Vegan Pancakes

By JuanitaH

Ingredients

• Dry ingredients:
• 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/4 cup shredded coconut
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch salt
• Wet ingredients:
• 3/4 cup cooked white beans (drained and rinsed if using canned - this will take 1/2 the can)
• 1 cup unsweetened So Delicious Coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon olive oil (or use applesauce to make them fat-free)
• 1 tablespoon ground flax mixed with 2 tablespoons warm water
• 2 teaspoons agave + 1/4 teaspoon stevia (or other sweetener, to taste)
• Toppings:
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup Fat Free Date Caramel Sauce
• (find caramel recipe here - http://www.keyingredient.com/recipes/148751243/fat-free-date-caramel-sauce-vegan )
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup Stevia Chocolate Syrup
• (find recipe here - http://www.keyingredient.com/recipes/148467022/guilt-free-stevia-chocolate-syrup )
• 1/4 cup shredded coconut

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from keyingredient.com

Preparation

Step 1

Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Puree the wet ingredients in a food processor or blender then add to the dry ingredients.

Heat a skillet over medium low heat. Use a small cookie scoop to measure out the pancakes so they are a consistant size or eyeball it if you prefer.

Cook until the edges are starting to look a little dry and flip and cook for about 1 to 2 minutes more.

Drizzle each serving with date caramel sauce, stevia chocolate syrup and sprinkle with coconut. I don’t need any extra maple syrup on these pancakes, but you can certainly serve some on the side if you want to.

The coconut is mixed right into the pancakes with the ground flax seeds. An easy-to-make date-caramel sauce is drizzled on the top along with a homemade stevia-sweetened chocolate syrup. Neither of the sauces has added fat or refined sugar and they take very little time to make.

These dessert-like pancakes have a secret weapon in the batter – white beans! The beans add extra fiber, protein and all keeps them moist without very much (or even no) oil!

The batter will thicken up faster than bean-less pancake batter. All you need to do is mix in a teaspoon of water at a time to loosen it up. You can do this several times if you are cooking them to order as each family member wakes up. You can also add some water from the get-go if you prefer a thinner batter.