Valentine’s Day is not just for romance. You can celebrate it with the entire family. What better way to start off the morning than with some homemade Valentine’s Day pancakes. You can surprise your kids, or have them help you in the kitchen.
You will need the following items to make your Valentine’s Day pancakes:
- Heart-shaped cookie cutter
- Medium-sized bowl
- 2 cups flour
- 3 ½ tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 3 Tbsp. melted butter
- 15 drops red food coloring
- Whipped cream
- 10 sliced strawberries
Follow these steps to make your Valentine’s Day pancakes:
Step 1:
Beat your eggs in the mixing bowl. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt and stir to combine.
Step 2:
Pour the milk, vanilla extract, melted butter, and ground cinnamon into the mixing bowl. Stir until combined once again.
Step 3:
Drip your red food coloring into the pancake batter. Fold in until the pancake batter is an even pink color.
Step 4:
Cook the pancakes on a heated skillet that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
Step 5:
Cut out heart-shapes with a cookie cutter of the same shape. Save the extra pancakes for eating the next morning by cutting them into bite-sized pieces and storing them in a plastic zipper bag.
Step 6:
Arrange the Valentine’s Day pancakes on the plates you plan to serve them on. Outline the heart-shaped pancakes with whipped cream, and then place strawberry pieces on top of the whipped cream.
Step 7:
Serve immediately.