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    Cinnamon Apple Carrot Pancakes

    Cinnamon apple carrot pancakes with syrup drizzle on a white plate.

    There is something mildly depressing about coming home from the sun and sand to a few inches of freshly fallen snow.  In March, no less.

    Ocean shore with people filling the sand near various buildings.

    But these Cinnamon Apple Carrot Pancakes are my attempt at temporary distraction from the cold snowy tundra outside. Who knew carrots, apples, and raisins could make such a delicious breakfast?

    Wait!  Before you run away for fear of the raisins, you should know that I don’t even like raisins.  I even considered digging through the Raisin Bran and taking out the raisins before adding the cereal, but laziness got the best of me and I left them in.  And guess what – they were good!  They are cooked with so much sweet delicious stuff that you can hardly notice them.  Ok?

    Cinnamon apple carrot pancakes with butter on a plate with a fork.

    I actually set out to make some apple carrot muffins, but as is often the case, I bailed on the muffins about half way through the recipe and decided to make pancakes.  I think it was mostly because I was looking for a good excuse to use my Panini Press.

    (What?  Yes, the Panini Press is technically called a Griddler, which means that I can flip over the panini plates to a griddle.  This allows me to quadruple my pancake-making power by frying up 4 at a time! I love that thing.)

    One of the things that I love about pancakes these is that they taste good plain.  And by plain, I mean slathered with butter.

    That being said, you also have the option of drowning them in syrup.

    Or if you’re indecisive, have both!  Just make sure you have your sweatpants handy.

    Cinnamon apple carrot pancakes on a white plate with a fork on a green napkin.

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    Cinnamon Apple Carrot Pancakes

    Cinnamon Apple Carrot Pancakes


    Description

    These cinnamon apple carrot pancakes are super thick and filling – a perfect way to enjoy your apples and carrots in yummy breakfast form!


    Ingredients


    Scale

    • 1 3/4 cups raisin bran cereal
    • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
    • 3/4 cup sugar
    • 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt
    • 1 egg
    • 3/4 cup buttermilk (+ extra milk to thin the batter)
    • 1/4 cup canola oil
    • 3/4 cup finely chopped peeled tart apple
    • 3/4 cup grated carrots


    Instructions

    1. In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In a small bowl, beat the egg, buttermilk and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apple and carrots.
    2. Pour 1/3 cup of batter onto a griddle on medium heat. Wait until the bottom side of the pancakes stick together enough to flip over. When pancakes have cooked through, remove and top with butter and maple syrup!

    Notes

    This is technically muffin batter, so it makes very thick pancakes. I added a little extra milk to try to thin the batter out a little bit. The pancakes do not cook like regular pancakes – they take longer and do not flip as easily. But they do taste delicious! If anyone knows of a good pancake “base” recipe that would work well for adding carrots, apples, and raisin bran… let me know!

    • Prep Time: 10 mins
    • Cook Time: 20 mins
    • Category: Breakfast
    • Cuisine: American

    Keywords: cinnamon apple carrot pancakes, carrot pancakes, cinnamon apple pancakes



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    Just think of how good it will feel to have eaten carrots for breakfast! It will feel so good, in fact, that you can probably forget about the butter and syrup part. Vegetables cancel that out, right?

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