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Mason Sisters Cook Up A Sweet Breakfast Treat

Merri Lou Dobler Correspondent

Saturday morning breakfasts are a family treat for sisters Sarah and Rebecca Mason of Spokane.

The girls whip up mom Linda Towle’s pancake recipe and add their own tasty twist: a handful of chocolate chips. Voila! Favorite Chocolate Chip Pancakes.

Sarah, a fifth-grader at Greenacres Elementary School, likes to fix both chocolate chip pancakes and cookies. But her favorite cooking activity is “making cakes and decorating them with chocolate chips.”

She laughs when describing how she adds “lots” of chips to her pancakes, liberally sprinkling them on the batter as it cooks. She can eat two large and one small pancake in a single sitting.

And what does she put on her pancakes?

“I sometimes put peanut butter,” Sarah giggles.

Older sister Rebecca, a seventh-grader at Greenacres Junior High, is more traditional, topping her pancakes with butter and syrup.

She enjoys making baked goods, such as zucchini bread. Competent in the kitchen, Rebecca likes making scrambled eggs for breakfast, fixing her own lunch for school and helping make dinner for her sister and her parents.

Sweeten up your Saturday morning with the Mason girls’ pancake recipe, adapted from a Better Homes and Gardens cookbook.

Favorite Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Adapted from “Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book” (Better Homes and Gardens Books).

1-1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 beaten egg

1 cup skim milk

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1/2-2/3 cup chocolate chips

Sift together dry ingredients. Combine egg, milk, and oil; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.

Pour batter on hot griddle and sprinkle with a few chocolate chips. Turn once.

Yield: 12 dollar-size or eight 4-inch pancakes.

, DataTimes MEMO: Kid Stuff is a monthly column featuring recipes for and by kids. Young chefs can send letters describing their cooking interests to: Kid Stuff, Features Department, The Spokesman-Review, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210.

Kid Stuff is a monthly column featuring recipes for and by kids. Young chefs can send letters describing their cooking interests to: Kid Stuff, Features Department, The Spokesman-Review, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210.