Sunday Breakfast

I was craving a fast food breakfast this morning.  A McDonald's McGriddle sounded good for some reason.  I didn't want to go out of the house, so I decided to make one at home.  I now "fry" my bacon in the oven.  So I started by laying out the bacon on two cookie sheets lined with foil.  I popped them in a 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes.  If you try this, keep an eye on them and when they are at the level of crispness you like, pull them out. Meanwhile, I made up the maple flavored pancake part of the  sandwich. 


Pancakes

1 cup Bisquick - (I'm sure you could make your own healthy version of the baking mix)
1 egg
1/4 cup maple flavored syrup 
1/4 cup milk

Mix all the ingredients.  Pour slightly less than a 1/4 cup batter for each pancake onto a 300 degree griddle or hot skillet ( I used my cast iron skillet with about a tablespoon of oil added).  Flip when pancakes start to bubble.

Once done, butter each pancake.  You should get approximate 8 small pancakes.  In the same pan, I then fried the egg.  I broke the yoke in each one, and then flipped it and cooked the yoke a bit, so that it wouldn't break when bitten into.  Although, if you prefer, you could easily scramble the egg.  The fast food version also has a slice a cheese.  I left off the cheese when I assembled my sandwich of a slice of bacon broken in half and the egg between two of the pancakes.  It was delicious.  The cost?...I calculated each one to have cost about $.60 each.  Much cheaper than McDs.  The time?...about 20 minutes.  I bet you couldn't get through the drive-thru and home in that time.