Sweet potato pancakes with a fluffy inside with crispy edges are exactly what will make your next breakfast perfect. Fall spices in this simple recipe perfect for a family.
Dive into a melt-in-your-mouth breakfast treat with these irresistible sweet potato pancakes recipe. Fluffy, flavorful, with crispy edges these will be in your normal breakfast rotations from this day forward.
The recipe combines the natural sweetness of sweet potatoes with a warm spice like cinnamon to create a truly mouthwatering flavor profile. Each bite is like a warm hug on a lazy Sunday morning.
Not only are these pancakes a treat for your taste buds, but they are also incredibly easy to make. If you are beginner in the kitchen, you’ll be able to whip up a batch of these fluffy delights in no time.
So, grab your apron and get ready to savor a plateful of fluffy goodness. Try out these sweet potato pancakes and start your day on a sweet note.
How To Make Sweet Potato Pancakes
Ingredients needed
- Mashed sweet potato
- All-purpose flour
- Brown sugar
- Cinnamon
- Granulated sugar
- Salt
- Baking powder
- Vanilla extract
- Eggs
- Butter
- Milk
Prepping the sweet potatoes for the recipe
All you need to do is peel, slice and boil the sweet potatoes for the recipe unless you have some extra leftover from dinner. Boil the sweet potatoes until tender then mash them up and proceed with the recipe.
Making the sweet potato pancakes
- To start, melt the butter then using a whisk or hand mixer, mix the butter with the sugars. Add in and mix the eggs next. Then, the sweet potato, vanilla and milk last.
- In the dry ingredients, mix the flour, baking powder, salt and the cinnamon. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet until everything is combined.
- Heat a skillet to medium heat. Add butter on the skillet and once melted begin to pour the batter for the pancakes.
- Quick tip, add butter between each pancake. If the butter browns immediately turn down the heat because the skillet or pan has gotten too hot. The butter should quickly melt, not turn brown in a matter of seconds.
- The batter should make about 12 pancakes more or less.
- Once finished, serve with syrup or honey and your favorite toppings.
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Sweet Potato Pancakes
Ingredients
Wet ingredients
- 4 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup sweet potato, mashed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1.5 cup whole milk
Dry ingredients
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- To start, melt the butter then using a whisk or hand mixer, mix the butter with the sugars. Add in and mix the eggs next. Then, the sweet potato, vanilla and milk last.
- In the dry ingredients, mix the flour, baking powder, salt and the cinnamon. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet until everything is combined.
- Heat a skillet to medium heat. Add butter on the skillet and once melted begin to pour the batter for the pancakes.
- Quick tip, add butter between each pancake. If the butter browns immediately turn down the heat because the skillet or pan has gotten too hot. The butter should quickly melt, not turn brown in a matter of seconds.
- The batter should make about 12 pancakes more or less.
- Once finished, serve with syrup or honey and your favorite toppings.