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Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes

May 12, 2016 By Laura 9 Comments

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Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes are thick and fluffy pancakes, tangy with sour cream and fragrant with cardamom and vanilla. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing.

Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes

This was destined to either be a short and sweet post or a long and rambling overwrought post. Because that stress I said I was under?

We’re moving.

As you can imagine, I have tons of mixed feelings. Anyone who has read this blog for a while and read, for example, all my posts about exploring our creek, knows how much I love where we live. How grateful I have been to raise my kids “free range” so to speak on several acres of nature in a house we built.

Mom and Daughter selfie lying on a log in a creek

A selfie of Alex and myself taken while I was stretched out on a log, lying across our creek, taken just this spring. I usually wear a hat down there to prevent ticks from jumping into my hair.

So I spent the winter freaking out. And adjusting. And getting excited. The Spiced Life is moving to Pittsburgh, specifically to a “suburb” (it is not very suburban) a little over 30 minutes east of downtown Pittsburgh, where hopefully we will make new memories on another gorgeous parcel of nature. And John, who has been a professor since 2000, is leaving academia and headed to Google.

I think that is all I have right now on that topic. Like I said either short and sweet or overblown with all of my mixed feelings. I am avoiding the feelings right now, or this post will never get written.

Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes

These Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes were exactly the kind of comfort food “breakfast for dinner” that I have been craving lately. I took a basic sour cream pancake from Gourmet International Pancakes and Waffles, an ancient gem of a cookbook my sister found for me, and added the vanilla and cardamom. The girls and I loved these pancakes; John was more restrained in his appreciation but honestly he has never loved pancakes the way that the rest of us do anyway. He doesn’t even put syrup on them!

Cardamom Vanilla PancakesThe cardamom flavor is not super pronounced, but it is there. If you love Swedish sweet baked goods, for example, you will like these. But if you hate them maybe not so much (I would ask who in their right mind dislikes Swedish sweet breads but I already know my sister does!). The flecks that you can see are from the ground vanilla beans, which I used because I was on an antibiotic that I needed to avoid even the slightest trace of alcohol with. Vanilla extract should work just fine–but be sure to add it with the liquids in that case.

Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes

Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes
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Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes
Adapted from Gourmet International; we like to make a lot of pancakes at once--not only do we love them, but we can save leftovers for weekday mornings. Cut the recipe in half if about 16 pancakes is too many.
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: pancakes
Author: TheSpicedLife
Ingredients
  • 1 cup (126 g) AP flour
  • 1 cup (135 g) white whole wheat flour
  • 6 T sugar
  • 1 T baking powder
  • 1 t fine sea salt
  • 2 t ground cardamom
  • 2 t ground vanilla beans (you can sub 1 T vanilla extract)
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups half and half
  • 2/3 cup full fat sour cream
  • 3 T vegetable oil (I used avocado)
  • 3 T melted ghee (clarified butter), plus more for cooking pancakes
Instructions
  1. Whisk together the flours, sugar, baking powder, salt, cardamom and ground vanilla beans (if using vanilla extract, add with liquids) in a medium-large bowl. Set aside.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs, half and half, sour cream and oil.
  3. Fold the liquids into the dry ingredients. When they are mostly but not completely combined, add the melted ghee and fold everything together until it is completely blended--some lumps are ok though, do not over-mix.
  4. Cook the pancakes one at a time on a hot griddle with a tiny (about half teaspoon) bit of melted ghee brushed over the griddle (or nonstick pan). When the edges of dried out and the center has bubbled a bit, flip the pancake and brown the other side (it often takes me a pancake or two to discover the perfect temperature to be cooking them at).
  5. Serve hot with salted butter and maple syrup.

Click here if you are looking for a collage to pin–it was too big for the page!

Filed Under: breakfast, Creek in Ohio, flatbreads, pancakes, whole grains Tagged With: breakfast, brunch, cardamom, flatbread, moving, pancakes

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Comments

  1. Christie says

    May 12, 2016 at 9:25 am

    Love that you added cardamom to your pancakes. I need to use that spice more.

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  2. Citra Kale @Citra's Home Diary says

    May 12, 2016 at 9:40 am

    How lucky you are have your wide “back yard” to explore! It reminds me on my homeland. Love your fluffy pancake, cardamom and vanilla in pancake, sound I should try it soon! 🙂

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  3. Marye says

    May 12, 2016 at 10:11 am

    These pancakes look amazing! I love the cardamom in them, what nice flavor!

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  4. Dee Dee (My Midlife Kitchen) says

    May 12, 2016 at 10:16 am

    First of all, cardamom is awesome in so many baked goods and breakfasts, so this is a no-brainer to me! And second, I understand more than you know that feeling of having to leave a place you love. My hubby is military, so we get to do that dance every few years. You never know what location is coming next, and the list of things you will miss about your current location sneak up on you. Good luck with the move, and enjoy all that the PIttsburgh area has to offer!

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  5. Jill Silverman Hough says

    May 12, 2016 at 10:25 am

    Congratulations on your new adventure! Sounds like if you just be sure to include plenty of pancakes, you’ll all be okay 🙂

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  6. Kristy @ Southern In Law says

    May 12, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    Oooooooooh, these look amazing! I LOVE cardamom!

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  7. Patricia @ Grab a Plate says

    May 12, 2016 at 11:11 pm

    Gah! I just looooove cardamom! These look luscious, and I’m sure they taste amazing! Good luck with your move – so many things to look forward to!

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  8. Shinee says

    May 13, 2016 at 11:55 am

    Oh my goodness, the pancakes look amazing!! I’ve been obsessed with cardamom last fall, it’s such wonderful spice. Gotta bring it out again to make these pancakes this weekend!

    And good luck with your move. As I’ve been a nomad for about 10 years before settling (moved cross planet!), I can understand the pain.

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  9. Kristen Chidsey says

    May 13, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    What an amazing way to add some jazz to your pancakes. We must try these. And good luck with your move!!

    Reply

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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