Heart Shaped Buttermilk Pancakes

This recipe is super fun and versatile.  These are obviously for Valentine's Day, but really you could make them with any cookie cutter/holiday/color. Serve them with yesterday's fruit salad and you have a delicious and nutritious V-day breakfast! These would be especially fun to make with kiddos - the possibilities are endless!

Servings:  Recipe will make 12-15 pancakes depending on the size, 6+ servings

Size:  2 pancakes

Points Plus: 7pp

Level of Difficulty:  Easy

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time:  15 minutes

Ingredient List:

2 cups flour

4 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 Tbsp. sugar

1 tsp. salt

2 eggs

2 ¼ cups buttermilk

1/8 cup vegetable oil

Red food coloring

Heart shaped cookie cutter

Directions:

Sift together the dry ingredients in a large bowl (flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt).  In a small bowl, lightly beat 2 eggs.  Stir in the buttermilk and oil.  Add the eggs/buttermilk/oil mixture to your dry ingredients and stir until well combined.  On a pancake griddle, cook pancakes in a little bit of oil.  Once you have made 1/2 the batter, add some drops of red food coloring to make the pink cakes!  Once you have finished cooking, use the cookie cutter to cut hearts out of the middle of each pancake.  Switch and red hearts to match with regular outsides and vice versa for a festive plate of Valentine's cakes!

Tip:

While you are finishing cooking the other pancakes, place the finished cakes on a plate in a warm oven (about 250 degrees) to keep your breakfast warm and ready to serve guests!

XOXO Megan