Happy New Year’s eve!
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Not to be a Debbie Downer, but most New Year’s eves in recent memory have been epic failures. There’s something about the evening of December 31st that’s doomed to never turning out the way you thought it would. This year, however, my luck is going to change. 
Ben and I are having a relaxing and informal night of dinner and drinks with some of our best friends. For the first time in a long time, I can say, I’m excited for New Year’s Eve! 
Seeing how it’s the last morning of 2009 (crazy!) I wanted to make something special. Coupled with the fact that I haven’t stopped thinking about the cornbread toppers I topped my chili with earlier this week, I tweaked the recipe a bit and made Buttermilk Cornbread Pancakes!
Buttermilk Cornbread Pancakes
Makes 5, 5″ pancakes
Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon butter, melted
3 Tablespoons + 2 teaspoons sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
1. Mix butter and sugar. Add egg and buttermilk and mix. Add all other ingredients, mix and ladle 1/4 cup batter on a flat top skillet sprayed with non-stick spray.
2. When sides have set, flip pancakes over and cook on the other side.
3. When both sides are golden brown, remove to cooling rack while you cook the rest of the pancakes.
4. Enjoy with maple syrup or warm honey!
O.M.G. Best Pancakes Ever!!
Take the best cornbread you’ve ever had and imagine it as a pancake. Yes! Wow!
Light and fluffy, with that signature, cornmeal texture.
Mmm – I love a light toasty crust on the top of my cornbread pancakes.
These are sweet enough on their own (I actually used a full 1/4 cup of sugar when I made them) so a little dab of syrup will do ya’.
I cannot tell you how much I love these pancakes. Epic!
The morning of 2009 has certainly been said goodbye to in the proper way. Buttermilk Cornbread Pancakes are where it’s at!!
I’m working a half day today, so I’ll be back later with lunch and my favorite recipes of 2009!
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How are you ringing in the new year?
Those look great! If I didnt feed my cornbread tooth last night I’m sure I’d be whipping some up right now
Those look great! The fiancé and I are actually having a low key night of home made appetizers and movies! I’m pretty excited!
The cornbread pancakes look delish!
Cornbread pancakes sound like a wonderful idea! Hope you have an amazing and relaxing night. I’m planning a party at my place and after the ball drops going out to the city, fingers crossed the snow now falling will be brief.
Sounds like an amazing last breakfast to me!!
These look tasty. I had some very interesting cornbread here on the island. It was a white corn bread and very fresh.
Those pancakes look great! I love anything cornbread and anything pancake.
We are hosting a New Year’s Day brunch tomorrow! Tonight I am planning on pizza and movies!
Using the last day to have cornbread pancakes sounds yummy! I’m not a big new year’s eve girl but tonight I’ll spend half with family and the other half at a friend’s house party.
I am SO glad I’m not the only one who feels that way! I think everyone is kind of expected to have these amazing plans on NYE, and I ususally get my hopes up too much. This year I’m doing something VERY low key (my sister and her fam are having other families over) and I know it won’t be a disappointment!
Mmmmm – those pancakes! They look heavenly.
Wow those are so unique! Added to my recipe box
I wish I had that for breakfast. Instead, I had a Skinny Cow ice cream cone. Umm, yeah.
I hear ya on NYE. There is always so much pressure to have a grand ol’ time. Dinner with friends sounds like the way to go. You know it’s going to be fun.
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Everyone is making pancakes around the blogospherre! I need to join in on the fun!
mmmm….how about altering it slightly for waffles??
I’m such an old lady…I’ll probably be ringing in the new year fast asleep!
Those pancakes look delish! I’m thinking pancakes would make a great first breakfast of 2010.
NYE is always a let down! It’s all about the hype…it’s gets hyped up and then…fail. It always happens. Every year my friends and I try to make it “the best nye, better than last year!!” and we never do. We’ve smartened up this year and decided to just law low and have chinese and drinks at a friends house! Happy new year!
Oooh, how inventive! What made you want to try that? Where did you get the idea? Definitely looks yummy…
I’m probably going to hang with my friend who’s in town until the weekend. Haven’t seen her in about two years since she’s in the navy!
What a fabulous idea – they look SO good! I need to make pancakes tomorrow morning
Happy New Year!
Those pancakes look delicious! We have a family night planned tonight. It’s all about tradition for me
I love your website! I’ve made some delicious meals with your suggestions…my fave so far is the buffalo chicken chili. Oh my gosh it is so good! I am eating leftover Lemon Tuna Noodle Casserole, and while I wasn’t sure about it last night…today it is delicious! All the flavors blended. Yum! Keep the good recipes coming!
Our New Year’s Eve will be spent with out congregation watching a movie and then relaxing at home to see the new year start.
Wow!! Cornbread pancakes look sooo good!
Corncakes are the best! I got inspired by the Jiffy box o corn muffin mix and made some a few weeks ago, served with a drop of honey instead of syrup – they are so sweet they don’t need any help though! Yum yum
wow, I stumbled upon your website while trying to think of things to add to my family menu, and I have to say, “THANK YOU!” I made these pancakes this morning, and my 3 year old daughter and I just loved them! Yummy!
Kristen
You took sooo many pics of these cornbread pancakes. You’re really showing off your “corny” side. I love it! The more pics, the better. It makes my eyeballs pop out.
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Here, we eat them with white cheese, it’s called “Queso de mano” or “queso telita”, both very good. And they marinate well with the sweetness of the cachapa.
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