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Dining with Dad (I Heart Cooking Clubs)
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Beth Anne Leach
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into%20the%20pan.Sprinkle%20chocolate%20chips%20over%20each%20pancake.When%20the%20edges%20of%20the%20pancakes%20begin%20to%20bubble,%20flip%20them%20over.%20Cook%20until%20done%20and%20serve%20to%20one%20very%20happy%20little%20boy.%20(Okay,%20so%20I%20added%20that%20part%20on%20my%20own.)Here's%20to%20you,%20Dad.%3C/p%3E){kind=link}