(Recipe has been updated with the grated carrots. Can’t believe I forget the star ingredient!!!)
I love playing with pancake batters. I recently made some Whole Wheat Zucchini Carrot Pancakes, and decided to take them to the next level with a cream cheese-maple syrup.
And oh. oh. oh. my. word.
Yes…these are safe to call dinner. Or breakfast. Or lunch. Or after school snack. Or midnight snack. Or all of the above. (But maybe not in the same day!!?!!)
These pancakes are made with whole wheat flour and maple syrup. So they are actually good for you. (Despite the fact that the name of the recipe sounds like dessert. They are the real deal for a meal!)
(I get maple syrup free from Amazon, using credit earned Swagbucks.)
Now for the recipe…
Carrot Cake Pancakes
Yield – 18 3″ size pancakes
Preparation Time – 10 minutes
Cooking Time - 25 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour ($.56)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon ($.05)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder ($.10)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 – 1 3/4 cups milk (depending on how thick you like your pancakes) ($.20)
- 1 egg ($.10)
- 1/4 cup applesauce ($.20)
- 2 Tablespoons maple syrup ($.50)
- 2 Tablespoons butter, melted ($.20)
- 1 1/4 cup grated carrots ($.25)
- Syrup: equal parts cream cheese and maple syrup with dash of cinnamon ($.50-$1)
- Side: Sausage, eggs, fresh fruit ($2.50)
Directions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt.
- Whisk in the milk, egg, applesauce, maple syrup, melted butter. Fold in the grated carrots.
- Cook pancakes on hot, greased griddle. Repeat until all batter is used.
- To make cream cheese syrup, whisk together equal parts of maple syrup and cream cheese and add a dash or two of cinnamon. Pour over hot pancakes.
- Serve Whole Wheat Carrot Cake Pancakes & Cream Cheese Maple Syrup with side of sausage, scrambled eggs, fresh fruit.
Cost $5.16
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Is there a brand of potato pancake you can recommend(aside from the Jewish kinds)? I like the ones that are flat, large and crispy, can’t seem to find it since I had it at a breakfast place from home.
Am I missing something, or are there actually no carrots in this recipe?
Ack! I forgot the most important ingredient! I’ve updated the recipe!
Erin
I’m with Rikki. UMMM Where is the CARROTS!!!
LOL! I can’t believe I left out the most important part! I’ve updated the recipe
Erin
It’s all better now Erin! Adding the carrots makes it all make since. Definitely want to try these.
Thanks for hosting Erin! The pancakes look delish!
~Liz @ Pocket Change Gourmet & Hoosier Homemade
YUM! What a delicious pancake recipe! I love the idea of topping it with cream cheese.
Thanks for hosting. I have tons of carrots, so I think I will make a double batch for the freezer.
I think you forgot the zucchini too ?
It’s so funny, I was just checking here to see if I missed something – thanks I knew it had to have carrots in there somewhere
It sounds like a great recipe
I thought it was weird that there were no carrots, but that has been fixed. However, if the recipe title has zucchini in it, shouldn’t that be an ingredient too???
Nevermind. I see that was a different recipe.
I cooked this recipe and blogged about it for our Real Food pledge:
http://campcounselormom.com/2011/10/02/real-food-pledge-day-1/
Thanks for the great recipe!
how well do these freeze if you batch make them?
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