This is a recipe tweaked by my 9 year old daughter for her favorite pancakes. It’s easy for kids to make and tastes delicious. The easy to follow instructions written below are written with young kids in mind. Attached to the bottom of the post, you will find the printable version of the recipe. Please print it out, make a recipe book for your kids or just keep it in a folder for them to pull out whenever they want to cook up some breakfast.
This recipes makes about 10-12 pancakes (enough for 3 hungry kids and a baby)
Gather your supplies:
- 1 cup dry ingredients measuring cup
- ½ cup dry ingredients measuring cup
- ¼ cup dry ingredients measuring cup
- 2 cup wet ingredients measuring cup
- 1 tablespoon size measuring spoon
- 1 teaspoon size measuring spoon
- ½ teaspoon size measuring spoon
- 1 medium sized mixing bowl
- 1 whisk, 1 spatula, and 1 rubber spatula
- 1 plate and butter knife (or other straight edge knife for leveling)
- Small bowls to keep measured ingredients (similar to the above picture)
- 1 Pancake batter squeeze bottle
- 1 pan
Gather your ingredients:
- 1-1/2 cup flour (use the dry ingredient measuring cup)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3-1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1-1/3 cup buttermilk (use the wet ingredient measuring cup)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup chocolate chips (or more if you like)
- ½ teaspoon vegetable or canola oil
Directions:
- Wash your hands.
- Put the butter in a microwave safe bowl and melt it for 20 seconds (ask an adult for help). If butter doesn’t completely melt, place it in the microwave for another 10 seconds.
- In the mixing bowl, add in the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
4. Using the whisk, mix the ingredients till its nicely mixed.
5. Make a small well in the middle of the dry ingredients using your whisk, and add in the eggs, melted butter, buttermilk, and vanilla.
6. Mix everything together using your whisk until it is nicely mixed.
7. Set the bowl aside for 10 minutes to let the batter rest.
8. Then, mix again 2 to 3 times so that everything is nicely incorporated, but don’t overmix.
9. Have an adult help you put the batter into the squeeze bottle using the rubber spatula.
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10. Turn on the stove to medium heat and place the pan on top.
11. Add the oil into the pan and wait for it to heat about 1 minute.
Use a stepstood to help you see the pan better.
12. Squeeze the batter in a round circle onto the middle of the pan. Sprinkle on a few chocolate chips (if you want).
side note: Its supposed to be a happy face on the pancake but she just couldn’t get the chocolate chips to land properly – so our caption on this is: The pancake it sad cause its HOTTTT!!
13. Wait for bubbles to form. Once a couple of the bubbles begin to pop, hold the handle of the pan with one hand and use your spatula in the other hand to flip the pancake over. If the spatula does not easily slide under the pancake, wait 10 seconds and try again. You may need to lightly wiggle the spatula to get it under the pancake.
14. Let the pancake cook for 15 seconds. Use your spatula to lift the pancake out of the pan and on to a plate. If the pancake does not easily lift, wait 10 more second and try again. The pancake will easily lift if its cooked.
15. Repeat steps 12-14 for EACH pancake.
16. And Enjoy your pancakes.
Ask an adult to help you a few times before attempting to make the pancakes alone. ALWAYS make sure to use a stove ONLY UNDER AN ADULT’S SUPERVISION.
DOWNLOAD THE PRINTABLE RECIPE HERE: Ami’s Vanilla Choco Chip Pancake
