"Can we have pancakes?" That's the question I hear every birthday weekend from a certain little sir; and like a doting mommy, I always make said pancakes & cut them into cute shapes. Not sure why though as no one ever notices that they've just inhaled a teddy bear or a star. In any case, this year I decided to try something different. I had 2 sweet potatoes on the counter & that got me to thinking, "hmm, I wonder if he'd like sweet potato pancakes? Hang on, is there such a thing as a sweet potato pancake? Surely there must be." So after searching through my cookbooks & the usual websites, I did some combining & came up with an awesome pancake.
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Add some cheesy scrambled eggs & brown sugar bacon, and you have an amazing Sunday breakfast. Heck, this would make a good dinner too. Leave off the bacon, like I did, an it's a perfect Meatless Monday meal. So give it a shot & let me know what you think!
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Sweet Potato Pancakes
Ingredients
2 medium sweet potatoes, grated
2 tablespoons flour (I used whole wheat to make it a bit healthier)
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
oil for frying
Directions
Place all of the ingredients, less the oil, in a large bowl & mix thoroughly.
Heat 3 - 4 tablespoons of oil in a large saute pan over medium heat.
Add a heaping tablespoon of the potato mixture to the pan and flatten into a thin patty. Fry for 5 minutes per side, until pancake is crisp and golden brown.
Place the pancake to drain on paper towel lined plate. Repeat with the remaining potato mixture.
Let the pancakes cool slightly and serve warm.
Wow what is brown sugar bacon? Being English we find it very odd you have pancakes and bacon anyway, but brown sugar bacon??? I gotta try this.
ReplyDeletePhill n Gem n Martha
It's really easy to do. Just lay your bacon strips on a baking sheet, preferabble a drip pan on abaking sheet so the grease doesn't collect under it, & bake for about 20 minutes or so. Once the bacon is about 75% done then sprinkle some brown sugar over the top & bake for another 15mins or so, checking to make sure the sugar doesn't burn. Sometimes I put chili powder with the brown sugar to give it a little more zip. Very tasty & easy :)
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