“Muuuum… will you make pancakes for breakfast in the morning??”
There was so much hope in their little twinkly eyes, that I wavered for a moment, and then I crushed it.
“Nope.”
On a school morning I get four kids up, cleaned, dressed, fed, packed and to school by 8:45. On many weekend mornings I get any number of children up and ready and to whatever crazy event we have on that day. But on weekends when we have nothing on… I lay around in bed, I cuddle my kids, I read, I chat, I peruse pinterest, but I do not make anyone breakfast. I do not.
So the answer was a crushing no to pancakes for breakfast, but before I was crowned ‘unfair’ and ‘the worse mum ever’ I added…
“I will not make pancakes for breakfast but you can make pancakes for lunch.”
“Awesome!”
Pancakes are a nice. easy, pretty much foolproof recipe that always turns out edible, a perfect kid-made recipe. The recipe lends itself to a little experimenting with flavours and added extras and they are also a great way for older kids to learn how to manage a hot stove safely. With some instructions and a little supervision the first few times, my 7 and 10 year olds can now manage pancakes without any help.
On this particular weekend we had some left over stewed apple and berries and the big kids decided they would experiment with making pancake pockets!
With some trial error the kids discovered that you need a quite runny pancake mix to make a pocket, otherwise the mixture in the middle doesn’t cook and they tend to break when you try to fold them. I also suggested we add an extra egg to the mixture to give it a little more flexibility.
Here’s the recipe we used to make pancake pockets:
Delicious pancakes fill with goodies!Pancake Pockets
Ingredients
Instructions
We filled ours with apple and berries, and when they were all gone we tried sliced banana and chocolate chips, and pineapple chunks with a little coconut. All delicious!
It takes a little bit of skill to successfully fold over the pancake and flip it, but even the disasters taste great!
These pancake pockets make a quick and easy lunch, or dessert… or breakfast! And they are fancy enough to serve on any occasion.
What will you put in your pancake pocket?
Pancakes are my girls’ favourite ever! We have them every Monday for breakfast now that we homeschool. They’ll love your pocket idea, and I love the idea of handing the cooking over to them.
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing.