Pancakes tips, tricks, and hacks!

Here are 6 pancake tips, tricks, or hacks! Whatever you want to call them I have some for you! Thanks to my father for teaching them to me.

1. Put a small amount of butter in the pan and swirl it around
2. To easily flip the pancakes try to get it all the way or at least half onto the spatula
3. Stay calm, even when your pancakes flip onto them selves, they will still taste the same!
4. So the pancakes won't get cold, heat the oven to 250 degrees F. put them on a pan and let them stay toasty
5. To save time, while the pancakes are cooking get the toppings out, whether it one or a ton, just don't let your pancake burn!
6. When the pancakes are a little golden around the edge and bubbly in the middle its time to flip!

This is for just plain pancakes, but if you try on different pancakes let me know if they still work the same!

~Hallie

4th of July Cake Recipe

I have a delicious cake for you. It is so SWEET looking, and I can't wait to share this recipe with you! It's a wonderful cake to make for the forth of July! Here you go, I hope you love it BERRY much! :-)

Ingredients:
+ white cake mix
+ 2 circle cake pans
+ strawberries
+ Cool Whip

STEPS:
1. Make white cake recipe as directed on the box.
2. Pour one half on the batter into a circle cake pan, and the other half in another circle cake pan. Try your best to make them even.
3. bake as directed.
4. When finished baking, let cool for about 10 minutes.
5. Take the cakes out of the pans and level them off.
6. Frost the top of one cake with cool whip and carefully lift the second cake's bottom onto the frosted cake.
7. Frost the whole cake with more cool whip.
8. Slice some fresh strawberries in half
9. Push in sliced strawberries into the side of the cake so they stick into the cool whip.
10. Cut off the tops of more strawberries and arrange them on the top of your cake.

TIPS TP MAKE IT MORE PATRIOTIC:
- you can dye the cake red or blue with food coloring
- you could use blueberries and make a flag with the berries on top of your cake
- you could dye the cool whip with red or blue food coloring

Hope you enjoy this cake! Get creative with it!

-Grace

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

What's hangin'? Is someberry looking for a smoothie recipe? Well I've got one for you!

Ingredients:

+ 1 cup yogurt
+ 4(ish) strawberries
+ 1 banana cut into chunks

Directions:

+ add all ingredients in blender
+ Mix, mix, mix it up!
+ Pour Into glass
+ chill in freezer or fridge for 10-20 min
+ enjoy!


~Hallie

P.S.
Updated version with ice, will come soon!

Chocolate Brownie Milkshake

So, I love chocolate! Now that it's summer, I don't crave hot chocolate anymore. So I had to find something else to quench my chocolate thirst! Here's a great recipe for a cool, chocolaty drink!

Chocolate Brownie Milkshake:

1. Get a blender.

2. Add chocolate ice cream, brownie(s), and milk to the blender.

3. BLEND!

4. Taste it and decide if it needs more of anything. Everyone likes a different chocolate amount, so I chose not to add measurements.

5. Pour into a a cup and enjoy!

I hope you like this simple treat! It's really easy to make and tastes delicious!!

-Grace :-)

Chocolate Monkey Smoothie

Hey! My friend and I tried these today! It was really good! It's not thick, maybe its my fault, but it tastes good!

Ingredients:         estimated: 2-servings
+ 1 cup milk
+ 1 1/4 Tbsp. Chocolate Syrup
+ 1 banana
+ 1 cup crushed ice

Directions:
+ Crush the ice
+ Add the milk
+ Add the chocolate syrup
+ Add the banana in chunks
+ ENJOY

this is joe, he's enjoying his sandwich, like you will (hopefully) enjoy your smoothie!

Refreshing Lemonade Slushy!

Hey guys! Summer is right around the corner. One of the most common summer treats is ice cold lemonade. But how about a lemonade slushy?! I've been experimenting today with different ways to create this yummy treat, and this is my favorite! Enjoy! :-)


Grace's Special Lemonade Slushy:

1. Fill an ice cube tray with lemonade (I used pre-made lemonade, but you can make your own), It takes about 9 or 10 ice cubes. Then, put the tray in the freezer.

2. A few hours later, put 1/3 cup of lemonade in the freezer.

3. When ice cubes are slushy but still can hold themselves together in one piece, take them out along with your 1/3 cup of lemonade.

4. Dump the cold lemonade and ice cubes into either a blender or a cup.

5. Then blend or stir until the lemonade in slushy-like.

6. Add a splash more of lemonade to make it more flavorful.

7. Pour into a cup (if not already) and slurp it down!

It's a nice summer treat for a hot day. And it is sure to cool you down!

-Grace