Breakfast of Champions!

Welcome back everyone!!

I hope everyone enjoyed the rest of summer! My apologies for my lack of posts last month, August was a BUSY BUSY month here at Jimmy V’s in in downtown Raleigh. We are officially open for business, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner! The last few weeks have been really exciting, we have had a great response from the community and so far, business has been outstanding. We are so proud to be donating 2.5% of our revenue to The V Foundation which will help fund cutting edge cancer research.

I thought since my last two post were more lunch and dinner recipes, I would share one of my favorite breakfast recipes! Especially now that we are OPEN for breakfast here at Jimmy V’s!

We serve a dish called Cinnamon Pecan Pancakes which is really awesome, one of my favorites on our breakfast menu. I make a similar dish at home for my family which I thought I would share with you all. Here’s how to make my Cinnamon Roll Pancakes with Candied Pecans!!

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes with Candied Pecans

4 cups Pancake Batter (any store bought batter works great, I prefer Aunt Jemima)

1 Tsp ground cinnamon

1 cup Pecan Halves

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

1 cup sliced strawberries (optional)

1 ¼ cup powdered sugar

3 Tbl spoon Milk

Maple Syrup

How to make homemade candied pecans:

Bring 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water to a boil, add in the pecans and let soak for 3 minutes.  Strain the pecans and put them on a sheet pan lined with foil and sprayed with nonstick spray.   Bake at 375 for 10 minutes then remove and place on foil sprayed with nonstick spray and sprinkle with granulated sugar (occasionally I will do this process twice –soaking and baking – to get REALLY sweet pecans).

How to make your homemade icing:

Mix the milk and powdered sugar together; add extra milk 1 tablespoon at a time to achieve desired consistency. 

Pancakes:

Make your pancake batter and mix in cinnamon.  Preheat your griddle or nonstick pan, cook pancakes until bubbles are popping and flip.  Put the cakes on a plate, top with pecans, strawberries, and drizzle your icing on top of your stack.  Serve with warm maple syrup on the side.

ENJOY!!! 

Also, come try our Cinnamon Pecan Pancakes at Jimmy V's Osteria + Bar - made with my homemade special pancake batter and secret caramel sauce!