Two Thanksgivings ago I had to get thru my first holiday without my boy with me. It worked out that he was going to be with his father that year, so I just had him for the morning. I knew it would be just as hard for him, with all the changes he had recently been thru, so I wanted to try to make our morning special. I made a big breakfast with all his favorite things and surprised him with this little guy!
It's pretty simple to make. I use an electric skillet and found that it cooks pancakes so evenly that you can make shapes pretty easily. The body has cocoa powder mixed in to make a chocolate pancake. The feathers are a mixture of multi colored mini pancakes (just added food coloring to the batter) and cut strawberries. The legs are bacon pieces and the eyes are chocolate chips. Easy!
This was a HUGE hit, even for a 9 year old boy. He still talks about it to this day and, at 11, is super excited to see what kind of pancakes he'll be getting tomorrow. I have some ideas... :)
Update - this year was pretty good too! Cornucopia pancakes:
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