Pancakes

[clevermanka]

I tried making a paleo sweet potato pancake recipe I found this morning so I'd have something more substantial as That Sort of Food (light, not canned fish, not date bars) for 221B Con. They were pretty awful. Way too runny and wouldn't firm up in the middle before the bottom burned, etc. So I went back to my usual pancake recipe (which I mostly just eyeball) and added the remaining mashed sweet potato that didn't get used in the first batch. Decided I would go ahead and actually measure things for posting here.

Pancakes
1/2 c mashed sweet potato
1 overripe banana, mashed
3 eggs
1 T arrowroot powder
2 rounded T coconut flour
3 rounded T almond meal
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 t baking powder
1/4 t baking soda
pinch of salt
coconut oil

Mix potato and banana until well mashed. Add eggs and whisk until well-incorporated. In separate bowl, mix dry ingredients. Once well-integrated, add to wet mixture and blend well. Let sit 2-3 minutes to thicken.

In hot, well-oiled pan, pour pancakes by scant 1/4 cupfuls (the pancakes should be small--no bigger than 3"). Cook on low heat for three to five minutes or until they're turnable (this takes some practice). Finish cooking on other side and remove to cooling rack if you're freezing them for later.

This makes a lot of pancakes. I got ten 3" pancakes out of this, each about 1/2" thick. Also I haven't actually tasted them yet, so here's hoping they're good? Yeah, they're pretty good.