A classic pancake recipe to have on hand.

Can blend the night before and have ready in fridge to make pancakes.

If preping the night before, add berries to batter (if wish) right before frying pancakes.

Serve with apple sauce, syrup.  Great to cut up and take along as a snack for babies.

Try adding some flax seeds to the flour or experiment with different kinds of flours (just adjust amount of flour mixture you add into the wet ingredients to achieve the right consistency for pancakes).

Combine dry ingredients together:

• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1 or 2 tbsp sugar
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

In blender: mix

• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cup milk
• 2 tbsp oil or melted butter
• drop of vanilla

*Can add berries, if wish.

Add the dry ingredients spoonful at a time and blend until the right consistency to pour into hot non-stick skillet to form small toonie-size pancakes.

Great little recipe from a wonderful resource site called “Easy Kids Recipes:  Cooking for kids and the whole family”http://www.easy-kids-recipes.com/play-dough-recipes.html

• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup salt
• 6 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 3 cups water
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• Food Colouring

Mix flour, salt, and cream of tartar in a large saucepan.  Blend water and oil together in a bowl.  Add to the saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until it thickens.
Add several drops of food colouring until you get the right colour.  Cook for about five minutes.  Take the playdough out of saucepan and put it on a cutting board or counter and knead for a few minutes.  Add flour if it is too sticky.

This play dough should last around 3 months if you keep it sealed in a airtight container or ziplock baggie.

Another great little recipe from a wonderful resource site called “Easy Kids Recipes:  Cooking for kids and the whole family”http://www.easy-kids-recipes.com/play-dough-recipes.html

• 4 cups flour
• 1 cup salt
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• Food colouring
• 1 egg, beaten

Mix together flour, salt, water and oil and knead until smooth.  Separate into parts and add drops of food colouring to make a colourful selection of craft clay.
Have fun and make into shapes.
Brush finished craft shapes and figurines with the beaten egg and bake in a 300 degree oven for about one hour or until the clay is golden.
Paint and/or seal with a shellac to make shiny.