I agree with Joan, Skeptic. Those pancakes sound delicious, and I am making a note of your excellent idea to get around turning on the oven when it is hot. I like blueberries with maple syrup on oatmeal, so I am sure strawberries would work for that too.
It was a rainy, cool Tuesday with temperatures only reaching the mid-50s, so Scott started a fire in the woodstove this evening. We are glad to see the rain. It has been too dry this month. I did three major baking projects. My first was the Everything Bagel Pumpernickel Bread (King Arthur recipe) that I first baked some weeks ago. I do not top it with seeds. I want to try slices with a light cream cheese and also with egg salad. My second project was Sourdough Pan pizza for dinner, with all of the usual toppings. My final project was a streusel-topped cherry pie, using three jars of Morello cherries. Aldi's has these once a year, so I look for them in the later winter and early spring. (When I lived near a Trader Joe's, they often had them for much of the year.) The recipe comes from Baking Illustrated. I used my oil, parbaked crust and substitute a streusel rather than a lattice top. I use the same technique for baking as with my blueberry pie, in that I initially bake the pie with a foil cap, then take it off the last ten minutes. My husband is especially looking forward to the cherry pie.
Have a wonderful visit with your friends and family, Joan!
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