5 Ingredient Sweet Potato Pancakes
I pretty much always have roasted sweet potatoes around. They are a great thing to batch cook and have on hand for filling out all kinds of meals. Since I’ve recently become a breakfast lover, I thought it would be fun to try to incorporate roasted sweet potato in pancakes.
This recipe is so simple, with the key ingredients being sweet potato mash, rolled oats, and water. We use rolled oats in place of flour here, and they get blended into a flour right as we blend the batter. The resulting pancakes are lacy, with subtle notes of caramel from the sweet potato (I prefer not to add any additional sweetener), and so cozy.
5 Ingredient Sweet Potato Pancakes
makes 7-8 pancakes
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons mashed roasted sweet potato
1 teaspoon baking powder
sea salt
1 tablespoon maple syrup, or to taste (optional)
refined coconut oil or avocado oil, for frying (not counting this as an ingredient ;)
In a high-speed blender, combine the oats, sweet potato mash, baking powder, salt to taste, maple syrup (if using), and 2/3 cup + 2 tablespoons water. Blend on high until smooth. Add another tablespoon of water if the blender needs help getting going.
Heat a non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Add about 1 1/2 tablespoons of oil to the skillet and let it heat up. Measure out a scant 1/4 cup of batter per pancake and add it to the skillet, flattening it out slightly with the back of a spoon. Repeat with as many pancakes fit in the skillet, without overcrowding it. Fry for about 2-3 minutes per side, until the undersides of the pancakes release from the skillet and become golden and lacy. Repeat with the rest of the batter, keeping the cooked pancakes covered, so that they stay warm. Once you get going, you generally won’t need to add more oil, but add more if things start sticking. Serve the pancakes with any of your favorite, sweet or savory toppings and enjoy.
Intuitive Cooking Takeaways
I haven’t tried this yet, but I imagine that the sweet potato mash can be replaced with other things, like carrot puree, winter squash puree, or even mashed banana.
You also can’t go wrong with adding some warming spices to this recipe, like cinnamon, turmeric, cardamom, etc.