Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Cinnamon Cream

I found this recipe in the Paula Deen Best Dishes 2009 magazine. I had all the ingredients..so why not! I made it Monday for breakfast. It was really easy to make. The pancakes were awesome! But, I could have done without the cinnamon cream. Just didn't do it for me!

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour

3 T sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup whole milk

2 large eggs, separated

3 T butter, melted

1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate morsels

4 T butter, divided

Cinnamon Cream (recipe follows)

Directions:

Preheat griddle to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

In a small bowl, combine milk, egg yolks, and 3 T melted butter; add to flour mixture, whisking until smooth.

In a small bowl, beat egg whites at medium high speed with an electric mixer until stiff. Gently fold into batter. Fold in chocolate morsels.

Melt 2 T butter on hot griddle. Ladle about 1/4 cup batter for each pancake onto hot griddle. Cook pancakes for 2-3 minutes, or until tops are covered with bubbles and edges look dry. Turn, and cook other sides. Repeat procedure with remaining 2 T butter and remaining batter.

Serve with maple syrup and cinnamon cream.

Cinnamon Cream:

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

In a medium bowl, beat cream at medium high speed with an electric mixture until thickened. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar and cinnamon, beating until stiff peaks form. Cover and chill.