Simple Melted Ice Cream Pancakes with Strawberries

I recently read about using melted ice cream to make a cake and thought it would work perfectly for quick holiday weekend pancakes. I used an ice cream containing cream, milk, egg yolks, cane sugar and strawberries only. No additives, just Real Food ingredients. I also used a whole wheat pastry flour buttermilk pancake mix, so these pancakes could not be easier.

Begin by letting the ice cream melt. Next add a little pure vanilla extract, measure the pancake mix, combine everything and gently whisk together. Then cook the pancakes. The ice cream I chose contains most of the liquid ingredients you would normally add separately to a pancake recipe and the pancake mix contains the dry ingredients.

THE VERY SIMPLE REAL FOOD INGREDIENTS

Instructions: Melt 1 cup of good quality ice cream, measure 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract and 3/4 cup whole grain pancake mix. Then stir together in a bowl until just combined. After that, slice 1/2 cup organic fresh strawberries and pour some good quality maple syrup into a cute container for serving. Makes about 4 pancakes.

Melt a small amount of butter or coconut oil in a non-stick pan and pour in 1/4 cup of the pancake batter. Cook on medium heat until the pancake is brown, turn and brown on the other side. Once the pancake has cooked, top it with the fresh sliced strawberries and pour over a small amount of maple syrup and enjoy!

They’re perfect for breakfast or brunch or a breakfast for dinner meal. Hubby says they taste like ice cream and I think they make the perfect holiday weekend treat, and they’re so simple! This would be a fun recipe for the kids to help with or make on their own if they’re experienced enough.

From Bob’s Red Mill: “Whole Wheat Pastry Flour is 100% stone-ground, whole grain flour made from U.S. grown soft white wheat. The whole wheat berries are milled with the nutritious bran, germ and endosperm all intact. Many people ask how whole wheat pastry flour is different from whole wheat flour.

The answer is simple: whole wheat pastry flour is milled from soft white wheat, whereas regular whole wheat flour is milled from hard red wheat. It has a lower protein content than regular whole wheat flour and it makes wonderfully tender whole grain baked goods. Our Whole Wheat Pastry Flour is a good source of dietary fiber and provides 3 grams of protein per serving.”

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