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Find out why silver dollar pancakes are the perfect breakfast for kids with sensory processing disorder. Avoid mess and make breakfast enjoyable for everyone.

Silver Dollar Pancakes Are The New Cereal Choice

Today, we are having a silver dollar pancake breakfast before our family leaves to start the new year.

The most significant aspect of mini silver dollar pancakes is that our son will eat them with no leftovers.

Leftover food and food waste can get under my skin, so I will do whatever it takes to avoid that.

With a son who suffers from a sensory processing disorder (SPD), he struggles to cut food, so we do the best we can to keep recipes simple for him.

Another downfall with SPD is that he is unable to or struggles with space and how close he is or isn’t to someone or something.

However, that still means we find lots of food on his lap or floor.

I know why some parents don’t bother renovating until their kids have grown up.

No matter what, we will both clean and do whatever it takes to ensure our little guy is looked after.

What Are Mini Silver Dollar Pancakes?

Silver Dollar Pancakes come with a few names that you may be familiar with,

• Dollar Pancakes
• Mini pancakes
• Tiny pancakes
• Muffin tin pancakes
• Dollar size pancakes

Mrs. CBB makes keto silver dollar pancakes using her keto pancake recipe.

Silver Dollar Pancake Toppings

I’m a huge fan of maple syrup, but our son often likes to put Nutella on his then maple syrup, but only as a treat.

Two summers ago we made a trip to the Elmira maple sugar bush and our son loved it, we all did.

It was pretty cool to see all of the buckets hanging on the trees and go into the facility to see how maple syrup is made.

Any jam or jelly would be perfect for the silver dollar pancakes, whipped cream, ice cream, and sauces.

Ok, I had better stop now, although I will make these again this morning.

Back To School Silver Dollar Pancakes – Mini Pancakes

This morning is the last morning that the kids will see each other before it’s back to school in 2021 on the computer.

Although we’re not sure how our son will do with education on the computer, we are both here to support him through it.

Before he headed home with his family, his cousin asked if I could make my famous fluffy mini silver pancakes for them.

He’s had the silver dollar pancakes I’ve made before, but he likes to eat them like a bowl of cereal.

I know it sounds odd, but this kid gobbles it with milk over the silver dollar pancakes and a little maple syrup.

I’d eat that, but our son would go nowhere near silver-dollar pancakes in a bowl with milk.

He would run away from us since he’d never had a bowl of cereal.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I swear I saw a box of cereal at the grocery store that was crunchy mini pancakes.

Hey, if they can make Timbits cereal, anything is bound to be out there.

Sensory Processing Disorder

One day, I will write about living with a child who is not a picky eater by choice, but because of his social processing disorder (SPD), it makes textures, tastes, and smells overwhelming.

If you have a child with SPD, you may be able to understand how difficult dealing with a child such as ours is, but you never give up.

This may sound strange, but if he ever tries food that he’s never had before and likes it, we are ecstatic.

These silver-dollar pancakes are great because he can eat them independently.

A child with SPD wants to do things independently but struggles, so mom and dad jump in to help.

Independent Children

Although he’s ok handling a knife, he can turn a beautiful fluffy pancake into a war zone within seconds.

I first saw the silver dollar pancakes in a breakfast restaurant that is pretty popular in our city.

We went there for breakfast with relatives, and they asked if we wanted silver dollar pancakes with our son’s bacon order.

Mrs. CBB knew what they were, but I didn’t, so she said yes, we’ll have them with his bacon.

She was right. We both sat there and tried not to stare at him, but he added his maple syrup and ate the silver-dollar pancakes without help.

Now I know how to make them at home, although there is a small trick to making 20-40 mini silver dollar pancakes at home.

Tips For Making The Best Silver Dollar Pancake Recipe

1. Use a large grill – one of the best kitchen appliances we own next to the hand blender, coffee grinder, food processor, kitchen-aid mixer, and blender.
2. Have a mini spatula

You will always want to stand at the grill as the silver-dollar pancakes cook quickly.

Have a dish ready to put them on, but don’t stack them, especially if you like the bit of crunch around the corners or on the top.

Always wait to flip your silver dollar pancakes until one side is golden brown, but remember, after the flip, it cooks fast.

If you have an empty condiment bottle, as we do from the Dollar store, you fill it up with pancake batter and make mini silver dollar pancakes.

I tried using a zip lock bag and cutting the corner, butut I find it can be a bit too messy for me.

Once cooled, you can put them in a bowl for cereal, or if you plan to eat them hot, start eating them fast.

How To Make Mini Silver Dollar Pancakes

I use the same batter as my Magical Pillow fluffy Pancakes recipe for these silver dollar pancakes.

Our son would put a pancake near his cheek and say they were pillowy soft. Haha!

Since these are the best pancake recipes I’ve ever made since living in Canada, we use them all the time.

I did add some Krisda sugar-free chocolate chips to his silver dollar pancakes, but you don’t have to.

If you want to amp up the flavor, add orange or lemon peel to the pancake batter.

In the UK, we would drizzle lemon sauce on pancakes until I moved to Canada.

Mini Silver Dollar Pancake Ingredients

Exact measurements are found in the printable recipe below.

• 1 Free Range Large Brown Egg
• Salted Butter (this is to put on the grill)
• Self-Rising Flour (or all-purpose flour + 1 tbsp baking powder)
• Organic Baking Powder
• Purest Baking Soda
• Salt
• Avocado Oil (We buy ours at Costco for $15.99 1 litre)
• Granulated Sugar (I used Truvia, but either or is fine)
• White 2% Milk
• Canadian Sugar Syrup
• A Black and Decker Griddle or any skillet will do. However, I don’t get the same fluffiness by using a frying pan as the griddle cooks it evenly on a flat surface.

Let’s Make Some Silver Dollar Pancakes

Learn how silver dollar pancakes can make breakfast fun and stress-free for kids with sensory processing disorder. No leftovers, no food waste.

Ingredients

• 1 Egg, large brown free-range
• 1 Canadian maple syrup
•  2 1/2 tbsp Avocado oil
• 1 tbsp Baking powder
• 1/2 tsp Baking soda
• 1 tbsp Granulated sugar
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1 1/2 cups Self-rising flour or (All-Purpose FlouSugar tablespoon Baking powder)
• 1 cup 2% white milk, white

Instructions

1. Preheat the pancake grill/griddle to 200 degrees.
2. Add dry ingredients in a large bowl, leaving a well in the middle.
3. Add egg, avocado oil, and milk into the center and whisk, then combine the dry ingredients.
4. Add 1 tablespoon of butter to your non-stick griddle, and you’ll do this every time you add a new set of pancakes.
5. Use a tablespoon to pour even amounts of batter onto the hot griddle.
6. Cook the pancakes until bubbles form on the top, then flip to the other side. It takes about 1 minute on each side.
7. Once finished, topping your fluffy pancakes with butter, maple syrup, whipped cream, fresh fruits, or jams is ideal.
8. Make about 40 Silver Doller Pancakes

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