Strawberry Shortcake Stacked Pancakes…….

Here is another recipe from my new favorite vegan blogger…….Oh She Glows.  I have made several things from her site and so far we have loved them all, like the raw cookie dough balls  We have cut out sugar in our diets and let me tell you it hasn’t been easy.  I had no idea I was such a sugar addict.  Trust me it is harder than you think to cut sugar out.   We replace white sugar with other things like maple syrup or cane sugar.  This recipe only has a little bit of maple syrup for it’s sugar and it was really good.  It looks like it would be full of sugar with that strawberry soft serve on top but, NO!  There is no sugar in the soft serve.

Strawberry Shortcake Stacked Pancakes

1 cup + 1/4 cup whole wheat flour

½ cup shredded, unsweetened coconut

1 teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon nutmeg

¼ teaspoon allspice

¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Pinch or two kosher salt

¾ cup coconut milk

½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 tablespoon pure maple syrup

¾ cup warm water

Oil, for skillet

Strawberry Banana Soft Serve (3 strawberries + 1 frozen banana, processed in food processor)

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Preheat oven to 250F and grab a baking sheet. Whisk the dry ingredients (flour, coconut, baking soda, baking powder, spices, and salt) in a medium sized bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients (coconut milk, warm water, vanilla, maple syrup) and then add to the dry ingredients. Whisk well until no clumps remain.

Preheat the skillet over medium heat and add some oil on the pan. Pour 1/4 cup of batter, per pancake, onto the skillet and quickly smooth out a circle with the back of a spoon. Cook until small bubbles appear on the surface and the bottoms of pancakes are golden. Reduce heat if necessary (I cook them on heat # ‘3’). Transfer to baking sheet and place in the oven to keep warm.

Meanwhile, slice about 20 strawberries. I also made Strawberry Banana soft serve by processing a frozen banana with a few strawberries to make the cream sauce. Once my pancakes were stacked, I scooped the strawberry banana soft serve on top. Drizzle with maple syrup and serve immediately.

I would never have guessed that if you put a frozen banana in the food processer that it would have the consistency of soft serve ice cream.  I made this for Hailee but replaced it with raspberries and she ate it for breakfast with some granola on top.

Hailee and I ate this for dinner one night when Mike was out of town.  Girls eat breakfast for dinner sometimes!

Have a great day!

Denise