Kid Friendly Turkey Pancakes

Gobble Gobble with these fun turkey pancakes that kids will go crazy for! Not only are these turkey pancakes adorable, but they are also easy for the parents to make. Kids will love to chow down on these light and fluffy pancakes, eat the apple feathers, and marshmallow beak. If you are looking for a festive Thanksgiving breakfast, this recipe is a must make.

I have found when you make food fun, kids will show more interest in what is on their plate. With this, I use slices of apples of the feathers, and because they are decorated on the plates, the kids dive in. Let me share how I made these quick and easy turkey pancakes to serve up our family.

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Kid Friendly Turkey Pancakes Tips

• Try out my homemade pancake mix, if you want! They are light, fluffy, and it is a super easy recipe to make.
• If you can’t find candy corn marshmallows just cut a regular marshmallow into a triangle
• Wait for the pancakes to bubble up around the edges before flipping. I always slightly stick my spatula under and peak to see the golden brown color.
• Feel free to use any colored apples you want!

How To Make Turkey Pancakes With Homemade Pancake Batter

This turkey pancakes recipe uses homemade pancake batter. If you have never made homemade pancakes, give it a try. Takes basic staple ingredients and not much more work than boxed, but offers a better flavor.

Start out by making your homemade pancakes. I used a griddle for being able to have a larger workspace, but you can use a pan if you want. We do one larger pancake for the back followed by a smaller pancake.

This apple corer really does a great job at slicing up your apples and not getting the core! If you want thinner slices, just slice each apple one more time with a small knife.

Once your pancakes are done it is time to assemble. These pancakes are simple to make. Add in your eyes, and red frosting for the snood then place the nose on. If you want the eyes to stick, just add a small dab of frosting on the back side.

 Ingredients For Turkey Pancakes

(makes about 7 turkeys) 

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 tablespoons vanilla extract 

14 large candy eyes 

Red frosting

Candy corn marshmallows 

Directions For Turkey Pancakes

2. Mix in the egg, butter, milk, and vanilla and mix well using a hand or stand mixer.

3. If you’re using a griddle, turn the temperature to 275-300 degrees and scoop out 1/4 cup of batter for the larger pancakes and 3 tablespoons of batter for each smaller pancake and cook on each side until lightly browned.

5. Wash and thinly slice your apple (I Love this apple corer)  and fan out about 7 slices above the large pancake.

Kid Friendly Turkey Pancakes

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Ingredients

• (makes about 7 turkeys) 

Instructions

1. Using a large mixing bowl combine the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder and mix well.

2. Mix in the egg, butter, milk, and vanilla and mix well using a hand or stand mixer.

3. If you're using a griddle, turn the temperature to 275-300 degrees and scoop out 1/4 cup of batter for the larger pancakes and 3 tablespoons of batter for each smaller pancake and cook on each side until lightly browned.

4. Place a large pancake on a plate and a smaller one on top towards the bottom.

5. Wash and thinly slice your apple (I Love this apple corer)  and fan out about 7 slices above the large pancake.

6. Add two large eyes to the smaller pancake, a marshmallow candy corn below the eyes and use the red frosting to draw a snood.

Easy peasy and the kids will love these fun pancakes. Plus you can let the kids help assemble the pancakes as well for added fun. These pancakes are also fun for days leading up to the holiday, to get your kids into the holiday spirit.

Let me know how your little ones enjoy these festive Thanksgiving pancakes!