grew up eating the best pancakes ever !! my dad aka the king of pancakes would usually make them every sunday. and i'm not kidding when i say people near and far would come over just to eat them. he used good old aunt jemima (still does) and my oh my were they always perfect! beautiful golden brown, fluffy but not to fluffy and perfectly delicious ! i always keep a box on hand for days when i want pancakes and i'm just to lazy to make my own (which happens more than you think) but when i feel like pulling out the bells and whistles this recipe is among one of my top 3!

blueberry sour cream pancakes!

1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
1/4 cup of sugar
2 eggs, separated
1 cup of sour cream
4 tablespoons of melted butter
8 oz blue berries fresh or frozen

to make these even better you can make this maple syrup with pecans:

4oz pecans
1 cup PURE maple syrup
4 tablespoons of unsalted butter

to make the syrup, spread the nuts over a baking tray and bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes. heat the maple syrup in a small saucepan and simmer gently for 3 minutes. remove from the stove and add the pecans and butter. that's it folks! now set it aside and lets cook those pancakes!

in your mixer add flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. (preferably sifted but no worries if you don't have a sifter). in a second bowl put the egg yolks, sour cream, milk & cooled melted butter beat well.
THE SECRET TO THE BEST PANCAKES IS NEXT!! you ready?? okay in a clean bowl ( here's were it helps to have a mixer) you want to put in your egg whites and beat them until soft peaks form.  Now your going to mix your dry ingredients with the wet. but hold on to those egg whites ! right at the end before you are about to pour your batter GENTLY fold in your egg whites just enough that its mixed throughout.
once that's all done your ready to go.
***some tips
when your making pancakes you want your griddle to be 350 degrees. pancakes are just as special as a steak. you only want to flip it once. and once you do please i beg you resist the urge to flatten it down with your spatula . this will just call for a flat pancake and defeat the whole purpose of the egg whites. you will know when your ready to flip once you have tiny bubbles throughout. and at that time is when you should add those blueberries.
we like to sometimes add bananas in between and whipped cream :) yum! hope you enjoy!!