Valentine's Day Pancakes

I received an email from a young lady who asked me to put something on my blog that was easy and red and white. As a result, I will add at least three recipes this week in recognition of Valentine’s Day.









I actually went out and purchased some Bisquick.  As some of you know, most of my cooking and all of my baking is from scratch.

I used a large heart-shaped cookie cutter to make the pancakes.  I didn’t have any strawberry syrup, so I made a little simple syrup and added some strawberry preserves and allowed it to reduce down.  Finally, I garnished the pancakes with pecans.Ingredients:

• 2 cups original Bisquick mix
• 1 cup 2% milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 2/3 cup strawberry preserves
• pecans for garnish

Directions:

1. Add sugar and water to a small saucepan
2. Cook on medium-low for about 5 minutes
3. Add strawberry preserves and simmer on low to desired consistency (should look like syrup)
4. In a medium bowl, stir ingredients for pancakes until well blended; do not beat.
5. Pour batter into a hot greased griddle or skillet
6. For this recipe, I poured the batter into a heart shaped cookie cutter. I also used a smaller size heart shaped pancake to place on the larger one
7. Cook until edges are dry
8. Remove the cookie cutter and turn pancake

Twist:  Used 2% milk, vegetable oil, strawberry syrup
            Garnished with pecans