Here’s a fun little trick for those of you with kids…or those of you with nieces, nephews, young friends…. or who are young at heart : )
I brought home a bus-shaped cookie cutter from my Celestial Seasonings trip and always imagined using it with pancakes. I finally gave it a shot! While these didn’t turn out perfectly, they are nice and bus shaped. And Mazen loved them!
Start by generously greasing your cutters with cooking spray or butter –
Prepare your pancake better. We obviously love the Great Harvest mix in our house, but use any mix you like. Kodiak cakes, make them from scratch, add pumpkin!
Heat some butter in your pan and place the cookie cutter in.
Pour your batter in – keep it on the lower side. Too much and you’ll have trouble removing the cookie cutter at the end because the middle won’t have time to cook through and will spill out over the sides (I speak from experience!)
Actually, use even less than I did in these photos!
I put a lid (one that didn’t even match my skillet) on top to help the pancake cook through faster. Note the teapot shape in there too! It had a few too many curves to maintain its shape, so choose a cookie cutter that has wide, shallow curves. (A star probably wouldn’t work, for example.)
Add some bananas if you like!
When you see bubbles, slowly remove the cookie cutter. It might be hot, so be careful! Mine wasn’t too hot to touch, but yours might be.
Then carefully flip –
In moments, you’ll have a bus!
The wheels on the bus go round and round!
Kaila @healthyhelperblog! says
What a fun breakfast!! I am sure Mazen really enjoyed the cool shaped pancakes. 🙂
Maryea {happy healthy mama} says
Very cute! I tried this once and had all sorts of troubles. I may have to give it another shot. 🙂
Winding Spiral Case says
I’ll have to remember this one — so simple, but so much fun for kids! This is the reason to buy metal rather than plastic cookie cutters. Thanks for sharing!
Amy W says
Dude – just make the pancakes – THEN use the cookie cutters. Waaaaaay easier.
KathEats says
Haha that is a good idea! Guess moms can eat the wasted edges 🙂
Amy W says
Yes! wasted pancake edges have been my breakfast every sunday morning for the last 3 years – wouldnt have it any other way! Plus – then the kids can be the ones doing the shapes, which is most of the fun.
gina says
I was also going to say, YES, moms can eat the wasted edges! Although, they are not really wasted this way, right? I like Amy W’s idea about having the kids cutting out their own shapes- how fun!
Linda @ TheFitty says
Huh, creative! We only have plastic cookie cutters, unfortunately.
jenny says
i second what amy says…no sense complicating something as quick and simple as pancakes!
Beks says
My sister and I did something similar with “Egg in a hole” a few weeks ago. I’ve got these princess themed cutters, and we used the castle, and then we also dug out a snowflake cutter and made “Frozen” egg in a hole. We’re 29 and 30 with no children. We’re just incredibly whimsical. 😀
KathEats says
Cute!
Di says
I have molded pancake pan – even easier. Mine is farm animals, but I’ve seen others. (Nordic Ware made mine, and it’s super easy!
Kimberly says
You can also do pancakes with a squeeze bottle. I used to see Loves of Life Katie post pics of hers every weekend. When you first look at them, they look so complex, but they are just simple shapes put together and they look adorable!
http://katieballa.blogspot.com/2013/03/panimals-for-em.html
jen says
We’ve had great luck using the squeeze bottle type method but just putting the bater in a ziplock bag, snipping a corner, and squeezing it out pastry bag style. So many fun shapes can be made.
And I’m also a confessed eater of the cookie cutter edge scraps, be they pancakes or sandwiches or cheese and fruit. Oh well!
Hannah @ eat, drink and save money says
So fun! I’ve never had cookie cutters with a handle, but now I see why it would be useful. These turned out really cute.
Kori says
I have an owl silicone mold meant for eggs that I’m going to try using when making a pancake brunch on New Year’s Day with my boyfriend!
Kathy W. says
Such a fun post!!
(also fun to see cutie pie Charlotte yoga guy again 🙂 )
Happy New Year!
KathEats says
Haha i miss him!
Jeri says
I just made pancakes this morning with some Star Wars pancake molds I got at work. They were the cutest things. I plan on getting all of them. I already picked up the halloween and christmas. Now just easter ones coming out soon.
SBO says
Thank you ,I will try to do it.
I have never tried cake , These cake looks awesome!
sbobet says
Beautiful pic.