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!)
Now for the recipe…
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.
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.
karen says
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.
Rikki says
Am I missing something, or are there actually no carrots in this recipe?
Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says
Ack! I forgot the most important ingredient! I’ve updated the recipe! 🙂
Erin
Melissa says
I’m with Rikki. UMMM Where is the CARROTS!!!
Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says
LOL! I can’t believe I left out the most important part! I’ve updated the recipe 🙂
Erin
Tammy Gomory says
It’s all better now Erin! Adding the carrots makes it all make since. Definitely want to try these.
Liz@PocketChangeGourmet says
Thanks for hosting Erin! The pancakes look delish!
~Liz @ Pocket Change Gourmet & Hoosier Homemade
Alea says
YUM! What a delicious pancake recipe! I love the idea of topping it with cream cheese.
Kristia @ Family Balance Sheet says
Thanks for hosting. I have tons of carrots, so I think I will make a double batch for the freezer.
Jacquie Z says
I think you forgot the zucchini too ?
Jenn@slim-shoppin says
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
Nicole says
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???
Nicole says
Nevermind. I see that was a different recipe.
Kristen - Camp Counselor Mom says
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!
Sarah says
how well do these freeze if you batch make them?