Baked Gingerbread Pancakes
Brunch is so fun to entertain on a Sunday, but making pancakes for a crowd can be challenging but with this recipe comes together as fast as a smoothie and comes out of the oven all at once so that everyone can eat at the same time. Full of delightful spices that also improve digestion, these pancakes provide a nice nutritional balance of slow-burning carbs, healthy fats and protein.
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Ingredients
Baked Gingerbread Pancakes
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil, for greasing the dish
- 5 large eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened non-dairy milk
- ½ cup unsweetened nut or seed butter
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- ¼ teaspoon pure monk fruit extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ to 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg or allspice
- ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric (optional for colour)
- Pinch of unrefined pink salt
- ½ cup raw almond, hazelnut or sunflower seed flour
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a 13- × 9-inch glass baking dish with unbleached parchment paper. Spread the avocado oil evenly across the paper.
- Combine the eggs, milk, nut butter, applesauce, monk fruit, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, turmeric (if using) and salt in a blender. Blend until well mixed. Add the nut or seed flour and blend again to combine.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish. Shake to evenly disperse the batter around the dish.
- Bake for 26 minutes until the top is dry and slightly golden on the edges. Let cool, then cut into 6 to 8 pieces.
- To serve, top each slice of pancake with your go-to toppings such as fruit, maple syrup, whipping cream. Enjoy!
- Store the pancakes in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. They freeze well for up to 1 month and refresh nicely when toasted.
Excerpted from Becoming Sugar-Free: How to break up with inflammatory sugars and embrace a naturally sweet life by Julie Daniluk. Copyright © 2021 Julie Daniluk Consulting Inc. Photography ©2021 Alan Smith, with Julie Daniluk, Bethany Bierema and Nat Caron. Published by Penguin Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.
