{"id":189837,"date":"2025-05-29T10:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=189837"},"modified":"2025-05-29T10:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:57:25","slug":"lazy-weekend-pancakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/leisure\/food-drink\/lazy-weekend-pancakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazy Weekend Pancakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Note: This is an excerpt from <\/em>Dad, What’s for Dinner?: Lifesaving Recipes to Avoid Meltdowns, Have Fun in the Kitchen, and Keep Your Kids Well Fed<\/span><\/a> <\/span>by chef David Nayfeld.<\/em><\/p>\n

No other meal in the day is as transformed by the school calendar as breakfast. During the academic year, weekday breakfasts fall into the \u201cHurry up and eat, so we can get out the door\u201d camp. Breakfast is you get what you get. If it\u2019s a piece of fruit and a piece of toast on the way out the door, consider yourself lucky. My mother would warm six mozzarella sticks in the toaster oven. I ate that every morning for two years.<\/p>\n

But on weekends \u2014\u00ad and during breaks \u2014\u00ad breakfast can be a luxurious and leisurely way to start a day. In fact, because it is normally so rushed, I find those laid-\u00adback breakfasts to be the most joyful meal in the house. And, because so much of breakfast is baking-\u00adcentric, it\u2019s a great opportunity to bond with your kid. Or, let them relax and sleep in while you make it. It doesn\u2019t matter. That\u2019s the great part about the weekend.<\/p>\n

How to Make Lazy Weekend Pancakes<\/h2>\n

\"Overhead<\/p>\n

For anyone who has not gone through the exercise of making a true pancake from scratch, know there are few things more satisfying. The level of primal urge satisfaction is akin to being a hunter, killing your own venison and bringing it back to the table. Actually, making pancakes from scratch isn\u2019t that hard. The secret \u2014 and the science experiment \u2014 is that the vinegar reacts with the baking soda to form a foamy texture. The most time-\u00adconsuming part of this recipe is the measuring out of ingredients \u2014 but what might be tedious for you is fun for your kids, so get them involved.<\/p>\n

And a word about texture: Some people like soft, singularly textured pancakes. I do not. By cooking them at a higher heat, you achieve a crisp crust that yields to a tender fluffy interior. Nothing could be better.<\/p>\n