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Carrot Cake Pancakes

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  • Brief Description

    These cakey flapjacks feature warm spices and bright carrot flavor. This lightened version calls for low-fat buttermilk and a small dab of honey butter.

  • Main Ingredient

    carrots

  • Category:  Breakfast

  • Cuisine:  American

  • Prep Time:  5 min(s)

  • Cook Time:  6 min(s)

  • Recipe Type:  Public

  • Source:

    Cooking Light

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  • Notes:

    1 serving is 2 pancakes & about 2 teaspoons honey butter Calories 315 Fat 13.3 g Satfat 4.8 g Monofat 4.4 g Polyfat 3.3 g Protein 7.8 g Carbohydrate 41.6 g Fiber 2.2 g Cholesterol 78 mg Iron 2.3 mg Sodium 381 mg Calcium 177 mg

  • Posted By:  ecarr

  • Posted On:  Jan 28, 2015

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Ingredients:

  1. 1 1/4 cans - all-purpose flour (5.6 ounces)
  2. 1/4 cups - chopped walnuts toasted
  3. 2 teaspoons - baking powder
  4. 1 teaspoons - ground cinnamon
  5. 1/4 teaspoons - salt
  6. 1/8 teaspoons - freshly ground nutmeg
  7. dashes - ground cloves
  8. dashes - ground ginger
  9. 1/4 cups - brown sugar
  10. 3/4 cups - low-fat buttermilk
  11. 1 tablespoons - canola oil
  12. 1 1/2 teaspoons - vanilla extract
  13. 2 - large eggs lightly beaten
  14. 2 cups - finely grated carrot (about 1 pound)
  15. - cooking spray
  16. 3 tablespoons - butter softened
  17. 2 tablespoons - honey

Directions:

1. Weigh or 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 over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Spoon 4 (1/4 cup) batter mounds 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.


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