Chocolate Smothered Strawberry Pancakes

Yes, I made pancakes but they were darn good pancakes! I made a sweet buttermilk pancake and smothered it with strawberry and chocolate sauce. Very tasty indeed. So  next time you want pancake house quality pancakes just make em yourself! (these are probably just as good, if not better!) So I hope you enjoy my recipe for chocolate smothered strawberry buttermilk pancakes! 


Ingredients (pancakes):

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 egg
• 1 1/3 cups buttermilk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tbs. melted butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract 

Directions:

• Preheat skillet over medium heat and grease lightly.
• Whisk ingredients together until smooth 
• Pour batter on skillet or griddle to form 5 pancakes (depends on how big you want them)
• Flip pancakes when edges appear hardened and when bubbles start to form, cook pancakes on other side until golden brown.

Ingredients (strawberry sauce):

• 1 pint of strawberries
• 1/3 cup sugar
• juice of half a lemon

Directions:

• Cut strawberries in half, in a saucepan over medium heat combine strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice. 
• Cook until sauce thickens and remove from heat. 
• Put sauce into a blender and puree, if you like a chunkier sauce then save about a third of the chopped strawberries and stir them in at the end. 
• Store in the fridge! 

Ingredients (chocolate sauce):

• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (i used dark)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup water 
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions:

• In a medium sauce pan combine cocoa, sugar, and water. 
• Bring to a boil and let boil for about a minute, remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• Store in the fridge! This is also a tasty topping for ice cream!

Enjoy! =D