At the weekend I found myself experimenting…and it was only 7.30am!!
As regular readers will know, we have my breakfast pancakes most mornings, but I felt like a change!
Instead of doing my usual recipe, I therefore created these little beauties, inspired by a recipe by Lorraine Pascale (I do find her recipe books particularly inspiring).
You don’t have to be as sad as me and make them into gingerbread man shapes! But sometimes a morning needs a little brightening up…and these certainly did that! If you fancy impressing your boyfriend or husband, why not cut them into heart shapes?!
Gluten-free & Dairy-free Gingerbread Pancakes
Gluten-free, dairy-free, soya-free
Ingredients
- 75 g gluten-free plain flour - I use my wholegrain mix
- 45 g ground almonds
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 egg or 1tbsp milled flax seeds 'whizzed' with 3tbsp water
- Approx. 150ml almond milk or other dairy free or dairy milk
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
Instructions
- Mix together the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Meanwhile place a large frying pan on a medium heat. If you have a good non-stick pan there will be no need to add any oil to cook these.
- Add the egg and milk and hand whisk until you have a smooth mixture, rather like thick double cream. The amount of milk you need will depend on what flour you use so add it slowly.
- Once the pan is hot, place tablespoonfuls of mixture into the pan. I get 5 or 6 in my pan.
- Leave for approx. 1 minute until bubbles start rising to the surface. Carefully turn over and cook until golden on both sides.
- The first batch will take longer than the rest unless the pan is really hot before starting.
- Use a mini gingerbread man (or lady) cutter to cut out your shape.
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International Elf Service says
These look yummy and I hadn’t thought to add ginger to pancakes – what a great idea!
Vicki Montague says
Ginger goes in a lot of things here! I love it and so do the kids!
Vicki Montague says
Hi Renee. We have pancakes every day for breakfast…but these are particularly nice and don’t get made every day!!!
Emma says
These look delicious and I love the idea of cutting them into gingerbread men! I’m on a mission to make breakfasts more interesting so we’ll give these a go. #freefromfridays
Vicki Montague says
They are rather fun and very delicious too!!
Jenny says
Oh these sound so very yummy. I must try them. I love anything with gingerbread or ginger flavor in it. Thanks for linking up to Share With Me #sharewithme
Vicki Montague says
Hi Jenny, thanks for your comment. It was good to meet you at Blogfest, even if it was only to say a quick ‘hi’…I didn’t end up seeing you again typically! Hope you feel better soon.
Not A Frumpy Mum says
These look delicious, and what perfect timing to try them out with Christmas coming up. Thanks for sharing xx
Vicki Montague says
Oh yes, perfect for Christmas although I fear the kids may be bored of them by then! I feel another invention coming on! 😉
helen | cocomamastyle says
These look great, must try!
Vicki Montague says
Hi Helen. Thanks for your comment! You really must try these, they are delicious AND healthy! Bonus!
Mel says
These little beauties look great! My monkeys would love them. Sounds like a nice ‘advent calendar’ activity for us. Pinning now! xx
The Free From Fairy says
What a great idea Mel! Please blog about what other things you are doing for your ‘advent calendar’ activities then I can pinch them!!! 😉