Unless it's a holiday, I pretty much never cook breakfast. During the week, I eat my oatmeal. On the weekends, it's yogurt because I have no energy to make anything after I get home from my runs. Once in a blue moon, I'll make a breakfast for dinner. I always see delicious looking breakfast dishes on other blogs, but know I'll never get around to it.
Last week I was flipping through my recipe binder, and found this recipe from Cooking Light that I have had saved for a few months. JJ's favorite cake is carrot, and I knew he'd like these, so I put them on the menu. I then remembered the reason I never make breakfast for dinner is because I have such a hard time picking out sides to go with things like pancakes. Beans/tofu don't really go, and a salad with pancakes... not so much. In the end, I made these with the sesame maple brussels sprouts as well as the tempeh sausages from previous posts.
Coincidentally, the night I made these he ended up working late and had dinner out. However, I really enjoyed these pancakes. They weren't overly sweet at all, and tasted pretty healthy because there's a lot of carrot in the recipe! I didn't make the honey butter, instead I used a blood orange marmalade, which was also delicious!
Carrot Cake Pancakes
adapted Cooking Light, January 2010
1 1/4 c. white whole wheat flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 c. dark brown sugar
3/4 c. fat free buttermilk
1 tbsp. canola oil
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 egg whites, beaten
1 c. grated carrot
nonstick spray
Heat a griddle over medium-low.
In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients (flour thru brown sugar).
In a small dish, whisk together wet ingredients.
Pour wet ingredients into dry, add carrots and fold in until batter comes together.
Spray griddle with nonstick spray, ladle batter in 1/3 c. cakes.
Cook for 4 minutes, until bubbles rise up, flip and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
Serve with butter, maple syrup or jam.
9 comments:
I love these pancakes! I'd forgotten all about them though because I never end up making the same kind of pancakes twice.
What a great idea for pancakes!
These look so great Ashlee! I would love to do these pancakes but I never have buttermilk on hand.
I've made these and I LOVE them!! I need to do this, thanks!
Love this idea! It'd be like having dessert for breakfast. :)
I'm always the breakfast-for-dinner rather than breakfast-for-breakfast type (I love my oatmeal!). This flavor for pancakes sounds amazing! Almost like dessert-for-breakfast-for-dinner.
I looove carrot cake. I think I might make these tomorrow and serve them to the kiddos!
mmm...There's a breakfast restaurant around here that makes these, but I've never tried them. They also make chocolate cake pancakes! Anyway, these sound very yummy. Thanks for the recipe
Those look amazing.
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