New Years Breakfast - Fluffiest Pancakes!

I have been thinking about starting a cooking blog for a while now so I thought it would be fitting to start it on New Years day - the day everyone begins their resolutions.  You've heard of the phrase, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," right?  Well, I figured I should start off the day with apples but I'm not a huge fan of eating apples on their own.  Since pancakes have been on my mind lately I decided to make fluffy pancakes with an apple topping for breakfast.  These pancakes are so fluffy that you could use them as pillows!  What makes pancakes fluffy you ask?  Well, it's the little addition of vinegar which reacts to the baking soda.  The combination of the two causes carbon dioxide to form - just think of the volcano experiments that are conducted in classrooms across the nation. 

Doesn't it just look scrumptious? 

The recipes serve 2-3 hungry mouths.

Apple Topping

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tb unsalted butter

1/4 ts ground cinnamon

1/2 ts cornstarch

3 tb cold water

2 sweet and tart apples, peeled and thinly sliced (any apples like Gravensteins, Jonathans, Rhode Island Greenings, Winesaps, and etc)

- In a small bowl combine water and cornstarch and mix until cornstarch is dissolved.

- Toss sugar, butter, cinnamon, and cornstarch water into a pan over medium heat.  Stir until butter is melted, about 2-4 minutes.

- Toss apples in, stir until apples are evenly coated and cook until apples are tender, about 10 minutes.

Fluffy Pancakes

3/4 cup milk

2 tb vinegar

1 egg

2 tb butter, melted

1 cup flour

2 & 1/2 tb white sugar

1 ts baking powder

3/4 ts baking soda

1/4 stick butter, frozen (keep this in the freezer until you are ready to cook the pancakes)

- Combine milk and vinegar in a bowl and let it curdle for about 5 minutes.

- Stir in melted butter.

- Stir in egg.

- Stir all the dry ingredients in until majority of the lumps have disintegrated.

- Bring a skillet or pan up to medium heat.

- For each pancake, add a sliver of frozen butter and pour 2-3 spoonfuls of batter over the butter.  Cook until the pancakes are bubbling then flip and cook until lightly browned.

Enjoy!!