Bacon Pancakes

Last night, before heading to bed, my wife told me she wanted pancakes for breakfast the following morning. No problem; we haven’t had pancakes for awhile, so it would be good to have some pancakes.

However, since we didn’t get to bed until 2am - after watching SNL and some crappy TV - I didn’t get up until about 11am and then I headed off to the gym upon waking. So my thoughts changed from pancakes (breakfast) to brunch. And then my thoughts headed bacon pancakes…

Here is what I ended up making:

Bacon pancakes with caramelized onions and walnut butter.

… and here is how I made them.

First, I baked some bacon.

I prefer baking my bacon at 375 for about 15 minutes but if you are a stove top person then be my guest. After the bacon is cooked, dry it off (i.e. paper towel the grease off the bacon) and when it cools, cut the bacon up into small squares (think bacon bits).

While I was baking my bacon, I started caramelizing my onions.

To caramelize onions, all you need to do is melt down 1 stick of butter over medium heat and chop up about 1 pound of yellow onion. Toss the onion in the butter, stir occasionally and in about an hour - you have caramelized onions. The caramelized onions will be tossed on top of the finished bacon pancakes.

So, the bacon is baking and onions are caramelizing - this gives us time to make the pancake batter and the walnut butter. Let’s do the walnut butter first since well have to toss it in the freezer for 30 minutes (to solidify).

Walnut Butter is the easiest piece. All you have to do is melt down a stick of butter, at 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and 1/2 cup of crushed walnuts. When it’s all done - shove it in the freezer for 30 minutes OR… if you thought ahead (like a day before), then just put it in the refrigerator.

The walnut butter will be used to melt on top of each bacon pancake you eat.

Lastly is making the batter for the bacon pancakes. It’s pretty simple:

• 2 1/2 cups of flour
• 2 cups of milk
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• chive or scallions to taste
• chopped up baked bacon

When all the pieces are done. What you are left with is bacon pancakes with melted walnut butter and caramelized onions dripped on top.

Best brunch I have had in a long time - I highly recommend making bacon pancakes next time you want pancakes and it’s past 10am.