Pancake Creations

So the other morning I was scanning pinterest for...well nothing in particular, just browsing around.  After aimless pins and wandering, I came across pancakes that were made into the shape of a someones initials.  I thought..."How clever" and then the daily pinterest self-loathing feeling of "well why didn't I think of that!"

JJL are both of my Bubba's initials :)

So I did pin these pancakes and then I quickly realized that I had pinned them the night before while trying to fall asleep! (I must of been more tipsy tired than I originally thought!) I must keep myself away from pinterest after 2 glasses of wine while half asleep- as to not 'like' too many inappropriate someecards and wake up with pinterest walk of shame feelings.

As I am a rule breaker wrapped up in a rule follower's body...I attempted to make the pancakes by following the recipe exactly, but I quickly figured out I would have to improvise as I had not been grocery shopping in a week and the basic needs that even prisoners have were not available to make pancakes.

These pancakes are fairly simple: make a normal pancake batter and add a little more liquid than usual. Then transfer to a large ziploc bag and cut a tiny hole from one of the lower corners to make a poor person pastry bag and then squeeze letters and shapes onto your griddle like you were piping icing onto a cake.

**The thicker your lines and shapes the easier they are to flip.

(I give Lilly over at recipebyphoto some mad props for making her dainty designs look like food porn, but I don't have those magic tools. So if you're like me, make your lines thicker and your pancake designs should flip over nicely with a little spatula gymnastics.)

My Recipe 
2 cups Bisquick pancake mix
1 cup half and half (remember I hadn't shopped in a week...so use whatever milk product you have)
1/2 cup plain yogurt (2 eggs if you're a normal person and have basic staples in your fridge)
dash of cinnamon
dash of sea salt
tablespoon of honey
juice from one meyer lemon

-Mix all the ingredients together and let sit for 5 minutes while the griddle gets hot.
Spray griddle with cooking spray or lubricate it to your liking.
Then pipe your pancake creations onto your griddle, once you see bubbles on the uncooked side you can carefully perform your spatula gymnastics and flip those babies over!