Pancake faces

December 7th, 2009 by justJENN

Sunday morning is my favorite time to cook. No school to rush off to – just a leisurely morn – except that the kids wake up at 5:30 and demand breakfast. Oh yeah. That part. So I start it, set it up and by getting them involved they happily entertain themselves. Good. Clean it up too while you’re at it, I’m going back for some zzz’s…

ingredients:
pancakes, obviously – this recipe is the kid’s favorite.
anything for toppings – shredded coconut, fresh fruit, chocolate chips, nuts

You can just use a plain old pancake of course, but here’s a trick my mom used to make for us when we were kids: On a hot buttered pan take a spoonful of pancake batter, make eyes and mouth.

The idea is to the let the face components cook a bit, to get a little dark.Then go ahead and ladle a spoonful of batter on top of the face, to cover, making a circle. (Well, attempt to, at least.)

When you flip it – HELLO FACE. This just really serves as a template, you don’t need to do it, but it’s fun.

Now gather all of your toppings and let the kids go at it with the decorating. I like to use a mini muffin tin because it portions things smaller and also keeps everything pretty neat.

Every night the kid’s and I do an “After Dinner Art” project, and this is sort of the same idea…but with food! It’s really cool to see the ideas they come up with!