Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup 2% low-fat milk or whole milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 4 egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Directions

1. 1

   sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt onto wax paper.

2. 2

   mix egg yolks and milk in a separate bowl.

3. 3

   melt butter, then put in fridge or freezer for a short while to cool off as to prevent the egg curdling.

4. 4

   add a dime sized amount of egg-milk mixture to the melted butter, and keep doing so, then but the butter mixture back into the egg-milk bowl (don't worry about the lumps, the egg hasn't curdled, they are just lumps of butter, so just keep mixing).

5. 5

   add sifted flour mixture into the egg mixture.

6. 6

   beat the egg whites on medium high, while adding in cream of tartar to stiffen. stop mixing when stiff peaks begin to form.

7. 7

   gently fold egg whites into egg-flour mixture, careful not to mix.

8. 8

   add in chocolate chips.

9. 9

   preheat griddle to 350 degrees (or pan to medium-low).

10. 10

    top with whipped cream once slightly cooled.