How to Make Superhero Pancakes

How can you possibly improve fried bread slathered in butter and syrup? Superheros, that's how. You may not be able to shoot webs from your hands or have an angst-filled romance with a beautiful actress, but with these three easy steps, you can be a hero to your kids. Or your grandma. Or whoever's sitting at your table with syrup at the ready.

This instructable will show you how to make Batman, Spiderman, and Superman pancakes. But you're a creative individual. Wih this technique in hand, you can make whatever pancake your little heart (or stomach) desires. You are Michelangelo. Here are some paints:

Make your favorite pancake batter. Use your normal consistency, but err on the side of too runny rather than too thick.

Put some of the batter in some sort of squeezable container. It could be an old mustard bottle, a syringe, a plastic bag with a hole in it, an icing dispenser... anything that you can squeeze a fine line of pancake batter out of.  I found the plastic bag with a hole too difficult to work with, so I ended up using a mustard bottle.

Draw your design on a hot pan.

I repeat: your pan should be hot. The idea is for your design to cook longer than the rest of the pancake (so it gets darker).

TIP 1: Don't use no-stick spray if you can help it. The no-stick spray leads to a mottled appearance on the pancake, which kindof ruins the effect of your design. And if you're using a teflon coated pan, you don't really need it.

TIP 2: If you are doing a design with letters, or any design that would look weird in a mirror, DRAW IT BACKWARDS on the pan. I did not do this on the Superman design, so when I flip it in step three, it looks backwards.

Wait a minute (or 30 seconds) for your design to cook. Then fill in the pancake and flip it like your normally would.

If you've never made a pancake before, this means that you pour some batter in a circle, wait for bubbles to form, then flip the pancake and cook the other side.

Boom! You have a superhero pancake.