Hotcakes Anyone...?

If you have been around our house over the years you know that my kids like to help with weekend breakfast. We make good, big breakfasts on the weekend. Biscuits and gravy, waffles, Captain Crunch french toast, bacon, sausage, eggs, omelets, hashbrowns, on and on. And, they must all be made from scratch, there is NEVER pancake mix at our house. The other day we had pancakes in shapes for the kids. Lexy had her princess pancake and Isaac had a motorcycle. This shape thing started for them when Grandpa made them teddy bear pancakes a few years ago.

Lexy with her princess pancake... in the dark...
Close up of the princess pancake.

Close up of the motorcycle pancake.

I kinda like to share too...

Walbeck Pancakes

1 c. Flour

1 T. Baking Powder

1/4 t. Salt

1 T. Sugar

1 c. Milk

1 Egg

2 T. Vegetable Oil

Mix all the dry. Push to one side of the bowl. Add all the wet into the empty side of the bowl. Whip the egg, milk and oil, stir in the dry. The more you stir the flatter the pancakes. Lumps are OK. If you let the batter side for 3 to 5 min they will puff up taller when you cook them.

At one time this recipe was from the Better Homes and Gardens binder... but I think the I have adjusted it and I never look. We just grab the stuff and mix it together.

Making this type of food from scratch is great for our kids. A few years ago, Lexy let her aunt know the she was NOT making pancakes right because it takes more the flour and water. She was trying to use a pancake mix and Lexy was mad. I think she mostly just wanted to crack the egg.