pat's Recipe

Santas Breakfast Pancakes

Category: Waffles/pancakes

Topped with fresh fruit and wrapped around a rich cream cheese filling, these crepelike pancakes add color and flavor to any special-occasion breakfast.

1 8-0z pkg cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup whipping cream
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
Pancakes (recipe follows)
Powdered sugar
Fresh blueberries, raspberries or
blackberries and/or sliced strawberries

For the Filling: In a medium mixing bowl, beat the softened cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed till smooth.
Add whipping cream and vanilla. Beat mixture on low speed till combines. Stir in the powdered sugar.
To serve, spoon 2 Tbsp of filling onto each thin pancake; roll up. Place 2 of the stuffed pancakes on each of 6 plates. Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar. Top with fresh berries.

makes 6 servings

Pancakes: In medium mixing bowl, combine 2 beaten eggs, 1 1/4 cups milk, 1 cup all-purpose flour, 2 Tbsp powdered sugar, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp vanilla and 1/4 tsp salt. Beat the mixture with a rotary beater or an electric mixer till smooth. Heat a lightly greased 6-inch skillet over medium heat; remove the skillet from the heat. Spoon about 3 Tbsp of the batter into the skillet. Lift and tilt the skillet to spread the batter evenly. Return the skillet to heat and brown the pancake on one side only. Invert the skillet over a paper towel and remove the thin pancake. Repeat with remaining batter, gresing the skillet occasionally as needed. Makes 12 thin pancakes (crepes).