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Vampire Pancakes
Courtesy of BakingBites.com

Description: Vampires aren't big breakfast-eaters and more of the midnight snack type. This inspired the author to create this late-night snack recipe during an evening of watching pre-Halloween scary movies. These buttermilk pancakes are made with red raspberry jam filling that oozes out when you cut it for a bite. They are quite easy to make as you start with a fairly standard pancake batter recipe and add the spooky touches as you go.

Ingredients:

1-1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1-1/2 cups buttermilk
1 large egg
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
approx 1/3 cup red jam of your choice

Serves 2-3

Cooking Directions:

1. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
2. In a small bowl or large measuring cup, whisk together buttermilk, egg, vegetable oil and vanilla.
3. Pour into dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
4. Preheat a lightly greased griddle or frying pan to medium-high. When a drop of water skitters on the surface, it is ready.
5. Drop a scant 1/4 cup of batter onto the griddle. Place about 3 tsp jam in the center of the pancake. Cover with a bit more pancake batter – just enough to hide the jam. Cook until first side is golden, then flip and brown the second side.
6. To make vampire bites, use a toothpick to make fang marks and mark each with a drop of jam.
Serve immediately.