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Cooking with Kids: Elephant Pancakes Recipe

Jamerrill Stewart
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes

Ingredients
  

For pancakes:

  • 2 cups flour
  • 3 TBSP sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 TBSP baking powder
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 3/4 cups milk
  • 1/4 cup 1/2 stick butter, melted but cooled slightly

For elephant:

  • whipped topping
  • chocolate chips blueberries, or raisins (2 for each elephant)

Instructions
 

  •  In medium bowl, whisk together dry ingredients: flour, sugar, salt, baking soda 
  •  In a separate bowl whisk together eggs,milk, and vanilla. Slowly add the butter last.
  • Create a well in the middle of the dry ingredients. Pour wet ingredients into the well then stir the batter until well combined. There may be small lumps. Allow batter to rest 5 minutes.
  •  Heat griddle to 300 degrees. Spray with non stick cooking spray or melt additional butter on griddle.
  • For the elephant, pour 1 cup batter on griddle for the head.  For the ears, use 2/3 cup batter and spread into a rectangle on the griddle. 
  • Cook until the bubbles begin to break on the pancake. At that point, flip pancake and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
  • To decorate, place 2 ear pancakes on both sides of a plate. Place the circle head pancake on in the middle of the plate overlapping the ears.
  • Place 2 blueberries as the elephant's eyes. When ready to eat, use the whipped cream to make a trunk.
  • Serve immediately.
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