Pumpkin Pancakes

Something easy to whip up for Christmas morning. It satisfies the sweet tooth and provides enough nurtients to satisfy the parental side of our natures. It's a nice change from the usual pancakes and a surprise. Hey, I won't tell if you even put a can of whipped cream out on the table that morning!

Pumpkin Pancakes
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
½ cup canned pumpkin puree
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 egg

Whisk together the dry ingredients and then blend in the rest, mixing thoroughly. If the batter is too thin, add a bit more flour. Pour quarter cups of batter onto a hot, buttered griddle or frying pan. When bubbles appear on the surface of the pancake, time to turn it over.

Have the butter ready along with your favorite syrup and enjoy.

Books can be the advantage . . .

"The man who does not read good
books has no advantage over the
man who cannot read them."- Mark Twain

Guessing the weather!

And a supporting tool for this device would be called a window!

 

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

- Ambrose Bierce

 

 

Peppermint Truffles of the Chocolate Variety . . .

http://candy.about.com/od/specialoccasions/r/ccanetruffles.htm?nl=1

Truffles always sound expensive and elegant yet recipes for making these at home have been all over the Internet this Christmas season. Here is that wonderful combination of chocolate and mint together in an easy recipe. An hour's worth of time and an impressive offering for your holiday table or packed in a pretty box for gift giving when you visit family and friends for Christmas.

I still haven't gotten time to do my annual candy-making day but had better get to it soon . . . I keep finding more and more recipes I want to add to the list.

A good quote for raising children, too!

“Fight all error, but do it with good humor, patience, kindness, and love. Harshness will damage your own soul and spoil the best cause.” ~St. John of Kanty

There is hope for Hollywood . . .

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/12/19/top-five-most-influential-pro-life-celebrities-of-2011/

Although the number seems small in comparison to the  onslaught on the unborn, celebrities have a following and if they each influence 100 people to reflect on the tragedy of abortion, think of how that
knowledge and action can grow.

If the North Pole was taken over by the government . . .

http://youtu.be/0J0ZD6MK0rM

Hope you can access this link. A very funny video with all too much possibility in it  . . . which is on the scary side!