Sweet Potato Pancakes

Slightly sweet, delicately spiced, thick and fluffy Sweet Potato Pancakes. A hearty and comforting fall breakfast.

We live in a world where we get to call this “breakfast”! How amazing is that? A big stack of thick and hearty Sweet Potato Pancakes is the perfect way to start the day.

With the weather cooling down I’ve been in the mood for cozy weekend breakfasts. This time of year I usually reach for pumpkin-everything, but instead of whipping up a batch of my Pumpkin Pancakes, I decided to give a little love to sweet potatoes! And guess what? I think I might actually like these better than pumpkin pancakes. Gasp!

Sweet Potato Pancakes

Once you’ve experienced a stack of these delicately spiced, perfectly sweet, warm-you-from-the-inside-out sweet potato pancakes you will be hooked. Here’s what makes these pancakes extra delicious:

Mashed Sweet Potatoes: These add moisture, flavor, color and texture.

Warm Spices: These pancakes are perfectly spiced. I use pumpkin pie spice, but feel free to swap it for apple pie spice or plain cinnamon.

Buttermilk: This creates a light, fluffy and tender pancake. Forget to buy buttermilk? Try my buttermilk substitute.

Vanilla extract: One of my favorite pancake ingredients. A subtle vanilla flavor pairs perfectly with the sweet potatoes.

In our house, pancakes are usually reserved for weekend breakfasts, but, these were so dang good that I made them for dinner several days after making them for Sunday breakfast. Note: If you’re needing a little push to get you through that midweek slump, breakfast for dinner will do the trick. 

Sweet Potato Pancake Toppings

Now let’s talk toppings, shall we? My favorite way to eat these pancakes is with a generous smear of salted butter – that’s it! My kids love them doused in pure maple syrup, and my husband prefers these pancakes topped with warm cinnamon glazed apples – cozy fall flavors in every bite.

Here’s how I’ve convinced myself that these pancakes aren’t terribly bad for us:

• Sweet potatoes are a nutritional powerhouse
• These pancakes contain no refined sugar
• You can swap some of the white flour for wheat flour for an extra boost of fiber

Be sure to try my Baked Sweet Potatoes. And if you’d prefer your sweet potatoes a little less wholesome (read: covered in marshmallows and/or brown sugar streusel), I want to remind you that it’s the time of year for my Sweet Potato Casserole and Sweet Potato Souffle! This is my all-time most popular recipe, with tons of positive reviews. Give it a try this holiday season.

Now, let’s count the days until the weekend. Or make tonight breakfast for dinner night. Let’s just find any reason to eat Sweet Potato Pancakes.

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Recipe

Sweet Potato Pancakes

Slightly sweet, delicately spiced, thick and fluffy Sweet Potato Pancakes. A hearty and comforting fall breakfast.

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 – 8

Calories: 342kcal

Author: Allison – Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
• ▢ 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon salt
• ▢ 2 tablespoons melted butter
• ▢ 1 ⅓ cups mashed sweet potatoes, see note
• ▢ 2 large eggs
• ▢ 1 ⅔ cups buttermilk
• ▢ ⅓ cup milk
• ▢ 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
• ▢ 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• ▢ Butter, syrup, chopped pecans, for serving

Instructions

• In a medium bowl, combine flour, pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, whisk melted butter, sweet potatoes, eggs, buttermilk, milk, syrup and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
• Heat a griddle over medium-low heat and grease liberally with butter. Scoop ⅓ cup portions of batter onto the griddle and lightly spread into a circle (the batter will be thick). Cook until set on the bottom, then flip and cook on the other side. Since these pancakes are thick be sure to cook them over low or medium heat; you don’t want the outside to burn before the inside is cooked through.

  Serve pancakes warm with butter, syrup and chopped pecans.

Notes

Mashed Sweet Potatoes: Scrub and a prick two medium-large sized sweet potatoes. Wrap with foil and bake in a 400°F oven for about 45 minutes, until tender. Cool slightly, then scoop out the flesh and mash it.

Nutrition

Calories: 342kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 428mg | Potassium: 365mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 4520IU | Vitamin C: 0.8mg | Calcium: 158mg | Iron: 3mg

Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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