I’m kind of a big deal in the world of pancakes. I mean, not to brag or anything but I make homemade buttermilk pancakes that are amazing. I’ve been on the quest to make the perfect pancake since I was 18 and went to college, and I have to say that I am pretty awesome at it. However, I have been resting on my laurels a bit, and never really gotten creative with the pancakes. So today, I asked the kids if they wanted their pancakes in shapes or how I could spice them up a bit. This is what we came up with:
The pancake on the left was supposed to be a heart, the one on the right is a star. I thought about doing the “cookie cutter on the frying pan” version of pancake molding, but I was out of nonstick cooking spray, so I thought that would likely just be a giant mess. The squeeze bottle version is just not going to happen, since pushing the batter through a squeeze bottle (even though it allows you to make awesome shapes in the pan) would take all the fluffiness out of my pancakes. The kids weren’t picky, though, they thought this was pretty freaking awesome. Dillon requested this for his second:
Overall, pancake creativity was a hit. Maybe I’ll try it again sometime soon.
p.s. Charles, don’t get any ideas. (He makes the best waffles in the world and I like them exactly as he currently makes them. No hacking needed.)
Tags: 30daysofcreativity, postaweek2011