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    Whole Wheat Carrot Cake Pancakes

    September 12, 2011 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 20 Comments

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    carrot cake pancakes

    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!)

    carrot cake pancakes

    Now for the recipe…

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    Whole Wheat Carrot Cake Pancakes

    These are safe to call dinner. Or breakfast. Or lunch. Or after school snack. Or midnight snack. Or all of the above.
    Prep Time10 minutes
    Cook Time15 minutes
    Servings - 4 servings

    Ingredients 

    • 2 cups whole wheat flour
    • 1 tsp cinnamon
    • 2 tsp baking powder
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 1 3/4 cups milk
    • 1 egg
    • 1/4 cup applesauce
    • 2 Tbsp maple syrup
    • 2 Tbsp butter melted
    • 1 1/4 cups grated carrots
    • 2 Tbsp maple syrup syrup
    • 2 Tbsp cream cheese softened
    • sausage, eggs, fresh fruit side

    Instructions

    • 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.

     

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    Comments

    1. karen says

      September 12, 2011 at 5:23 pm

      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.

      Reply
    2. Rikki says

      September 12, 2011 at 5:56 pm

      Am I missing something, or are there actually no carrots in this recipe?

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      • Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says

        September 12, 2011 at 6:25 pm

        Ack! I forgot the most important ingredient! I’ve updated the recipe! 🙂

        Erin

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    3. Melissa says

      September 12, 2011 at 6:02 pm

      I’m with Rikki. UMMM Where is the CARROTS!!!

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      • Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says

        September 12, 2011 at 6:26 pm

        LOL! I can’t believe I left out the most important part! I’ve updated the recipe 🙂

        Erin

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    4. Tammy Gomory says

      September 12, 2011 at 7:13 pm

      It’s all better now Erin! Adding the carrots makes it all make since. Definitely want to try these.

      Reply
    5. [email protected] says

      September 12, 2011 at 7:53 pm

      Thanks for hosting Erin! The pancakes look delish!
      ~Liz @ Pocket Change Gourmet & Hoosier Homemade

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    6. Alea says

      September 12, 2011 at 8:05 pm

      YUM! What a delicious pancake recipe! I love the idea of topping it with cream cheese.

      Reply
    7. Kristia @ Family Balance Sheet says

      September 12, 2011 at 8:56 pm

      Thanks for hosting. I have tons of carrots, so I think I will make a double batch for the freezer.

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    8. Jacquie Z says

      September 13, 2011 at 10:54 am

      I think you forgot the zucchini too ?

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    9. [email protected] says

      September 13, 2011 at 12:17 pm

      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

      Reply
    10. Nicole says

      September 18, 2011 at 7:20 am

      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???

      Reply
    11. Nicole says

      September 18, 2011 at 7:22 am

      Nevermind. I see that was a different recipe.

      Reply
    12. Kristen - Camp Counselor Mom says

      October 3, 2011 at 1:37 pm

      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!

      Reply
    13. Sarah says

      October 3, 2011 at 6:00 pm

      how well do these freeze if you batch make them?

      Reply

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