Perfect Pancakes with Chocolate Chips and Walnuts

Picture Update from 07.10.14.

You know you've hit the Friend-Jackpot when you get not one, but two, text messages on a Sunday morning saying 'Hungry? Pancakes!' and 'Pancakes!? Wake up!!'.  Yes, you're allowed to be jealous. I pulled myself out of bed, drove the 5 minutes to one of my closest girlfriends house and was fed the best pancakes on this planet.

You divine do these look?

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons coconut oil, heated to a liquid state (just a couple seconds in the microwave or on the stove top will do the trick)
1/3 cup water
1 to 1 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (or other plant-based milk)
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 - 1/2 cup non dairy dark chocolate chips
1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans

Mmmmm.... pancakes.

In a large bowl sift together the first four ingredients. Make a well in the center of the bowl and add in the remaining ingredients, except the optional chocolate chips and walnuts. Mix until ingredients are combined, a few lumps here and there are fine. Lastly, stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts. In a non stick pan over medium-low heat add a tiny bit of coconut oil before spooning the batter into the pan. Flip the pancake when bubbles start forming all over. Repeat until you're out of batter. Serve warm and enjoy, preferably with great company!

Recipe adapted from Isa Chandra
Pancake batter prepared by my super amazing friend Erica
Pancakes cooked by the best pancake flipper in town: Shaun