From the Cookbook: Bacon Pancakes

From the Adventure Time television series  

 Image from The Geeky Chef Cookbook 

 

Today, I’m excited to share another recipe from The Geeky Chef Cookbook (coming out in May, please preorder it now before I start trying to bribe you with cookies). Unlike the infamous Romulan Ale, this one’s designed to start your morning off right.  Head over here to read the full excerpt and explore more purchasing options, or just to make me feel validated. Either works!



Ingredients:

• 10 strips of Bacon, fried until crispy
• 1 cup (120g) All-Purpose Flour
• 2 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, melted, plus extra for frying
• ¾ cup (180g) Buttermilk
• 1 Egg
• Pinch of Salt
• Maple Syrup, to serve

Directions:

1. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in a mixing bowl.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the butter and buttermilk, then whisk in the egg.
3. Tip the flour mixture into the buttermilk mixture and whisk together until it is lump-free. Prepare a large skillet by melting some butter to prevent the batter from sticking, then add as many bacon strips as you can put in the skillet with enough distance between each one to add the pancake batter. You will probably have to do this in batches.
4.  Pour the pancake batter down the length of each bacon strip until it is covered. Make sure the batter around one bacon strip does not touch the batter covering a neighboring strip of bacon—you want them to be individual pancakes and rectangular-ish.
5. Cook until the pancake batter starts to bubble on the surface, then flip them over and brown the other side. Repeat until there are no more slices of bacon. Drizzle with maple syrup and serve. Defiance.

 

Makes 10 pancakes