My Grandson discovered my manual rotary eggbeater and was enthralled. It was taken for rides in his little car, included in construction play and held during story time. So I needed to find an easy recipe where he could really whip up a storm and then eat the results!
This is a simplified very young child-friendly recipe - no salt, sugar or butter in the main batter mixture. The finished pancakes can be made thinner than usual thick pancakes because the key attraction is the eggbeater and the final honey flourish!
Usually you don't want to over-beat pancake and pikelet mixes because it toughens the gluten but the point of this recipe is to use minimal ingredients and encourage participation and learning cooking skills. Nana doesn't indulge him with sweet treats - blueberries are the treat of choice in my home - but I do permit a tiny drizzle of fresh honey, sliced banana or a dash of raspberry jam on these homemade pancakes as there is no other sugar in the batter.
Of course, always supervise children closely and keep little fingers and clothes away from stovetops during cooking and while hot objects are around.
Enjoy! Nana Colleen
Tip - get all equipment and ingredients out before starting. Have a damp handtowel and cleanup rag on standby. And a just-damp towel under a bowl can help keep bowl in place during enthusiastic mixing
Preparation 5 minutes or as long as they want!
Plus 30 minutes batter rest time (if possible - good delayed gratification practice if toddler amenable) They love watching the countdown on the timer!
Cooking a few minutes per pancake
Serves makes 3 - 4 small size pancakes
Ingredients
1 egg
3/4 cup Self Raising Flour (OR plain would be okay for this recipe)
75 ml water (1/3rd cup)
75 ml milk (1/3rd cup)
tiny shake cinnamon
teaspoon softened butter to grease pan
Method
Allow toddler to help measure out the ingredients and place necessary utensils on bench
Combine the water and milk in an easy-pour jug, approx 500 ml size so you can re-use to pour batter into pan later
Beat the egg until light and fluffy in a deep bowl - using the eggbeater!
Pour the water and milk into the beaten egg and beat again - using the eggbeater!
Sift the flour and cinnamon into another deep bowl
Make a little well in base of flour and gradually add the eggy milk - let them use the eggbeater but not too much this time - until just combined and batter smooth. Pour batter back into the jug used previously to make pouring into pan easier.
Pop batter aside covered with a tea-towel. Let toddler set the timer for 30 minutes - if possible - even 5 minutes will be okay. They love pushing the buttons and watching the countdown!
Warm pan and melt a tiny amount of butter. Pour approx 1/third or 1/quarter into the pan depending on how many pancakes you want to make. This is a fairly runny mixture.
Cook on one side until starts to bubble (approx 2 - 3 minutes depending on thickness)
Flip over and cook other side ( approx 2 minutes)
Remove and pop onto serving plate.
Cooking remaining batter as above.
Serve with a drizzle of honey, sliced bananas or a dash of jam.
Let them help tidy up afterwards too!
Enjoy! Nana Colleen
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