Meal Planner Monday: Gingerbread Pancakes with Lemon Butter Sauce

Last December, we had gingerbread pancakes with warm lemon butter sauce at a bed and breakfast we stayed at in Ashland, OH. Very festive and oh, soooo yummy! The smell of these spices in breakfast pancakes on Christmas morning or on a snowy December day really warms up the home. Personally, I think the lemon butter sauce works better with them than maple syrup, but maybe that's just me. I searched the internet for a recipe that sounded good and this is what I ended up with. I made them this morning. Mike said he like plain pancakes better but he ate 8 of them, so I guess they were pretty good.

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Gingerbread Pancakes (from Taste of Home)

* I made half of the recipe and still had a lot (maybe 24 or so)

3/4 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

6 eggs

1 1/2 cup molasses

6 cups all-purpose flour

4 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 Tbsp ginger

1 Tbsp cinnamon

2 1/4 tsp salt

3/4 tsp allspice

4 cups milk

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time. Add molasses. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk.

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Lemon Butter Sauce (Mom's recipe)

Mix together:

1 cup sugar

2 Tbsp cornstarch

Stir in: 2 cups water

Boil 1 minute.

Add:

1/4 butter

2 tsp lemon juice

Lemon rind