Easy Patriotic Pancakes for 4th of July Breakfast
4th of July breakfast will be a hit this year with these easy red, white, and blue festive patriotic pancakes!
Equipment
- Large and Small Metal Star-Shaped Cookie Cutters
- Oven Mitt
- Griddle of Skillet
Ingredients
- Pancake Batter Use plain white pancake mix + required add-in ingredients ***I use Bob’s Redmill Gluten Free Pancake Mix, which requires egg, milk and butter. I’ve made it dairy free as well with almond milk and non-dairy butter spread and it’s great.
- Red & Blue Food Coloring
- Cooking Spray
- Whipped Cream use almond whipped cream for dairy free
- Sprinkles You can often find patriotic sprinkles this year, but any red, white, and/or blue sprinkles work
Instructions
- Prepare your pancake batter per your mix’s instructions.
- Divide the pancake batter into two separate bowls.
- Slowly add blue food coloring to half of the batter and red to the other half until the batter reaches your desired shade of blue and red.
- Heat a griddle to 350 degrees, or skillet to medium heat.
- Spray the inside of at least 2 large and 2 small star-shaped metal cookie cutters with cooking spray.
- Place the cookie cutters on the griddle or skillet.
- Add the batter to the inside of the cookie cutters. *** Make an even amount of red and blue, small, and large stars.
- Cook the first side until the batter begins to bubble (usually 2-3 minutes, depending on your pancake mix).
- Using an oven mitt, slowly remove the cookie cutters from the stars. If the pancakes stick to the inside of the cookie cutters when you pick them up, flip them over and gently push the star through the cutter and onto the griddle or skillet with a knife.
- Cook the other side for an additional 2-3 minutes.
- Stack the pancakes in twos with a larger star on bottom and a smaller star, in a different color on top.
- Garnish with a little whipped cream and sprinkles.
- Serve and enjoy!