Peppy’s Favorite Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Serves 2
1 cup all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoon baking powder
½ tablespoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
1 cup milk (substitute buttermilk for richer pancakes)
3 eggs
1 cup chocolate chips

Directions:
Mix flour, baking powder and salt into large bowl. Mix milk, eggs, and extract in separate smaller bowl. Combine mixtures in the large bowl, and create a batter. If some people want plain pancakes, do not add chocolate chips. Otherwise, add chocolate chips to batter. Pour batter into frying pan. If chips were not added to the batter, sprinkle them on the pancake now. Cook on one side until the bubbles begin to pop. Flip the pancake and cook the other side briefly (about a minute). Flip again to check both sides. Serve.

Chocolate Chip Muffins

Serves 12 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup light-brown sugar 1/3 cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 2/3 cup milk ½ cup butter – melted and cooled 2 eggs – beaten 1 tsp vanilla 1 package (12 oz) chocolate chips ½ cup walnuts or pecans – chopped Directions: Preheat oven to 400˚F and grease up twelve muffin cups. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, stir together milk, eggs, butter, and vanilla until blended. Make a well in center of dry ingredients; add milk mixture and stir to combine. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Spoon batter into muffin cups; bake 15-20 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center of one muffin comes out clean. Remove muffin tin to wire rack; cool 5 minutes and remove from tins to finish cooling.