Pancakes are a comfort food, you can't deny that. I mean, would you like to have your normal grainy cereal with a banana cut on-top? Or would you rather have a hot fluffy pancake drizzled with syrup and glazed with butter. I think it's pretty obvious, now pancakes are not really a good choice if your on a diet for easy to see reasons. If your going to make pancakes you shouldn't use a sugar filled thick and cheap syrup. The best maple syrups are pretty thin and a little goes a long way, I would recommend Highland Sugarworks Grade A Dark Amber. I used a pretty simple recipe for the pancakes I made today. 

 You will need....

• 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour, I used whole wheat
• 1 1/4 cups of milk
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 3 tablespoons of melted butter
• 1 tablespoon white sugar (Splenda works to if you don't have any white sugar)

You then want to mix until smooth.

I had to add a bit more milk to get them at the consistency I prefer but now they should be ready to cook!

Put your stove on medium heat and oil it with a bit of Pam or butter if you don't mind the extra fat. Now anyone who has cooked a pancake before probably knows you want to flip it when bubbles start forming on the top, if you add fruits like me then it will be a bit difficult to tell when. When you add fruits to your pancake you should check them on the bottom, move your spatula under the cake and if it glides under easily, if it does then it's probably ready to turn. I it doesn't then it is still cooking (or you didn't oil the pan enough).

 This is a good example of when you should flip, you see the little holes on the top? That means it's ready. It was a bit overcooked though because of the fruit in it. If you overcook a pancake, it does not really matter to much. It mostly affects the presentation then the flavor. 

These pancakes turned out pretty well, although I did not get any since I made them for my company but whether you want to do something nice or it's a special occasion, it's difficult to go wrong with pancakes.