Heart Beet Pancakes
Heart Beet Pancakes are the made with sweet roasted beets and make the most delicious red velvet pancakes that are perfect for Valentine's Day.
Servings: 18 four inch pancakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup mashed beets 2 large roasted beets, peeled
- 2 cups milk
- 2 large eggs slightly beaten
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- butter for cooking
Instructions
- To roast the beets, removed the stems and wrap in aluminum foil. Cook in 350 degree F oven for one hour or until very soft to the touch. Once cool enough to handle, remove skin.
- Process peeled and roasted beets with milk in a blender until smooth. Add in eggs, melted butter, and vanilla and process on low until well combined.
- In a medium sized bowl, thoroughly combine flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, brown sugar, and salt.
- Pour in the wet ingredients and stir to combine. Do not over stir and like with any pancakes, a few small lumps are fine.
- Heat griddle over low heat and grease with butter. If using heart pancake molds, use a silicon brush to grease inside edge of mold. Cook until pancake starts to set, 5-10 minutes, then flip and allow to finish cooking, another 2-3 minutes.
- Serve with a pat of butter and real maple syrup.
Notes
Top tips for making this pancake recipe:
- Roast the beets with the skin on in foil in the oven until they are very soft. Once cooked, the skin will easily peel off.
- A high quality blender will create a super smooth puree of the beats when blended with the milk.
- Don't over mix the pancake batter once you combine the dry and wet ingredients. There's a sweet spot between well mixed and lumpy.
- Cook the the pancakes over low heat. This allows the center of the pancake to cook without the bottom burning. It will make flipping them extremely easy.
- Use a heart pancake mold to get perfectly shaped hearts every time.
Nutrition
Calories: 111kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 115mg | Potassium: 193mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 156IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 83mg | Iron: 1mg