Apple Pancake Breakfast

 It's 28 degrees out! I've been cheated! Didn't I come here to be warm? Although in my house it is not uncomfortable. In my bed under the covers, it was more comfortable, but I'll be good for a little while until it wears off. Then I'll make Amelia's breakfast. She is staying with us because K flew to NJ yesterday for a work-related event that was rescheduled from before the holidays because one-quarter of the employees had COVID. 

Her favorite breakfast is a special pancake that is cooked in the oven. Our version has apples in it and comes from Vegetarian Epicure, a cookbook I got many years ago. I am not a vegetarian any more, but she is. Although I don't think there is a non-vegetarian version of this recipe, sometimes called Dutch Baby and made by the Pennsylvania Dutch. Maybe they would serve it with sausage. 

It's still early to put my contact lenses in, because I'm not very awake. I woke up a little after 4. The heat was running. Now it s a little after 6 and the heat is still or again running. I'm yawning and typing without looking at whaat I've written. I'll have to go back and fix the mistakes, after I put in my lenses. And make some tea. 

That's better. Tea made and some consumed. I had a brief visit to the puzzle table, where I opened the shades. Our neighbors on that side are just a stone's throw away, enough room between us for their cars and our strip of lawn wide enough for a blueberry bush (at this point in its life). Mug warms my hands, but I am not cold yet. If I sit here for an hour without moving, I will be cold. Then I can either take a nice warm bath or shower or put on my clothes from yesterday and work some on the pancake. Moving makes me warm and turning on the oven will make the house warm. 

I like to cook in a very relaxed frame of mind. One thing is I have made this lots of times, so that's less stress. I usually get the ingredients out first. Sometimes I do this when I am not really in the mood to cook. I trick myself. I'll get out these things, I can always put them away if I decide not to go through with it. Also, it warms the ingredients (in this case, eggs and milk) to room temperature--usually they do better then. Also, if I don't have something I need, I can do something about it, decide to ignore it, or change my plan to a different recipe--before I'm irrevocably committed.