Valentine’s Day Pancakes

This year Valentine’s Day falls on a Wednesday...and I did absolutely NO decorating... so I decided to just start celebrating early.

Valentine’s activity No. 1 Pancake Breakfast!

I tend to alternate between these two recipes lately:

And:

This morning I made the copy at ihop ones and added strawberries, topped them with fresh homemade whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and more heart shaped strawberries. They were really no more work than normal pancakes, they looked fabulous, and the kids loved them.

To make the strawberry hearts you just cut the stem out of the strawberry and make an even deeper V than normal, then slice them up across the V. I pour out a pancake, and then drop on some strawberries while it bubbles, THEN flip and cook the other side.