Blueberry Buttermilk Oven Pancakes

When Thomas and I recently went to the Pentwater Abbey Bed & Breakfast for our one year anniversary, I remember snooping around in the "Rose Room's" guestbook and seeing comment after comment about the innkeeper's delicious blueberry pancakes. I'd hoped the innkeeper had the pancakes on one of our two mornings' menus. To my delight, we were served these mysteriously delicious pancakes on our final morning!

When I remarked to the innkeeper how happy I was to try these famous pancakes of hers, she quickly offered me the recipe. And yes, the hype surrounding the dish was well deserved!

For your consideration, I present:

Blueberry Buttermilk Oven Pancakes

When you head to the store, here's what you need!

Ingredients: (Split into three different parts, based on the different parts of the recipe)

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

1 beaten egg
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
3 tablespoons cooking oil

1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, rinsed and drained
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Here's what you need to do with the ingredients!

1. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, soda, baking powder and salt (part 1 of ingredients above).

2. In another mixing bowl, combine the egg, buttermilk and cooking oil (part 2 of ingredient list above).

3. Add all at once to dry ingredients. 

4. Spread batter evenly in a greased and floured 15x10x1 inch baking pan (the rest of the steps are from the third part of the ingredient list above).

5. Sprinkle blueberries over top of the batter.

6. Combine sugar and cinnamon. (Who else made this concoction as a kid to sprinkle over their buttered toast?? ) 

7. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mix evenly over fruit.

8. Bake in a 350 oven for 16 to 18 (my oven runs hot, so I only did 12 minutes) minutes or until the top springs back when lightly touched and the top is lightly brown around the edges.

9. Cut into 12 square pancakes. Serve with syrup (and OJ in a champagne glass!) if desired!

Beware, this is dangerously delicious in my humble opinion and the whole pan can be eaten quicker (especially when the husband loves it) than you could imagine. Oops!

Cheers,
Samara