Baileys & Chocolate Chip Pancakes

I am not one to experiment in the kitchen. Shocker, right, since I cook every week. I can follow a recipe like nobody's business, but come up with my own? Not going to happen.

Doug and I talked about chocolate chip pancakes while out running errands and I thought they sounded really yummy. He argued that chocolate chips in pancakes were just too much: too much sweet, too much chocolate, too rich. I respectfully disagreed. :-) When I came home and got the ingredients out, I saw our bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream in the fridge and had a light-bulb moment. I figured that, with a small batch, I could experiment and if they were truly horrible, I wouldn't feel bad about tossing them. So I jumped into the make-your-own-recipe pool and replaced the milk with Baileys. They weren't horrible. Not in the least. Doug even tried them complete with the chocolate chips. And guess who asked for seconds!

• 1 cup Original Bisquick mix
• 1/2 cup Bailey's Irish Cream
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips

Mix first three ingredients until well blended. Heat skillet to low-medium heat. Pour batter in skillet and sprinkle chocolate chips on top. When pancake loses its shininess, about one minute, flip over and heat other side for about 30 seconds. Remove from pan and serve.

NOTES: Be sure to use the Original mix for Bisquick. I didn't try the "Just Add Water" version, assuming it would already have some dried milk in it. Also, I actually used almost a 1/2 cup of Baileys. I wasn't sure how it was going to taste or if it would be too thick so I filled the 1/2 cup almost all the way and then added 2% milk till it was filled. I suppose it's all personal preference. 

Makes 2 large pancakes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Recipe from Bisquick and the brain of Carolyn Martin