Nordic Ware Autumn Leaves Pancake Pan, Black

What a great idea! No need to try and fit 3 or 4 pancakes on a rounded frying pan (then have the batter run together) -- just use the silver dollar pancake pan.For batter, I use a pancake mix, substituting milk, apple juice, and/or soy milk for the water, adding apple sauce, sometimes cinnamon. The pan works for liquid batters and thicker batters alike.It's easy:-Turn the stove on to medium-high, and wait a little for it to heat up.-Put a bit of butter in each slot.-Pour the dough into those rounded spaces. The instructions say a tablespoon of batter, and that works great (a little more if you are using a slightly larger spoon will be fine).-Optional add ingredients like berries, apples, peaches, nuts, chocolate chips, etc.-Wait until it bubbles.-Use a rubber spatula (one that won't melt) to flip the pancakes (a stiff flat spatular will not fit inside the circles).-Flip in the order you poured, often by the time you've filled each circle the first will be ready or close to ready to flip.Voila -- perfect pancakes.-Optional: put in more butter and start a second batch.The pan is really easy to clean (hand wash). I normally don't like things like cupcake pans because washing is difficult, but this pan is still flat enough it's really no harder than cleaning a frying pan. It's fairly light, too. It is non-stick, making it easier to cook with and to clean.I've used my pancake pan every time for pancakes since I bought it 10 months ago. I originally got the idea from a physical goods store, but as is often true, Amazon had a better price. The pan has held up and had no problems, and it makes the cutest round pancakes, earning it a glowing 5-stars.Update September '16:I use this pan a couple times a month and it's still one of my favorite kitchen devices. Love it.

Note that all the complaints hereabout involving the inability to flip the cakes and/or the idea that everything sticks--*none* of that sounds like my usage, but also note that my pan has regulation flat-bottom wells. No cutesy animals or xmas tree shapes or whatever.Easily cleaned, easily used. I swab each well with melted butter, but after a few run-throughs I finished the last of the batter with no butter at all, and they turned very easily and cooked very well.The only thing I had an initial problem with was a tool to use to get under a little of the lip of each pancake before turning it. I rummaged around and found an old pie server. It's a super thin sheet of metal with a rounded tip. A remnant of my mother-in-law's life, it is probably 75 years old and we've never used it, but it worked perfectly. I suppose you could use any bread knife that has no real edge or serrations--ensuring you won't won't muck up the non-stick coating.

This is a nice pan for making the grandkids pancakes. They love the faces imbedded in each one. They use syrup to decorate the faces. One grand baby said "her pancakes were wearing makeup" as she decorated the eyes and mouths, it was quite comical. The only difficulty is when its time to turn them, but we took care of that. Have an electric griddle or another pan pre-heated along side the cooktop, when the batch of smileys are ready, flip them over onto the waiting pre-heated surface to continue cooking. Also the directions say to use a cooking spray, so do not leave that step out or they will be difficult to remove when taking them out. We make the batter just a tiny bit thinner and put it in a squeeze bottle, that makes it much easier to fill the molds. I also will carefully highlight the features first, let them cook until darker, then fill the face to give more expression to the smileys. You can also do the opposite for different effects. The kids love them and gobble them up!

It will take me a few tries to get the pancakes to turn out the way they should. Don't turn them over too soon or else they will stick and you will ruin the look. You do have to spray the iron before placing the batter on the griddle or else the batter will stick. I also recommend using a plastic fork to turn each pancake so you don't scratch the griddle. I think this was too pricey but I bought it because I think it will last a long time, and because the designs on this iron are very nice and especially appropriate for the fall and winter. This iron stores easily. It also cleans easily using dish soap, warm water and a non-abrasive scrubber.

Great buy, worth the investment.Box could be smaller & wrapped better for delivery.

I think it does a pretty good job, but on some of the pancakes I couldn’t see what animal it was I still like it

This pancake pan is excellent, it is extremely light weight, which is a plus for me, I don't like pans that are heavy, I don't really love to spend time in the kitchen, so buying stuff that help me prepare meals quicker and efficiently is important. I made protein pancakes the same day because I wanted to try it right away. The size of the pan is perfect, the size of the pancakes are about 2 3/4" in diameter, maybe 3". This is great for portion control, I went ahead and made my egg whites as well in the pan after I cooked the pancakes and it was quick and best of all it helps with portion control. Please note the bottom of the pan is not flat and I thought this was not going to let the pan heat completely all around it, but this wasn't the case, all pancakes cooked well at the same time. It is a non-stick pan, and I used a butter spray before cooking and my pancakes were easy to flip even without a spatula. Now I want to make pancakes everyday. It is also very easy to clean, I don't have a dish washer, I washed it by hand in a couple of seconds.

Will be given as a gift...looks great .

Parent and kids loved it. Really cute. Everyone loved it.

Gostei muito do produto, muito lindo.Apenas uma sugestão : se as cavidades fossem um pouquinho mais profundas, ficaria perfeito...

Es un sartén genial, la calidad es excelente, distribuye bien el calor y no se pega nada, la volteada solo es cuestión de práctica, yo tengo 3 opciones: al voltearlas las pongo en un sarten liso y así avanzo más rápido en la preparación. Si no tengo prisa volteo en la misma sarten y puedo hacer una cara de un lado y otra del otro o las dos del mismo tipo. A mi hijo le encanta, y a mi igual.

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Es un bonito comal para preparar pancakes ideal para un detalle, las figuras son muy lindas, sin embargo el tamaño de cada pancake es muy pequeño, es fácil de usar y de limpiar. La calidad del comal es buena.