Easy Pancake Mix In A Jar With Free Printable

Pancake Mix In A Jar: perfect for gift giving this homemade pancake mix in jar is a delicious, easy to make, and inexpensive gift idea.

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• Pancake Dry Ingredients:
• Variation
• Jar or Canister
• Pancake Mix Instructions Printable Gift Tag
• Syrup
• Gift Giving
• More Breakfast Recipe Inspiration

This pancake mix in a jar is a favourite of mine.  It's easy to put this gift together and it makes the most delicious homemade pancakes.  Stir together the dry ingredients, and add the dry mix to a jar and canister, and print the free printable recipe tag for the gift recipient.  The recipe tag tells the gift recipient exactly what to add, and what measurements to make a delicious homemade pancake batter.  Give this along with some maple syrup for the perfect homemade thoughtful gift of fluffy pancakes.

Today I'm sharing my very favourite pancakes with you. I grew up on Aunt Jemima and thought that was what pancakes tasted like. When I got married my husband started making us pancakes from scratch -what a difference, and the real maple syrup didn't hurt either. This batch of pancakes is so light, and fluffy, and yummy. If you've never tried them before consider it Christmas holiday homework. 😉

Pancake Dry Ingredients:

To make these into an in-a-jar recipe, combine these dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and whisk together:

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt

Variation

Want to make these into chocolate chip pancake mix?  Just add a ½ cup of chocolate chips to the dry pancake mix when your mixing it together.  

Jar or Canister

All together the dry ingredients are just under 2 cups.  This will fit in a pint mason jar or canister that can hold 16 oz.  

I used a cute canister from the dollar store to put the homemade pancake mix into.  A canning jar or any glass jar that can hold 2 cups works great too.  For the holidays, you can decorate the glass mason jar or canister with some fresh pine and ribbon and tie on the recipe tag.

Pancake Mix Instructions Printable Gift Tag

This cute free printable label gives the recipient the list of wet ingredients to add.  You can download the free printable labels from our Free Resource Library.  It's free and gives you instant access to this printable and lots of others.  Subscribe below for access.

I printed the recipe tag on card stock, cut it out, and added a little glitter to the printable tags -cause everything is better with glitter. Then just punch a hole in the top, and tie it onto the canister with a little Christmas ribbon for the holidays, or regular ribbon anytime of year.  For another option, you could print the recipe onto sticker paper, and then stick it to the side of the glass jar.  This would work best on a canister with straight sides.

On the free printable gift tags are the instructions for what to add to the mason jar pancake mix.  

Combine in a large bowl:

• 1 ½ cups milk or buttermilk
• 3 tablespoon melted butter
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs

Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined.  Cook batter into pancakes on a hot griddle or frying pan.  Once small bubbles form on the top, flip over until the other side is golden brown.  Serve with maple syrup and enjoy!

Syrup

Along with the pancake mix-in-a-jar, I thought it would be nice to include some syrup. I found this delicious looking raspberry syrup, but real maple syrup would be great too.

Gift Giving

My syrup was around $5, the canister $1, and I had the other ingredients, making this a great under $10 Christmas gift or hostess gift anytime of year.  I think this would be really fun to bring as a hostess gift for a dinner party, and mention something like "you made us this beautiful dinner so here's something to help with breakfast tomorrow".  Want some more ideas about a breakfast gift basket?   Check out this post where I used this DIY pancake mix in a jar, along with other breakfast items for the perfect breakfast gift basket.

Not only is this pancake mix in a jar a great hostess gift, it's so easy that it would be a great project to make with kids who want to make homemade items for gift giving.  You could easily make this pancake mix with kids at girl guides, in a classroom, or as part of a youth group, or any other club.  They could mix it together and package it for gift giving and give it to someone special this holiday season, or for Mother's Day or Father's Day.

With pancake mix in jar, life really is a party!

More Breakfast Recipe Inspiration

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