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Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes
May 12, 2016 by Laura 9 Comments
Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes are thick and fluffy pancakes, tangy with sour cream and fragrant with cardamom and vanilla. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing.
This was destined to either be a short and sweet post or a long and rambling overwrought post. Because that stress I said I was under?
We’re moving.
As you can imagine, I have tons of mixed feelings. Anyone who has read this blog for a while and read, for example, all my posts about exploring our creek, knows how much I love where we live. How grateful I have been to raise my kids “free range” so to speak on several acres of nature in a house we built.
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