Pancakes, Pancakes! {Recipe}

"Hey! Let's make one. big. giant. pancake!" 

-Bear

We have been inspired this week by the book Pancakes, Pancakes! by Eric Carle. The book is about a boy named Jack who has to go get all the ingredients to make a big pancake.

 

 

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This recipe is super easy to follow and Bear had a great time making it this morning.  He was able to mix the ingredients and pour it onto the skillet on his own. He shared some with all of us and was so proud to have made it mostly on his own! You can tell by the picture we burned ours a bit but we'll try again another day.

*note, this does work really well gluten free. we made it that way :) just replace regular flour with your gluten free flour mix and add 1/4 tsp of xanthum gum. We had a really fun conversation about what gluten free flour was made of and how that differed from the wheat in the story. I'm sure that it would work really well with a dairy substitute as well.

Apple Spice Loaf {Snack}

Quick Breads are always a hit around here- Apples are in season so we decided to try out an apple version. Here is the recipe for our apple spice loaf (gf version is listed- I can't vouch for the regular flour but I'm sure it'll work great)

Wet

1 cup applesauce

1/4 cup canola/vegetable oil

1 egg

Dry

1 1/4 cup gluten free flour mix + 1 tsp xanthum gum

(or 1 1/4 cups flour)

1/2 brown sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp baking spice (probably labelled pumpkin pie spice)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 apple, chopped into small pieces. 

Preheat oven to 350. Combine dry ingredients. Mix in wet ingredients. Chop apple and fold into batter. Pour into loaf pan and bake for 55-60 minutes or until baked all the way through. For muffins cut back time to 25-30 minutes.

kid helping times:

measuring applesauce

cracking egg

chopping apple

turning on mixer or mixing with a spoon

pour/ladling into the pan