Chocolate Buttermilk Pancakes with Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce
"Chocolate and caramel is a match made in heaven and makes for a special breakfast treat. The soft, light, fluffy, moist buttermilk pancakes are the perfect sponges for the sweet and lightly salted caramel sauce. Recipe may be doubled and extra pancakes can be frozen and reheated for busy mornings. Chocolate, it's what's for breakfast...."
INGREDIENTS
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Pancakes
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (I used Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa Powder)
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2 tablespoons granulated sugar
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1 tablespoon light brown sugar, packed
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1 teaspoon cinnamon
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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pinch salt, optional
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1 cup buttermilk , plus a splash more only if necessary
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1 large egg
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2 heaping tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Salted Caramel Sauce
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Makes about 1 cup
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Note - If you don't want to make your own salted caramel sauce, Trader Joe's sells Fleur de Sel Salted Caramel Sauce, which I swear by. Williams-Sonoma has a Salted Caramel Sauce for four times the price of the Trader Joe's sauce.
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1 cup granulated sugar
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1/4 cup water
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3/4 cup heavy cream or half and half (I use half and half)
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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2 tablespoons rum, optional
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1/4 cup butter (half of 1 stick, salted or unsalted may be used)
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1/2 to 1 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste (or omit salt for regular caramel sauce)
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