Reading is so important for kids. I'm blessed that 2 of my 3 kids, love to read. In Elementary and Middle school, both CJ and Cassie would complete for top reading points every year. Grace is not my reader. I have to nag her to do her reading homework and reading for pleasure is not pleasurable to her.
While shopping the other day, we came across a children's cookbook. "Mama can we get this? You want me to read, I'll read the recipes and then make them." How can I argue with that. She also gets a little math in while we're cooking since we almost always either double or triple our recipes.
Then she goes one further "Mama, I'll write up the recipe for your blog." Writing skills are useful too.
So....here's Grace!
My name is Grace Hayes, I'm Joan's daughter and I made Light as a Feather Pancakes for dinner.
They really were light as a feather. They were really good. I love to cook and bake.
Buttermilk Pancakes
from Better Homes and Gardens
New Junior Cookbook
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups buttermilk
2 eggs
4 tablespoon vegetable oil
shortening
Place flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Stir with fork or whisk and set aside. Place the buttermilk into a second bowl and then add the eggs in. Beat with whisk or fork until all the eggs are mixed in with the buttermilk. Add in oil and beat again. Add wet to dry ingredients mix it all together. Its OK to have lumps.
Grease the griddle with shortening and then turn on the griddle then turned heat to medium and let it get hot. Scoop some batter onto the griddle and then let them cook for about two minutes.
Then flip them. Then wait about one minute and then take them off. Then you do that until there is none left. Serve with butter, syrup and fresh raspberries.
Didn't she do great? Want to see other recipes Grace has helped make and are fun for kids in the kitchen?
Check out Sweet and Salty Crackers, Pineapple Casserole, Cinnamon Swirl Bread and these Chocolate Cookies.
I'm linking up at some of these great parties.
Well done Grace! on the blogging and the baking! these pancakes look so super delicious, I've pinned the recipe straight away and will be making them soon for sure! I also love your sparkly top!
ReplyDeleteGrace here-thank you! They really were Delicious. You should make them.
DeleteGREAT job, Grace!! You'll be a regular food blogger in no time!! These look so doggone good - can I come over for breakfast?! I've got my eye on that big plate of bacon in the background, too.
ReplyDeleteGrace here- thank you come on but i'll have to make more and i ate all the raspberries too!
DeleteWell done Grace! Beautiful pancakes and a great writeup. I'm so excited to see more of your posts :)
ReplyDeleteGrace here-thank you and my mom said i'll be able to make 1 thing every week.
DeleteI love your post, Grace. The recipe sounds delicious, and your step-by-step instructions were perfect! You are well on your way to being a great cook. And not only are cookbooks good reading, but there are some pretty good biographies of great chefs that I find fun to read. Maybe you will, too, someday. And remember to impress your friends and teachers by reminding them that cooking is not only reading and math, but some chemical science, too. I can't wait to try these pancakes, and I hope you continue to enjoy cooking. :)
ReplyDeleteGrace here- thank you and i will remind my teachers and friends that.
DeleteThis is a great way to get kids to practice reading, math, and cooking! Way to go Grace! and those pancakes look delicious!
ReplyDeleteGrace here- thank you and you should really try to make them because there good!!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteEek, how cute! Cooking and reading together--does it get any better than that? And pancakes are wonderful incentive, too :)
ReplyDeleteGrace here-thank you and you do get educated making these pancakes
DeleteYour pancakes look delicious, Grace! Those are ingredients I usually have on hand, so I need to try out your recipe this weekend!! :) It looks like you're becoming a good cook already! I remember when I was 4 yrs. old I got my first cookbook and it was Gold Medal's Alpha-Bakery Kid's Cookbook! Recipes from A-Z, and I wore it out cooking, even as a little girl! I still have it now. :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Leslie
Grace here-thank you and i think i'm going to wear out mine in probably a week from now.
DeleteYea for quality time in the kitchen with your daughter. I love to read also. The Hubby jokes about my nose frequently being in a book.
ReplyDeleteGotta love buttermilk pancakes from scratch!
Grace here-thank you and i do love buttermilk pancakes from scratch and i do not like to read i all in less we're making something
DeleteAw what a sweetie! You guys did a great job, these pancakes look phenomenal!! I would love a nice tall stack of these!
ReplyDeleteGrace here- thank you and OK you can come on over but we'll have to make more
DeleteThese look amazing Grace! I wish we could have eaten with you. But then, you would still be cooking with my hungry boys eating your yummy pancakes! Thank you for writing such a great step-by-step post for us. I'll show it to my son, 9 1/2 years old, and see if he'll make these for us. You Rock, Grace! <3 and hugs sweetie!
ReplyDeleteGrace here-thank you and you could have been here and i would have tripled it and i 10 years old love and hugs to you too.
DeleteGrace, those look delicious! I will save your recipe for the next time we want pancakes!
ReplyDeletegrace here-thank you and you can come over any time and i'll make these pancakes
DeleteGrace here- thank you and god bless you
ReplyDeleteMmmm! These looks so yummy! I just pinned it! :-)
ReplyDeleteHope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing your awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday.
ReplyDeleteCome Back Soon!
Miz Helen
I have been wanting to try a new pancake recipe, now I know which one to use! You did a great job Gracie!!
ReplyDelete~Robyn
I'm totally getting that cookbook! How fun for the kids! Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
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