Perfect Pancakes for Your Sweet Valentines

These Red Velvet Heart Pancakes are a delicious treat for your loved ones. Start by combining flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl.

In another bowl, whisk an egg and add buttermilk, butter, vanilla extract and a few drops of red food coloring. Whisk everything together and pour it into the first bowl of dry ingredients.

Prepare a skillet and grab a heart-shaped cookie cutter. Pour a small amount of batter into the cookie cutter in the skillet, let it cook for 2 minutes then remove the cookie cutter and flip. Let it cook for 1 additional minute.

Add your favorite pancake toppings like butter, syrup, powdered sugar or raspberries. In the end, you will have yourself a scrumptious breakfast, made with love and as sweet as can be.
Find more breakfast recipes and sweet treat ideas at Culinary.net.

Red Velvet Heart Pancakes

These Red Velvet Heart Pancakes are a delicious treat for your loved ones.
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3 TB cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 TB unsalted butter melted
  • 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 30-40 drops red food coloring
  • Nonstick cooking spray
  • Syrup powdered sugar & raspberries, for garnish

Instructions
 

  • In large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  • In medium bowl, whisk egg. Add buttermilk, 2 tablespoons butter, vanilla extract and food coloring; whisk until combined.
  • Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir to combine.
  • Spray heart-shaped cookie cutter with nonstick cooking spray and place in skillet. Add enough batter to fill heart. Cook 2 minutes. Remove heart cutter. Flip pancake and cook 1 minute.
  • Serve with butter, syrup, powdered sugar and raspberries.

Notes

If mixture is too thick, add water until desired consistency is reached.
Source: Culinary.net