Monday, February 1, 2010

Carrot Cake Pancakes

We woke up on Saturday morning to a winter wonderland in Nashville, and the roads were pretty much impassable. Fortunately, I had everything I needed to make these delicious pancakes. A lot of the bulk comes from the shredded carrots, of which my food processor made quick work, but the spices add a lot of the carrot cake flavor. The batter is thick and needs to be spread thinner on the griddle, otherwise the middle doesn't cook through. Definitely try these for a variation on your normal pancake without any added fat.

Carrot Cake Pancakes
source: Cooking Light January 2010

Preparation
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
  • Dash of ground cloves
  • Dash of ground ginger
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 cups finely grated carrot (about 3 medium/large carrots)
  • Cooking spray
  • 3 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 tablespoons honey
Preparation

1. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour and next 7 ingredients (through ginger) in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Combine 1/4 cup brown sugar and next 4 ingredients (through eggs); add sugar mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Fold in 2 cups carrot.

2. Heat a large nonstick skillet or griddle over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Spoon a 1/4 cup of batter onto pan, spreading with a spatula. Cook for 2 minutes or until tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked. Carefully turn pancakes over; cook 1 minute or until bottoms are lightly browned. Repeat procedure twice with remaining batter. Combine butter and honey in a small bowl; serve with pancakes.

5 comments:

Josie said...

I just saw this recipe yesterday in CL and can't wait to try it! They look really tasty!

Anonymous said...

Yum! I saw this in my CL mag but it didn't strike me as something to make until you posted it here.

Evelyn said...

I love carrot cake! I wonder if these are still healthy if I eat them with cream cheese frosting?

Lisa said...

I second the cream cheese frosting! LOL. Guess that defeats the cooking light purpose. They sound interesting though since I do love carrot cake.

ErinsFoodFiles said...

These sound really delicious, and intriguing!