Carrot Pancakes With Cream Cheese Spread

Name: Carrot Pancakes With Cream Cheese Spread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12 pancakes
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 1/3 cup packed brown sugar or 1/3 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup milk; 1 cup grated carrot; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 4 ounces cream cheese, softened; 1/4 cup powdered sugar; 2 tablespoons milk; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 dash ground cinnamon

Submitted by Dine Dish

"If you are looking for something a bit different for breakfast, try these pancakes! With the cream cheese spread, the flavor is similar to carrot cake. Delicious!"

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 15
Yields:: 12 pancakes

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₄ cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon ground ginger
1 egg, lightly beaten
¹⁄₃ cup packed brown sugar or 1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup grated carrot
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Spread
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
¹⁄₄ cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 dash ground cinnamon

directions

In a bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients.
Combine egg, brown sugar, milk, carrots and vanilla in another bowl; mix well.
Stir carrot mixture into dry ingredients just until moistened.
Pour batter by 1/4th cupfuls onto a greased hot griddle.
Turn when bubbles form on top of pancake; flip and cook until golden brown.
For topping, place cream cheese, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla.
in food processor; cover and process until smooth.
Transfer to a bowl; sprinkle with cinnamon.
Serve with pancakes.

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Reviews

I thought these were just OK. Not as great as I had hoped, but not terrible, either.

asturgis
Carrot cake taste from the griddle! The flavor is very nice. The texture is a little off. I would lightly steam (and drain) the carrots, to make up for the fact that they would have a much longer cooking time in a baked carrot cake.

realbirdlady
Great pancake recipe! I did alter it a bit. I used 1/4 t. nutmeg, 1/4 c. brown sugar, and added 1/4 c. raisins. Next time I'm going to lessen the amount of ginger to 1/8 t. We didn't use the spread either, just some maple syrup and powdered sugar. My kids loved it! (I got 9 pancakes from this recipe)

Pardeemom
This is the recipe I make when I want to treat my wife to a great breakfast. They taste just like her carrot cake recipe. The only thing I would change is to make more cream cheese spread than the recipe calls for.

mrlbws1959
I had forgotten how naturally sweet carrots are-I don't think they really need any additional sugar! But I added a small amt of Splenda into mine & now regret it & will probably just omit it next time. I will also downgrade on the cinn (used nutmeg for the ginger) so that the flavors blend bttter. I used whole wheat flour & sorry, I didn't have a chance to make the spread; just syrup-very yummy. Thick, too-make sure these are cooked all the way through!

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Shawnee, 55

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