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    Easy Pancake Shapes

    Published: Nov 30, 2020 · Modified: Mar 2, 2022 by Marcie Groller · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Pancakes in shape of a heart and the word MOM

    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! 

    pancakes in shapes of mom letters and heart
    Jump to:
    • 👌Why We Love Easy Pancake Shapes
    • 🎉 Pancake Shapes for Special Occasions
    • ✂️  Supplies
    • ✔️ Instructions
    • ✏️ Expert Tips and Tricks
    • đź§¶ Other Edible Crafts You May Like:
    • 🥞 Easy Pancake Shapes

    👌Why We Love Easy Pancake Shapes

    An edible craft! Like our painted toast and colored tortillas, we love turning food into edible art! For this craft, we used our recipe for Easy Vanilla and Cinnamon Pancakes to turn our dinner into delicious shapes!

    Fun for all ages- 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. 

    Practice letter writing- 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. 

    🎉 Pancake Shapes for Special Occasions

    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.
    pancakes formed into number 2020

    ✂️  Supplies

    supplies for easy pancake shapes

    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.

    ✔️ Instructions

    Step 1: Make your Batter

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

    mixing pancake batter in blue bowl

    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.

    old honey squeeze jar filled with pancake batter
    pancake in shape of number zero

    Step 3: Flip Pancake Shapes

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

    number 2 pancake on spatula
    pancakes the shape of number 20 on griddle

    ✏️ 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 pancake shapes. Depending on the size of your shapes, a single spatula might not be big enough to lift the full letter.

    đź§¶ Other Edible Crafts You May Like:

    • colored tortilla with hearts
      Color Tortillas with Edible Paint
    • Roasted Chickpeas with Cinnamon and Sugar
      Sweet Roasted Chickpeas with Sugar and Cinnamon
    • strawberry and whipped cream shaped like santa hats
      Strawberry Santa Hats
    • skeleton veggies with dip
      Skeleton Veggie Tray
    • painted toast in hand
      Simple Painted Toast

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    🥞 Easy Pancake Shapes

    Author: Marcie & Julie
    Brighten the day with this fun and easy pancake shapes craft! Kids will get on board with this delicious and 100% edible craft.
    Prep Time20 minutes mins
    Cook Time8 minutes mins
    Total Time28 minutes mins
    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 8 shapes

    Equipment

    • Large bowl
    • medium-large griddle
    • spatula(s)
    • Measuring cup with lip/spout like a Pyrex Measuring Cup OR a squeeze bottle

    Ingredients

    •  Easy Vanilla and Cinnamon Pancakes batter

    Instructions

    • Heat butter on a medium-large griddle pan at medium heat. Use a spouted measuring cup to pour batter onto heated griddle in shape of desired letter, number or shape.*  For more control over your batter, use some sort of squeeze bottle. We used an empty and cleaned honey container!
    • After 1-2 minutes (or until bubbles form and start to pop), flip letter over and cook another minute or until browned.*  Top with your favorite toppings and enjoy your creative treat!
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    Notes

    • Write letters and numbers BACKWARDS on the griddle.
    • Flip shapes once bubbles appear and begin to pop in batter.

    *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. While we are not certified nutritionists, we work with a WordPress-integrated nutrition API to calculate our recipes' ingredient values.

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