Food Network: Bunny Hotcakes with Apple Butter Cream

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Bunny Hotcakes with Apple Butter Cream
Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

Ingredients
Hotcakes:
2 cups just-add-water pancake mix
1 1/2 cups apple juice
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 (8-ounce) container whipped cream cheese
2/3 cup apple butter
Cooking spray

Decoration:
Shredded coconut
2 drops yellow food coloring
Star-shaped dragees
1 bag mini-marshmallows

Special equipment:

Bunny-shaped cookie cutter
Egg-shaped cookie cutter
Chick-shaped cookie cutter

Instructions
To make the hotcakes: In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the
pancake mix, apple juice, and cinnamon. Set aside.

In a small mixing bowl, combine the whipped cream cheese and apple butter until smooth. Set
aside.

Lightly spray a large skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Using a 1/3 cup measure,
scoop the pancake batter into the skillet. Flip the pancakes when they start to bubble. Cook an
additional 1 to 2 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove pancakes to a cooling rack.

Using the shaped cookie-cutters, create several bunny, chick, and egg shapes from the cooled
pancakes. Spread the tops completely with the reserved apple butter cream.

To decorate: Sprinkle the bunny and egg pancakes with shredded coconut. Create yellow "fur" for the
chicks by shaking in a plastic bag 1 cup shredded coconut with 2 drops yellow food coloring until
coated. Top the chick pancakes with the yellow coconut. Add star-shaped dragees to the bunny and
chick pancakes to create "eyes." Finally, complete the bunny pancakes by adding a single
mini-marshmallow to rear, creating a puffy "tail."