Easy Pancake Shapes

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While making our delicious Vanilla and Cinnamon Pancakes, we decided to turn our meal into adorable and easy pancake shapes! We love 100% edible crafts and this is the perfect way for little ones to practice their emerging reading and writing skills! 

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Easy Pancake Shapes for the Whole Family!

We used our recipe for Easy Vanilla and Cinnamon Pancakes to turn our dinner into craft-time. It took a couple of tries, but we discovered that forming pancake letters and shapes out of batter is quite easy.  The trick is to form the numbers or letters backwards on the griddle, so that when you flip them over, they have a nice, brown finish. 

Making the pancake batter for these pancake letters and shapes is super simple. Kids can take ownership of the measuring, pouring and mixing. Adults might want to step in when it comes to cooking/flipping the letter pancakes, but older kids can also take the lead with some supervision. 

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Special Occasions for Pancake Shapes

There are plenty of special occasions to make festive and easy pancake shapes! Below are a few ideas.

• Birthdays- Celebrate the birthday boy or girl by turning their pancake into their age!
• Holidays- Hearts for Valentine's Day, candy canes for Christmas, eggs for Easter...the possibilities are endless! We spelled out "2020" in honor of New Years Day last January. 
• Mother's Day and Father's Day- Kids will love spelling out "Mom" or "Dad" in honor of their parents on their special days.
• Graduations, anniversaries and more!- Celebrate the GRAD, wedding dates or any other special occasion with pancake shapes.

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How to Make Easy Pancake Shapes

Supplies

Notes on supplies:

• Using a squeeze bottle to pour your batter into shapes gives you the most control over the batter. We used an empty and cleaned honey squeeze jar, but a Ketchup bottle would also work! If you don't have a squeeze bottle, you can also use a Pyrex Measuring Cup to gently pour the batter in its desired shape.

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Step 1: Make your Batter

We used our Easy Vanilla and Cinnamon Pancakes recipe to make the batter.

Step 2: Form your Shapes

Using a squeeze bottle to pour your batter into shapes gives you the most control over the batter. You can also use a Pyrex Measuring Cup to gently pour the batter in its desired shape.

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Step 3: Flip Pancake Shapes

After 1-2 minutes, flip letter over and cook another minute or until browned.

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Expert Tips and Tricks

• Write letters and numbers BACKWARDS on the griddle. That way, when they are flipped over, your numbers will have a nice brown surface and face the right direction. 
• Use TWO spatulas simultaneously to flip shapes. Depending on the size of your shapes, a single spatula might not be big enough to lift the full letter.

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