Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Sweet Potato Pancakes with Maple Whipped Cream

So after an entire spring of working on getting the backyard put together, getting the garden done and growing, we ran into another problem... weeds and bugs were everywhere! We had truly created a nightmare there in our little garden. Every day Charisse would go out and check it, and find some new plant that some new bug ate or have to pick out some new weed that popped up and grew 3,856 feet tall overnight. "You're no help" was the response from Charisse when Eric replied to her cry for help taming the garden was "I build just build it. Besides, you like doing this kinda stuff right?". Turns out Eric did get to tackle the weed issues, by "building" the pebble bed around the stepping stones. Apparently hauling thirty 50 pound bags of rocks from the cart to the car and from the car to the garden counts as "building", which serves him right. She also got some seriously good advice from our friend Christina over at Dessert for Two (Charisse says thanks again!) we were able to sort out what was doing the nibbling and get some solid bug control going on in a pet and people friendly way. So after a hard day of working, what could be better than breakfast for dinner? Yeah not much, especially when breakfast is pancakes made with sweet potatoes. And homemade whipped cream. YUM. 








Sweet Potato Pancakes with Maple Whipped Cream

What You Will Need

1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/4 cups mashed sweet potatoes 
1/4 cup melted butter plus additional for griddle 
2 eggs
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt 
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 Tbs cinnamon 
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 Tbs maple syrup


Roast the sweet potatoes until soft, about 30 minutes on 375* This step can be done a day or so before if you like. Let cool and mash until fairly smooth. Combine the sweet potatoes with the milk, eggs and melted butter and whisk until smooth.

In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix just until all the flour is wet and incorporated. (I added a bit more milk to get a thinner consistency for mine, about 1/4 cup more) 

Heat your griddle and melt a little butter. Spoon batter to desired size of pancakes and let cook until bubbly on top and flip to cook the opposite side. 

While the pancakes are cooking, whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form, add the maple syrup in and whip in. Serve pancakes with a big dollop of whipped cream and more maple syrup. 

adapted from www.mrbreakfast.com


24 comments:

  1. Great recipe! I love sweet potatoes. These sound fantastic.

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  2. I have eaten sweet potato biscuits, but never had sweet potato pancakes. These look wonderful. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  3. Yup, this is about the best thing I've seen all day!! I cannot WAIT to try these! Love anything maple! Sorry about your Sharks :( The Bruins are playing right now-- a win would be GREAT!

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  4. Wow, this looks "Sweet"!

    E.A.T.

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  5. Aww, thanks for linking to me :) I'm so happy the garden is back on the up swing!
    You better believe these will be made this weekend. We love pancakes and sweet potatoes (hello Southern!), and I know these will be delicious! I will report back :)

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  6. What a great way to round out such a difficult day.Nice story, but now everyone is expecting to see the picture of the perfect garden in the next few weeks! I am sure we could forget about the garden if you post another delicious recipe. Love the choice of flavor in these pancakes.

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  7. When can I come over?! These look DIVINE! Two of my favorites, pancakes and sweet potatoes. I'm hungry now.

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  8. sweet potatoe pancakes with cranberries are just... man. such a joyful plate. this looks amazing! i think i need to give these a whirl.. thanks for sharing! i love this, shockingly as i seem to love most all things i find on your page. always looking forward!
    -meg
    @ http://clutzycooking.blogspot.com

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  9. Those pancakes look great! :) Now I want some lol.

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  10. Oooh, what a great twist on pancakes..I them with whipped cream, too :)

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  11. What beautiful little pancakes! So delicate and delicious!

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  12. My goodness everything about these sound amazing.

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  13. What a wonderful way to prepare pancakes. We tend to be very boring with our pancakes - just plain wheat ones every Sunday. But these look really nice!

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  14. The sweet potato is a nice touch.

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  15. i love sweet potato pancakes, made them once before but never thought of the maple whipped cream. great addition!

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  16. Oh my, everything about this is a perfect breakfast!

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  17. Breakfast for dinner? That sounds awesome!! :D I love the idea of sweet potato pancakes- I love pancakes and I love sweet potato but I've never thought of putting the two together :) It looks deliciious!

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  18. Mmm.. yummy! I love sweet potatoes and have made pumpkin pancakes before. Bet this recipe is as delicious :)

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  19. I love breakfast for dinner, so this could be just perfect. Since pumpkin pancakes are so great, why not sweet potatoes??!!

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  20. Wow!! I'm going to have to have your dinner for breakfast soon. Never thought to put sweet potato in a pancake.

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  21. Great looking blog and excited to follow..
    Thanks for sharing!

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