Growing up, my dad would make us these fun-shaped pancakes. I remember a lot of mickey mouse heads and vaguely remember a character with a large hat… goofy maybe? Or the wolf from the Three Little Pigs story. He got pretty creative with them. Lots of shapes, and lots of fun memories.
Last month the kids and I went to visit my parents for a couple of days while Dave studied for finals. While we were there my dad made pancake shapes again for us. It was fun to see Bridget get excited about it like I did as a kid. Grandpa made her a butterfly, I tried my hand at a train, and Bridget got to make a smiley face (with assistance, of course). It was a fun blast from the past for me and a tradition I think I’ll have to carry on at home… at least every once in awhile.
Thanks Dad for the fun and yummy breakfast! We love you.
P.S. His pancake recipe is pretty awesome too! I’ll have to post that to The Slotted Spoon soon.
Hey, those pancakes are so cool! Are they hard to flip over? Do you have to use a special recipe? I really want to try this sometime!
Those look so fun! I want to try them too. You will have to post the recipe/instructions soon!
Those look like so much fun. I remember you mentioning he did that. Great memories!
Did you have any of the finished products to show?
I do find it kind of humorus that while growing up (teen years) all you kids didn’t like me taking pictures all the time… now not only do you take twice as many you post them for the world to see. I do love it though!! Keep them coming.
It should be noted that the design does not constitute the entire pancake. Once the design is cooked for a few seconds, batter is poured across the design so that the sections of the design stay together. I agree with RJ, you should have some finished pancakes to show so that people see the real effect.
There’s nothing quite like digging into a stack of pancakes that say things like: DAD, LOVE, HUG, TLD.COM, and DAVID. 🙂
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