Oven Pancakes

A group of people are coming over for pancakes...baked in my oven 

• I love pancakes, but I'm also lazy, and let's face it pancakes are not a lazy food. 
• I  could stand over a hot stove 
• Around noon in the heat of October in L.A. 
• And keep the tiny bits of fluffy goodness coming out of a frying pan,
• While I'm left out of my guests delightful conversations. 
• Or get up super early before all the guests arrive 
• Start making tons of the littler suckers, 
• Keep them warm in the oven, 
• Serve to everyone all at once, 
• But fall asleep during the conversation...
• til I remember I also bought bacon 
• and I return to the stove.
• I didn't like these options.
• My amazing roommate told me about making a pancakes in a rice cooker.
• The only problem is I don't own one, 
• And with less than a day before the event, even Amazon prime wouldn't deliver me one in time.
• So I searched online and found this link
• If you don't have time to click it's a guy talking about saving time by cooking his pancakes in his sweet, oven safe frying pan, he got free
• My frying pan cost me $8 and has a plastic handle
• But I liked the sentiment
• Then to further legit the possibility of an oven safe pancake I found Martha's version
• But it required a skillet
• And I didn't have time to forge one out of melted paperclips and safety pins.
• I'm sure that is how most skillets are made... 
• Now that we don't have local black smiths
• But I have glass pie pans.
• Three of them actually
• During my recent move I questioned my need for so many
• But tonight it's been proven each one is necessary
• At least til the next time I move
• So without further ado, my lazy version of the Oven Baked Pancakes
• What you'll need
• Pancake mix that you add water to
• Real Vanilla
• Things to doctor it with if desired: 
• Chocolate chips 
• When cooled top with Nutella 
• Blueberries 
• When done baking top with butter and blueberries

• A handful of coconut and spoon full of melted coconut creme 
• Top with some melted coconut creme as a glaze after baked
• Water
• Mine was genuine L.A. tap water, 
• But I'm sure any clean water will do.
• Butter
• Pie Pan
• Rubber Spatula
• Preheat the oven at 375, put your glass pan in the oven to get hot
• Mix the pancake mix and add Vanilla
• If your doctoring add either chocolate chips, blueberries, or coconut and melted coconut creme
• Pull out your hot glass pan, drop in some butter and swirl it round to coat all the sides
• Pour the pancake mix into the pan
• Tilt the pan a little 
• you should see the outer layer of the pancake already starting to cook
• Place the pan in the oven. 
• Greet your guests
• Pull out the real "pan cake" pancake hot and ready for everyone at the same time

• Top with toppings if wanted 
• Serve to everyone
• Make eye contact, start a conversation, join your party
• Whoops I forgot about the bacon...
• but wait there is an oven safe way to do that too! 
• It requires a cold oven so maybe it should be cooked before the pancakes
• Bonus...bacon smells greet the guests as they walk in.
• A link to a blog, where someone took the time to write all about it is here 
• Enjoy your oven baked pancake party!