Fell into these pancakes, and have not yet got over them. I've always been a French Toast sort of girl, pancakes weren't my thing. But these... I CRAVE these.

You can add some nuts or cranberries if you like, but they are so good just plain with butter. I love them with apple butter on them also (good homemade stuff, NOT that yucky over spiced stuff some people call apple butter).

Maple Oatmeal Pancakes

• 2 cups flour
• 2 pkts instant Maple Oatmeal (we like Great Value best - you know, the stuff that really ISN'T instant that we hate for making oatmeal?)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup oil
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 to 1 cup milk, depending on how thin you want it

Mix it all up.

Fry on a hot griddle IN BUTTER until set in the middle.

Serve hot, with syrup, butter, jam, or apple butter.

Now... You can make these with a pancake mix also, just add the two packets of oatmeal to the mix. They'll be sweeter, and you may have to add a little more milk to thin them down a bit more. But it works.