Sweet Potato Pancakes

These are a favorite for everyone in our family! They are so delicious and a bit more healthy than regular pancakes because of the added sweet potato. That adds fiber, Vitamin A, and lots of antioxidants that help to protect your body from free radicals. (Free radicals are unstable molecules that can damage DNA and trigger inflammation, which can lead to chronic illness).

So enjoy! Eat up! And if your kids don't like sweet potatoes. Don't worry. They'll never know that it's in there. I even substituted butternut squash one time and no one could tell the difference. :)

Ingredients:

1 C whole wheat flour
1 C unbleached flour
2 Tbsp cane sugar
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 C soymilk (or other plant-based milk...more or less to your liking. It just affects the thickness of these pancakes)
1 C cooked, pureed sweet potato
1/4 C canola oil
1/2 C applesauce

Instructions:

Mix dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the milk, sweet potatoes, and applesauce. Then stir the dry ingredients into the wet ones. Spray your hot pan with cooking spray and fry. Flip when bubbles start to appear and the bottom is golden.

Our favorite toppings: peanut butter with syrup, applesauce, blueberries, and bananas with walnuts. (I was out of bananas when we ate these last!!)

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