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Breakfast
Rainbow Pancakes
Colorful, fluffy pancakes that make breakfast magical. Each color tastes like happiness!
Time
20 mins
Servings
4 servings
Difficulty
Easy
🥘Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1½ cups milk
- ¼ cup melted butter
- Food coloring (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple)
👧 Kids Can Help With
- •Stirring the batter
- •Adding food coloring drops
- •Choosing which colors to use
- •Stacking the rainbow
📝Instructions
- 1
Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
- 2
In another bowl, whisk eggs, milk, and melted butter together.
- 3
Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir until just combined (lumpy is okay!).
- 4
Divide batter into 6 bowls and add different food coloring to each.
- 5
Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat and lightly butter it.
- 6
Pour small amounts of each colored batter to make mini pancakes.
- 7
Cook until bubbles form on top, then flip and cook 1 more minute.
- 8
Stack pancakes in rainbow order and serve with your favorite toppings!
💡 Chef's Notes
For natural colors, try beet juice (pink), turmeric (yellow), or spinach puree (green).