{"id":3146,"date":"2011-01-09T13:20:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T21:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2011-01-09T13:50:50","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T21:50:50","slug":"may-the-pancake-force-be-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=3146","title":{"rendered":"May the Pancake Force be with you…"},"content":{"rendered":"

A long time ago (last weekend) \u00a0in a galaxy far, far away (Sacramento, CA)\u00a0– Deede and Josh gave Dan\u00a0some Star Wars\u2122 – Heroes & Villains pancake molds for Kwanzaa. (don’t ask).<\/p>\n

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Yoda, Darth Vader and a stormtrooper. Williams-Sonoma<\/a> sells them. We decided that we would give them a try this morning. I did not happen to have buttermilk on hand (shocking, I know) – so we cheated and used\u00a0Bisquick instead of the recipe on the back of the pancake molds. I did add a little vanilla extract, but that was the only substitution from the classic Bisquick recipe on the box.<\/p>\n

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Dan wanted to eat breakfast in this century, so the Bisquick definitely helped speed the process along.<\/p>\n

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I\u00a0mixed the ingredients\u00a0and then read the instructions on the pancake mold box.<\/p>\n

Easy to use: place on a preheated griddle and pour in your batter; once the first side has set, remove the molds and flip the pancakes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m going to have to disagree with the “Easy” part – Pain in the\u00a0ass would have been a better description. To be fair, it did get much easier with the second and third batches.<\/p>\n

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I coated my molds with cooking spray before setting them on the griddle to heat up. I set my griddle at 350 degrees.<\/p>\n

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I ended up cutting the tip of a squeeze bottle I already had\u00a0(to make it larger)\u00a0to help with the “ease” of getting the batter into the molds. Williams-Sonoma also sells a Pancake Pen<\/a>\u00a0that probably does a better job at delivering batter. Mixing the batter into the bottle is key and the the Williams-Sonoma one has instructions to do that.\u00a0My batter\u00a0transfer was a mess. I had pancake mix dripping down my arm, on the counter and one lower kitchen cabinet… again, don’t ask.<\/p>\n

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The instructions said to use 1\/3 cup batter on each pancake – \u00a0it seemed like a lot, but I did it anyway.<\/p>\n

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By the time I finished placing the batter into the Darth Vader mold, the stormtrooper\u00a0started to bubble. I took the mold off and apparently someone had thrown acid on my stormtrooper because his face looked like a big blob.<\/p>\n

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In the meantime, Yoda lost an ear…<\/p>\n

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I decided to get more serious… less batter, more patience. Do or do not… there is no try.<\/p>\n

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I loaded up Darth Vader with less batter and waited… and waited…<\/p>\n

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Much better! I gave it some more time before flipping.<\/p>\n

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Victory – all holes were intact. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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It felt kind of weird to spread butter and pour hot syrup onto my new little buddies – but eating them didn’t seem to be a problem. They were\u00a0light and fluffy.<\/p>\n

I would suggest trying these out prior to planning a “birthday pancake breakfast” for a room full of screaming kids. The pressure was pretty intense with just the two of us – \u00a0Ha!<\/p>\n

For sure a fun way to start off a Sunday. Thank you\u00a0Josh and Deede. We also updated the blog to WordPress\u00a03.0.4\u00a0and I updated to a newer version of\u00a0my theme. Exciting stuff! No really, \u00a0it is.
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A long time ago (last weekend) \u00a0in a galaxy far, far away (Sacramento, CA)\u00a0– Deede and Josh gave Dan\u00a0some Star Wars\u2122 – Heroes & Villains pancake molds for Kwanzaa. (don’t ask). Yoda, Darth Vader and a stormtrooper. Williams-Sonoma sells them. We decided that we would give them a try this morning. I did not happen … <\/p>\n

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