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Christmas Spiced Pancakes

Gingerbread Spiced Christmas Pancakes
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Pancakes
Cuisine: Christmas
Servings: 9
Calories: 105kcal
Author: Amy

Equipment

  • Large Skillet

Ingredients

Apple Insert (optional)

  • 1 Large Apple
  • ½ Lemon

Dry Ingredients

  • 150g (1 cup) Plain (All Purpose) Flour
  • teaspoon Gingerbread Spice *See Note 1
  • 2 tablespoon Sugar
  • 2 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda

Wet Ingredients

  • 185ml (¾ cup) Milk
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice *See Note 2
  • 1 tsp Lemon Zest

Frying

  • teaspoon Butter (for frying)

Instructions

Apple Christmas Insert (Optional)

  • Thinly slice the apple and cut out Christmas shapes using cookie cutters. Rub the cut lemon on both sides of each shape to prevent browning. Set aside.

Pancake Batter

  • In a large mixing bowl combine the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl mix together the wet ingredients. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir. Don't over mix, a few small and medium lumps are fine. 

Cooking

  • Melt about 1 teaspoon of butter in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat, medium if strong stove. (See note 3)
  • Using an ice-cream scoop, add a heaped scoop of pancake batter into the skillet, quickly spread into a circle about 10cm / 4" wide.
  • Cook for around one minute or until a few bubbles appear and the underside is mostly golden. If you are adding the Christmas shaped apple insert add it to the centre of the pancake at this point.
  • Gently flip and cook for a further 1 minute.

Notes

  1. You can replace gingerbread spice with 1.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ground ginger, ¼ teaspoon ground clove, a pinch nutmeg, a pinch of all spice.
  2. Lemon Juice is needed to activate the baking soda. You can replace milk and lemon juice with buttermilk.
  3. The trick to making good pancakes is to get the temperature right. This will vary depending on the stove. Make a small test pancake first to check the temperature. If the outside is scorched and the inside is still raw then turn down the heat. 
Nutritional Information is a ROUGH guide only, calculated using an online nutrition calculator. Does not include apple insert or any toppings. 

Nutrition

Calories: 105kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 59mg | Potassium: 174mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 81IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 1mg