Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Pancakes with Homemade Citrus Spiced Syrup
Cook up these pancakes for your next weekend breakfast -- you will LOVE them! So delicious thanks to a homemade syrup with a hint of spices and citrus flavors. So good and pretty easy to make as well!!
Place one cup of water and the remaining ingredients for the syrup into a pot over medium heat. And cook for about 30 minutes. It should have the consistency of syrup – not too thin or too thick.
When ready, remove from heat and strain out the solids. Allow to cool at room temperature. Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 30 days in an airtight jar or container.
Make the pancakes
Place sweet potatoes in a pot and cover them with water. Bring to a boil and cook until tender. When ready, drain but reserving the liquid for later. Allow to cool and mash with a fork or potato masher.
Combine all the dry ingredients into a medium mixing bowl. Whisk together eggs and milk.
Add the eggs and milk to the dry ingredients along with ½ cup of the reserved cooking water. If Mix to combine. If dough appears to be too thick, add more of the cooking water until it reaches the right consistency.
Heat a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Spray with baking spray and pour in pancakes using a ¼ cup measure. Cook until the edges begin to dry and then gently flip over and cook the other side. Around 2 minutes per side. Remove pancakes and keep warm. Repeat until all batter is used.
Make the syrup
Place one cup of water and the remaining ingredients for the syrup into a pot over medium heat. And cook for about 30 minutes. It should have the consistency of syrup – not too thin or too thick.
When ready, remove from heat and strain out the solids. Allow to cool at room temperature.
Serve your pancakes up with your warm syrup and fresh fruit!
Notes
Recipe notes:*I used unsweetened almond milk to make these and to calculate the nutrition. Nutrition may vary depending on the variety of milk used.** I highly recommend making these pancakes with panela. Panela is a less processed sugar that has an interesting flavor which really adds to these pancakes. If not, you can substitute with dark brown sugar.Other topping ideas include: fresh fruit or fruit compote, butter, yogurt