AN EASIER WAY

When I got up this morning, I wasn’t interested in my usual toast for breakfast so decided to make pancakes.

I am nearing the end of a box of Old-Fashioned Pancake Mix – meaning you have to add the milk, eggs and oil to the mix rather than the Just Add Water style. In the process of mixing batter for 10 pancaked, my eyes picked up the liquid measurement from the 20-pancake column. Sigh. So, I guess I’m making 20 pancakes and added the additional measurements of the other ingredients.

I started heating up the pan on the stove and then remembered my burners are flaking out on me. The last time I made pancakes, the burner suddenly decided, without my permission, to surge to High heat, burning the pancakes. Nope, not going to risk that again on a batch of 20 pancakes.

Cookie Sheet Pancakes to the rescue!

I’ve done these before and it’s a quick and easy way to make large batches of pancakes (yes, I consider 20 pancakes to be a large batch). Just fill up more cookie sheets when you are cooking for a larger crowd.

This couldn’t be easier:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Spray a regular-sized cookie sheet with non-stick spray.
3. Pour the prepared batter in the pan and spread it out evenly. Use a box mix, or your favorite scratch recipe.
4. Bake for 14 – 16 minutes.
5. Cut into 20 squares.
6. Let’s eat!

I put blueberries on top of half the batter and left half plain. How fun to be able to offer a variety of pancakes out of one sheet – raspberries, chocolate chips, whatever your heart desires.

I set my timer for 15 minutes and they were perfectly done. You can use the time to do other things – in those 15 minutes, I took my shower, got dressed, brushed my hair and teeth, put in my contacts, and folded and put away a load of laundry.

Now, admittedly, eating square pancakes can be a bit unsettling. Remember though, Wendy’s managed to get us to eat square hamburgers so I suppose we are adaptable beings!

Put any leftovers in an air-tight container and refrigerate if you’ll use in a couple of days or freeze for use down the road.