Community Crepes! (Earl Grey)

So I had some fun this week with the pancakes. One of David's favorite things in the world is a big cup of Earl Grey tea. So this week I incorporated the tea into the pancakes. They were a pretty big hit. He and I are both still pretty exhausted from our trip to Toronto at the beginning of the week, on top of us trying to get everything straightened out with school and immigration. That made it extra nice just to have that 20 minutes to ourselves, to sit and laugh.

This week's Community episode is about Pierce dealing with his racist, old fashioned father. Along with that, Troy is trying to decide what to do with his life, and is being courted by both the air conditioning repair program and a plumber after they discover that Troy has 'a gift.'

Earl Grey Pancakes:

1 cup flour

1 tsp salt
2 tsp Baking powder
3 tsp. oil
1 cup brewed earl grey tea
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup oats (optional)

Mix together your dry ingredients, and then stir in the oil. Add your tea, vanilla, and oats then cook as normal (hot greased griddle, 4ish minutes each side.) Depending on how strong you want the flavour to be, you need to let your tea steep accordingly. I wish I had let mine steep longer, as it was more of a hint of the flavour. The oats aren't necessary, per se, but they do add some texture to these. I also would have loved to add some pecans, but we don't have any.

Anyway, these were a fairly large success, and it might be fun to try other teas in the future. Like I said, we're pretty worn out over here- if you couldn't tell by the picture Dave took. Not sure what's going to be going on here in the near future. We did decide we're going to host a Thanksgiving dinner here for some friends, so I'm looking forward to that. Hope everything is well with everyone out there!