You bet you can make funnel cake with pancake mix, and you don’t need a vat of oil like at the state fair to do it. Make a thick batter by adding a small amount of water to the dry pancake mixture.

As developer Kristen Carli says of her easy funnel cake recipe, "I love how easy this recipe comes together." The batter itself is made from pancake mix, so it couldn't be much simpler. The trick to ...