WOYP Day # 61 Blueberry Orange Buttermilk Pancakes

Breakfast is usually cereal, eggs, breakfast potatoes, pancakes or toast on most days in our house. We do Banana pancakes, Banana chocolate chip pancakes and more recently these “stuff in your mouth”,  “ I can’t get enough of” Blueberry Orange pancakes :D I’m not exaggerating, try them for yourself and you’ll know what I mean! This recipe makes the fluffiest, light pancakes - the egg and buttermilk work wonders! 

Blueberry Orange Buttermilk Pancakes:
You will need:

Dry ingredients:
1 cup all purpose flour
1.5 tbsp sugar
3/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt

Wet ingredients:
1 1/4 cups Thick Buttermilk (see note)
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1 tbsp Orange zest
1 tsp Vanilla extract

Unsalted Butter as needed
Fresh blueberries
Chocolate chips (optional)
Honey to drizzle on top

Note: You can use store bought Buttermilk or make your own at home by combining 3/4 cup thick yoghurt with 1/4 cup water. The Buttermilk needs to be thick for this recipe. Other substitutes might not work as well. 

Whisk dry & wet ingredients until just combined. Batter has to be thick. Set aside for 10 minutes.

Heat a pan or griddle on medium heat. Spread a teaspoon of unsalted butter. Pour 1/4 cup of batter. Top with fresh blueberries. Cook until edges are light brown and the pancake has fluffed up. Flip to cook on the other side for a 20 seconds. Remove from heat. Continue with remaining batter. 

 

Top the pancakes with a generous drizzle of honey. My boys wanted chocolate chips too, so that went on the pancakes as well. 

These pancakes stay soft and fluffy even when cooled down, so they are great to pack in kids’ lunch boxes. 

The hints of Orange laced through every bite combined with the sweet blueberries, yum yum yum!! :D