Pancakes To Warm Your Heart

Serve Up Pancakes To Warm Your Heart (NAPSA)—Wake up your family’s taste buds this weekend with a heart-shaped pancake breakfast they are sure to love. The recipe is easy for kids to prepare and is a fun project the whole family can cook up together. All you need is Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix and the ingredients listed on the package, plus red food coloring and a two-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. Here’s how to create the perfect heart-shaped pancake: * Prepare pancake mix according to package directions. Then divide the batter evenly into two medium-size bowls. Set one bowl aside. * Gently stir red food coloring into the second bow] until the batter turns a deep pink color. * Prepare a flattop griddle or pan; pancakes turn out better when cooked on a flat surface. Rubthe pan with a little bit of oil; butter may scorch and could affect the look of the pancakes. * Set your griddle to the temperature indicated on the package. Sprinkle a few drops of water in the center; if bubbles skitter around the pan, it is ready for cooking. * Cook pancakes according to package directions until you have used all of the batter from both bowls. Make sure you make an Show how much you care with heart-shaped pancakes. They’re almost as much fun to prepare as theyare to eat. even numberof pancakesand that you have the same amount from each bowl. * When the pancakesare finished, place them on a wire cooling rack or a sheet of foil for two minutes. Then, transfer them to a clean cutting board. * Cut a heart out of the center of each pancake using a two-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. * Place a red mini-pancake heart in the center of each white pancake and a white mini-pancake heart in the center of each red pancake. Many people love these served with warm Aunt Jemima Syrup and sliced strawberries.