Banana Walnut Pancakes from @MaddieDayAuthor #Giveaway

MADDIE here, delighted to bring you one of the original recipes from the Country Store Mysteries. The series began, ten books ago, with Flipped for Murder, and Robbie Jordan serving banana walnut pancakes to her new clientele at Pans 'N Pancakes in South Lick, Indiana.

I learned this version of pancakes from the owners of the inspiration for my country store restaurant, but I got the base recipe from The Tassajara Bread Book by Edward Espe Brown (1970), a gift from my sister Janet. We both baked whole grain bread from Brown's recipes during college - and still do.

As you can see by the condition of my copy of the recipe book, I've been using it for a long time. For, ahem, fifty years, in fact! The book also includes fabulous recipes for quick breads and for pancakes.

To celebrate the release of Batter Off Dead in four weeks - the tenth Country Store Mystery - I bring you Banana Walnut Pancakes, which Robbie Jordan still serves in her restaurant, all these books later. The pancakes are hearty, nutritious, and quite delicious. These flapjacks are so tasty, I even made them for dinner.

Whole Wheat Banana Walnut Pancakes

Ingredients:

Note: I made a half recipe, as shown in the photos, which more than served two.

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon  brown sugar

3 eggs

2 cups milk or buttermilk (of any fat content)

1/2 cup oil

1 cup finely chopped walnuts

2 bananas, thinly sliced

Butter for cooking

Good maple syrup

Plain or vanilla yogurt, or sour cream

Directions:

Preheat a wide skillet or griddle to medium.

Mix the dry ingredients together. 

Make a well in the middle. Crack the egg(s) into the well and beat with a fork, then add the milk and oil and beat until smooth.

Fold in the walnuts and bananas.

Melt butter in the pan and spread it evenly.

Form pancakes of the size you like and cook until bubbles form and pop.

Flip the cakes and cook until done.

Serve with warm syrup and top with yogurt or sour cream, plus a slice of fried ham on the side. And, if you wish, a tasty bloody Mary! I usually like a glass of wine with my dinner, but pancakes just kind of called out for a spicy tomato-vodka concoction.

Readers: What's your favorite breakfast-for-dinner option? I'll send one lucky commenter a copy of No Grater Crime, the just-previous Country Store mystery!

My most recent release is Murder at the Lobstah Shack, the third Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery.

The next up is Batter Off Dead, Country Store Mystery #10, to release on February 22,  2022. Preorder your copy now!

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Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell) is a talented amateur chef and holds a PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University. An Agatha Award-winning and bestselling author, she is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and also writes award-winning short crime fiction. She lives with her beau north of Boston, where she’s currently working on her next mystery when she isn’t cooking up something delectable in the kitchen.