Oreo Pancakes

If you're looking for a recipe with actual Oreo cookies in them, this isn't it.  But worth a look, I promise! While others are having their Friday night pizza nights, our house is indulging in Friday night pancake night!  Oh yeah!   It all began when my youngest daughter proclaimed that she didn't like pizza.  The rest of the family was a little let down by this, but what came out of that let down was a wonderful family tradition that we've indulged in for the past 3 years. My kids LOVE and look forward to pancake night!!  And I'm not talking about plain ol' pancakes.  Now, don't get me wrong!  We love plain ol' pancakes and do eat them on occasion, but I've made it a quest to seek out fun pancake recipes. Some of those include pumpkin chocolate chip, chocolate chip cookie dough, apple pie pancakes, Kaiserschmarrn (Austrian pancakes), carrot cake, peanut butter chocolate chip, cake batter pancakes, cinnamon streusel and well, you get the picture!  If you're wanting any of these recipes, most of them you'll find pinned on my Pinterest board titled: Pancake Night. Being that it's Autumn, I was seeking out new Autumn inspired pancake recipes when I stumbled upon Oreo Pancakes and I was diverted from Autumn inspiration!  The recipe though wasn't exactly what I was looking for, so I kept on searching.  I decided to adapt my own version from 2 different recipes.  One being this chocolate pancake cake.  My son and I had a little pancake taste test and I knew we were on to something when he thought I was a genius for making these!  Thanks, my little guy! Then, in looking for the cream all the recipes I saw weren't anything close to the actual cream of an Oreo.  I then decided to find a copycat Oreo cookie recipes and decided to use that to give it that true Oreo taste!  It did not disappoint! 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened  1/4 cup vegetable shortening 2 cups confectioner’s sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract To make it thinner you can add splashes of milk until it's to your desired consistency. My pancakes aren't perfect looking in any way, but the taste is what counts.

These will give you a sugar high!  After trying them I decided that reducing the sugar in the pancakes might be a good idea if you're going to add the cream.  Or if you just want a really awesome chocolate pancake than these might just be for you!! Let me know if you give these a try!