8 easy pancake recipes for Pancake Tuesday
Are you looking for easy pancake recipes for Pancake Tuesday? It’s just around the corner and I have put together a list of 8 different, easy, healthier recipes for making your pancakes this year.
Kids love pancakes. And it’s a great dish to get them involved in making. You can of course buy a premad mix but where’s the fun in that?!
Here’s some of the jobs kids can do in the kitchen on Pancake Tuesday:
crack the eggs
measure the flour or other ingredients
pour the milk
mix the batter
pour the batter onto the pan
have a go at flipping a pancake (depending on their age!)
prep all the toppings
And here are some of our favourite healthy(ish) toppings for pancakes:
fruit - strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, banana
maple syrup - a little goes a long way!
chia seed jam - check out the recipe here
(n)ice cream - kids will love making this - see the recipe here
chocolate peanut butter sauce
the classic lemon juice and sugar
toasted seeds and nuts
chocolate chips
peanut butter - we love Nutshed peanut butters and Harry’s Nut Butters
creme fraiche or Greek yoghurt
Now to the pancakes. Which pancake recipe will you use?
This super easy pancake recipe has no milk and only 2 ingredients. Really easy for the kids to help with. You’ll be making these on repeat even after Pancake Tuesday!
Using simple ingredients like bananas, oats and eggs, these pancakes are a healthier alternative to classic, white flour pancakes. Get the kids to mash the bananas and crack the eggs!
Make these pancakes if you’re after a taste of your youth! Classic, simple recipe from Bord Bia.
4. Jamie Oliver’s carrot cake pancakes
These are delicious pancakes. Jamie Oliver has taken a classic pancake and added all the flavours of a carrot cake to it. Worth a try - we loved them in this house. And they contain carrots!
Try these simple buttermilk pancakes using the finest of Irish ingredients!
6. Dark chocolate and oat pancakes
My mouth is watering at the sound of these pancakes. This recipe is taken from Sinead Delahunty’s book, Delalicious
7. Raspberry Sheet Pancakes by SR Nutrition
A sheet pancake is when you pour all your batter into a lined baking tray and pop it in the oven. So you don’t have to stand over frying pans all morning - genius! Great as finger food for baby and can be customised to your hearts content.
8. American-style caramelised banana pancakes
This recipe is by Donal Skehan and will give you the thicker, fluffier American-style pancakes. And as for caramelised pancakes … drool!