Chocolate Chip Pancakes

So for the last 3 days yes three days we have been without power, phone and yes even cell service.  Totally cut off from the world.  We were situated in the middle of the bad storm that passed through southern Ontario.  Finally today we had our power restored.  Yea to Hydro One, those guys have been working non stop since Thursday at 1:00 in the afternoon and the power was not restored until today at Saturday at 4:00 pm. So what did we eat in the last 3 days you ask.  Well Friday morning my kids came running in saying they were going to starve.  The novelty of not having power was dawning on them.  Thank goodness we live in the country and there was lots to do.  So Friday morning there I was on our deck whipping up chocolate chip pancakes which both of my kids say they were the best they ever had.  Now I made these pancakes on a BBQ friddle sprayed with pam.  My kids could not believe I could make breakfast on the BBQ but I did.

Pancakes

1 1/3 cups flour

3 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

3 tbs sugar

1 egg

1 1/4 cup milk

3 tblsp vegetable oil

1/4 tsp vanilla

Mix together.  Drop by 1/4 cup fulls on hot pancake griddle or frying pan

Yield 10-12 pancakes

Variations of pancakes
Chocolate Chip pancakes - Make pancake batter as above and add 1/2 cup chocolate chips.

Sour Milk Pancakes - Make pancake batter, using sour milk or buttermilk.  Reduce baking powder to 1 1/2 tsp, add 1 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1 teaspoon warm water.

Blueberry pancakes - Make pancake batter increasing sugar to 1/3 cup.  Reduce milk to 1 cup.  Add 1 cup blueberries.  Cook slower and on lower heat than regular pancakes.
Apple pancakes - Make pancake batter increasing sugar to 1/3 cup.  Reduce milk to 1 cup.  Add 1/4 tsp vanilla. Add 1 cup grated or cut small apples.   1/2 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1 teaspoon warm water Cook slower and on lower heat than regular pancakes.