- How do you feel about brunch Grace?
- Ooh!
- [Kelly] I feel good about it too.
- Yeah.
- Well we are in luck because the Chief Culinary Officer
of The Cheesecake Factory, Donald Moore is here!
(applause and cheers)
- Okay, that menu we all know and love,
but it offers so much variety and is a big menu,
and it's all made from scratch, which I love.
So today chef Donald's showing us how to make one of their
most popular brunch dishes.
All right so what are we making?
- So we're going to do a cinnamon roll pancakes,
which is offered Saturday-
- I love my job!
- Saturday and Sunday. (laughter)
So we took the best of two things,
pancakes and cinnamon rolls.
Imagine on the holidays
you have people staying at your house
or out of town,
and they can wake up
and smell some cinnamon roll pancakes.
- [Kelly] And you come over and you make them.
- Doable, doable for sure. (laughter)
So we're gonna jump right in if you don't mind.
- [Kelly] Okay cool.
- Great. - [Grace] Jumping right in.
- So we have here, we make the swirl.
- Yes. - Which is a little bit
of brown sugar,
- Okay.
- butter, and cinnamon and then heavy cream.
And don't just buy any brown sugar or heavy cream,
buy the good stuff.
And then we cook that down and just fold it until
all the sugar dissolves, and that's the ooey-gooey,
really good smelly part that goes
- [Donald] into the pancakes - [Kelly] Mmm, mmhmm.
- Whew!
- And then we need to make our wet batter.
Do you mind helping me?
- Yes, lets do it! - And then Grace,
you're set up to do the exact same thing that we're doing.
- Have you ever made pancakes? - I'm good.
I've really love the boxed thing.
- [Kelly] Me too!
- That, I can perfect.
- [Kelly] I can nail it.
- I like the box too,
but hopefully I'll teach you a couple tricks today
- Okay.
- that will make your pancakes elevate just a little bit.
- So what do we do, we just start mixing?
- You can start mixing your eggs a little bit.
- Okay.
- And then I'll help here.
You're gonna fold in the flour.
In the flour is baking soda and a little bit of salt.
And in the wet mix, is eggs and vanilla.
And look for good vanilla,
like Madagascar, - [Kelly] Madagascar, yeah.
or Tahitian vanilla's really good.
- Look I'm getting crazy, it's going everywhere!
- I'll help you, where we'll fold in-
- Whoo yeah its getting a little dry!
- [Donald] We'll fold in a little buttermilk.
- [Kelly] Okay, buttermilk.
- [Donald] And the key to pancake batter-
- You guys are going really fast.
- [Donald] This is the number one tip to
really good pancakes, is to not over mix it.
If you have a tough or dry pancake,
you over mixed. (laughter)
So you wanna mix 'em all in, and have a few lumps.
Not where they're clumpy, but where you can see
a few of the lumps.
- [Kelly] Okay.
- [Donald] One big ladle in the middle.
- [Kelly] Okay one big ladle.
- [Donald] And you can use the bottom of a ladle
to sort of spread it around.
- [Kelly] Okay.
- [Donald] And pancakes really be any shape
if the batter's right.
You can spread it around a little bit more.
Beautiful. - [Kelly] All right, wooh!
- [Donald] So then this is the
tricky part, and we'll see who does better here.
- Oh I thought you said turkey part.
You said tricky. (laughter)
I was like wait what?
- So you're gonna take the swirl and your going to
start on the inside. - Okay.
And you're gonna work around to the outside.
Be careful not to get the swirl on the edge
of the grill.
So you let these cook for about two and a half minutes.
The key with pancakes is you want them to be
light and fluffy.
- [Kelly] (laughs) I love you!
- [Donald] I would say that's the most artistic
cinnamon roll pancake I've ever seen.
- Yes, I like it yes! - I should've looked
at yours before.
- No. - Truly.
- So this looks beautiful and that looks beautiful as well.
So after about two and a half minutes,
and it starts to bubble,
you would flip it. - Yeah.
- [Donald] You get these beautiful,
caramelized bits. - [Kelly] Its so cool!
- [Grace] That's so cool. - [Donald] You can smell it.
- [Kelly] Wow! - [Donald] It will light up
your house with great aroma.
So then the finished product, (clapping)
- I want this recipe.
I want to try it for Christmas.
- Me too.
- Yes!
- is a little bit of cinnamon glaze.
And I'll let you both do this.
- [Kelly] A little bit?
- I'm sorry, vanilla glaze.
- Where are you from?
(laughter) - And then you go like that,
so see how you can do it.
- Yeah, I'll show you where I'm from.
(laughter) (applause)
Woooh!
Aaaah!
Yes! (cheers and applause)
Oh, watch this action.
Whoop, whoop!
- All right looking good. - [Kelly] There you go.
- [Donald] So let's try 'em. - [Grace] Is it time?
Is it time?
- I wanna try it.
I don't wanna be rude.
- Oooh!
- [Donald] Nailed it!
Grace flipped hers beautiful.
- [Kelly] Oh I didn't flip it, wait hold on.
(laughter)
Wait, I can flip it!
I don't know if it's ready.
Oh snap! (jingle bells)
- [Grace] Yes! - [Kelly] Yes!
(jingle bells) (cheers and applause)
- It's Ambush Christmas!
- [Grace] Let's try it!
- Ambush Christmas continues! (cheers and applause)
- [Grace] Whoo!
Oh gosh!
Don't let him fall!
- The tree almost went down!
The tree almost went down!
We want everyone in our audience
to try these amazing cinnamon roll pancakes,
so you're all going home with
a $100 Cheesecake Factory gift card!
(cheers and applause)
- The Cheesecake Factory
is also sweetening the deal.
For every $25 gift card you buy on their site
or in their restaurants
from Black Friday until Cyber Monday,
you'll get two Slice of Joy Cards
redeemable for a slice of cheesecake
after the first of the year.
It's so awesome! - [Grace] Whoo!
(cheers and applause)
- I think this is burning!
Wait for it, is it burning?
Oh I messed it up!