Cookie Cutter Pancake Recipe For Kids To Make

There are billion pancake recipes for kids out there. Well, maybe not a billion, but definitely enough. But what does it really make “the kids recipe”, For me, it’s not only a healthy, nutritious and delicious meal. Kids recipe also means that kids can help making the dish. And have fun, of course. We are a traditional Sunday/Saturday-pancake-breakfast-kinda-family.

It’s just got to be pancakes. To make it special I got myself into a life-long ‘trouble’ - making the pancakes different shapes, fun presentations and decorations. So last few years have been full of experimenting on how to make that perfect pancake heart or even a teddy bear made out of pancake.

I tried everything and all kinds of pans. One day it just hit me - why don’t I use cookie cutters to shape my pancakes! It’s kind of those AHA moments. So simple, yet never thought of it. How do you get pancakes to look like cookies, 2. Get your cookie cutters. 3. Let the kids press on the pancakes to shape them.It’s that simple, but it brings so much joy to their faces. Making a Christmas tree out of a round pancake can really start your day going very well.

It turned out the best pancake cooking experience ever. Plus every Sunday morning kids have a fun cooking activity, which is blending into our family tradition pretty good. Decorate them, add butter, syrup and whatever other goodies you like. We added some pomegranate (just because it’s in season and it’s so pretty).

I was using the uncolored buckwheat play dough, and perhaps if it had the extra kneading the colors got to mix in color, it would have been a little smoother to work with. I did not have any problems with the beak or tail cracking off, and even though the dough is rubbery, it does not try to stay in a blob-like shape.

I rolled three balls for the snowman in the palms of my hand, not on a smooth surface. The balls formed, but the folding of the clay to make a sphere left lines on the surface. However, when I went to stick them together, surprisingly, they did not want to stick to each other.

I had to press fairly hard to attach the pieces of the snowman, and at first, a bump made his head fall off. This means the play dough will be hard to use to make multicolored pieces or segments meant to be joined. I had no trouble making a flat piece of dough by pushing with my palms on a smooth surface. No rolling pin was needed to flatten the dough. It cut the gingerbread man out cleanly, and I had no trouble removing it from the cookie cutter or it breaking apart as I moved it.

Clearly, the buckwheat play dough has somewhat different characteristics than traditional play dough, but it does make successful and sturdy clay for children who need gluten free play dough. It is no harder to make than traditional play dough, and all the ingredients are easy to find. Store it in an airtight container when it is not being used, because the surface will start drying fairly quickly if left out with no one playing with it.

You may want to keep it refrigerated, especially if you have made a batch that did not use alum. I hope you enjoy this new recipe for gluten free play dough. Leave a comment with your experiences with the dough or any ideas it gives you. Sign in or sign up and post using a HubPages Network account.

0 of 8192 characters usedPost CommentNo HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other sites. Hi Caleb - thanks for letting me know using play dough worked to get the concepts across. I think it was a very innovative idea. And you are very welcome for any help this article gave you. It turned out well( see our comments above to refresh your memory).

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