P is for Pancakes!

Cheesy Orange/Pumpkin Pancakes

I altered this recipe from the Weelicious cottage cheese pancake recipe I attempted to make this morning, yet was missing a number of ingredients for (namely the cottage cheese). These pancakes are very healthy, sugar free, and hard to mess up! They are very much like Russian "sirniki"!

Ingredients:

3 eggs

1 cup ricotta/yogurt/cottage cheese/farmer's cheese (just mix whatever you have in this department)

1/3 cup pumpkin

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon orange oil/flavoring (you could also use orange rind)

(optional: a few tablespoons applesauce as sweetener)

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

butter for the pan

Directions:

1. Mix the first five ingredients in a bowl, adding applesauce if desired.

2. Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl.

3. Combine the two and stir. You may find yourself adding a bit more cheese or applesauce for a bit wetter consistency, or just wait until the first few pancakes to see if this is necessary.

4. Butter up pan and drop pancakes by the spoonful. Flip when the batter bubbles.

Makes about 20-25 pancakes.