Pancake-Paloozaa Weekend Extravaganza.

Researching and combining recipes.
Beating some egg whites to fold into the batter, per holly+scott's advice.
Warm Maple Cream, inspired by Clinton Street Bakery.
Melt some butter in a small sauce pan.
Add maple syrup, heat, drizzle half&half.
HOLY DELICIOUS.
Jamie dropped sliced ripe bananas which caramelized beautifully.
They were fluffy and delish!!
Once we drizzled the maple cream, there was no pausing for more pictures.
SUCCESS!

Modified two online recipes to create:

Ingredients

1 cup sifted all-purpose, pastry, or cake flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 egg yolks
3/4 cups half&half, more or less
4 tablespoons butter, melted
2 egg whites
1/2 tablespoon sugar

1. Sift the dry ingredients together.
2. In another bowl, mix the yolks, most of the milk, and the melted butter together until smooth.
3. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add the mixed wet ingredients all at once. Stir until just combined. (Over-mixing will make for a tough pancake.)
4. Beat the egg whites until light and fluffy and soft peaks appear as for meringue. Add the sugar toward the end of the beating. Fold the egg whites gently into the batter with a spatula. Add milk as necessary to get the right consistency.
5. Cook as you would other pancakes.

Gave me the confidence to try these Dutch Baby Pancakes the very next morning. We don't have a cast iron pan, but this pot seemed to do the trick. I added in a couple of extra eggs which led to an issue of too much batter for the size of the pan. Hmmm...left a thicker eggy bottom...we gobbled it up just fine. Highest carb weekend!! I'd like to think that we're just set up for a successful week with these sorts of meals under our belts.

So, what's your fave weekend breakfast recipes? I need more inspiration.