[Recipe] "Can I Say Something Crazy" Pancakes

I'm going to Disneyland in a few short weeks with my friend Cole, who maybe probably definitely didn't realize that one should never joke about spontaneous trips or food or, well, anything, around me because I'm more likely than not going to call your bluff and, before you know it, our tickets will be booked, reservations made, and we've passed Go and collected $200.

In preparation for our trip, we've been (among other things) watching and/or rewatching certain Disney movies.  Once I found out he had never learned to "Let It Go," I had to insist we watch Frozen.  How else would we be able to enjoy Frozen: Live at the Hyperion in a bid to beat the LA heat?

The best food for watching Frozen is clearly pancakes.  Yes, I know the country most like Arendelle is Norway, so perhaps we should have had smoked salmon and knekkebrød instead, but (1) we couldn't find a Norwegian restaurant in the Bay Area, (2) Norwegians sometimes indulge in pannekaken (thin pancakes), and (3) clearly Disney = pancakes (go watch this Dancakes video if you don't believe me).

Naturally, I had to go a little over-the-top... some might even say it was something... crazy.

Soundtrack - Love Is an Open Door
I mean, it's crazy... 
What?

We finish each other's—
Sandwiches!

That's what I was gonna say!

Love is an open door... 
Life can be so much more
... with you

Can I say something crazy?
Will you marry me?
Can I say something even crazier?
Yes!

"Can I Say Something Crazy" Pancakes
A recipe by The Food Network

Ingredients
12 ounces breakfast sausage links, casings removed
8 ounces bacon
1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1-1/4 cups milk
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
14 large eggs
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Maple syrup, ketchup and hot sauce for serving

Directions
1.  Combine the sausage and bacon in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat and cook until the bacon is crisp and the sausage is browned and cooked through, about 8 minutes.  Transfer the sausage and bacon to paper towels to drain and cool.  Crumble or rip the sausage and bacon up into pieces.

2. Whisk the flour, cornstarch, confectioners' sugar, baking powder, baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt together in a large bowl.  Whisk the milk, butter, and two of the together in a medium bowl.  Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and stir until ingredients are just incorporated and the batter is thick (it's okay if there are some lumps).  Stir in the cheese and let the batter rest for 5 minutes.

3.  Wipe out the skillet (or use a new skillet or griddle) and heat over medium low.  Crack two eggs in the skillet, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook until the whites are almost set, about 3 minutes.

5.  Taking care not to burst the yolks, ladle 1/4 cup of the pancake batter over each egg to cover it completely; sprinkle each pancake with 2 heaping tablespoons of the bacon-sausage mixture and cook until bubbles break at the edges, approximately 1 minute and 30 seconds.

6.  Gently flip each batter-covered egg and cook until the underside of the pancake is golden brown, the egg whites are fully cooked, and the yolks are still runny, about 1 minute and 30 seconds more.

7.  Serve the finished pancakes immediately as they are ready with maple syrup, ketchup, and hot sauce on the side.  Repeat with the remaining eggs, batter, and sausage mixture to make more pancakes.  Reduce the heat if the pancakes are browning too quickly.

Check out that ever-so-slightly runny yolk.  Yummm.

Verdict:  movie, amazing.  Soundtrack, infectious.  "Can I Say Something Crazy" Pancakes, food-coma inducing, just as we could have predicted.