This year things were a little different for Mother’s Day. Usually we would be celebrating all of the mom’s in our lives together with our family. Instead this year just our immediate family could be together. Saturday night before Mother’s Day, around ten o’clock we remembered that our dad had just found our great grandmothers cast iron skillets. We immediately had the thought, Dutch baby pancakes! One of our mom’s favorite things.
A last minute brunch was born! We quickly jotted down a menu, paged through Chrissy Teigen’s “Cravings” cookbook for recipes and picked out the linens. The next morning we set the table and prepped the food. We had roasted potatoes, bacon, soft scrambled eggs, fruit and the main attraction: Dutch baby’s! We made a few Dutch baby pancakes, two regular and one gluten free. The pancake rises in the oven and deflates rather quickly when you take it out. The pancakes were served out of the skillet with whipped butter, a lemon wedge, powdered sugar and strawberries. The pancake itself is not sweetened so the toppings compliment it perfectly.
Our brunch was planned in just under an hour but it ended up being the highlight of our mom’s day. We are so grateful for the small moments that are created on a whim. The best times we have usually don’t require much planning and that makes those moments even more special. We show our mom love and appreciation on a daily basis, we respect and admire her each day for being the one who takes care of our family. On Mother’s Day we like to make these things even more apparent and take the time to reflect on everything our mom’s do for us and our families.
To mom’s, Dutch baby pancakes and spur the moment brunches… things we love 365 days a year.
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