These remind me of Thanksgiving
No these are not like potato pancakes (latkes) but with sweet potato. Although that is a good idea as well.
These are a great way to use leftover mashed sweet potatoes and add a nice heavy course to breakfast. If you don’t have any leftover mashed sweet potatoes they could be whipped up by roasting the potato until a knife passes through it easily. Then simply skin, mash and mix with some butter and molasses.
Or just wait until you do.
Sweet Potato Pancakes
- 2 cups unbleached white flour
- 2 tbsp cinnamon sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup mashed sweet potato
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp mace
In a large bowl mix all dry ingredients. Create a well in the center and crack the egg. Beat well, then add buttermilk and potato. Mix batter. If too thick add more buttermilk. Heat a griddle on the stove and pour 1/2 a cup of batter for each pancake. Cook until browned on both sides just like regular pancakes. Serve hot.
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Mmmmm! I’d be the only one to eat these, but I think the effort to cook for myself would be worth it in this case. Delicious!
Super idea! These look so golden and delicious.
They wound lovely.
🙂 Mandy
Sweet potatoes have never done it for me, but these pancakes do look the business:)
Very nice. We always have leftover mashed sweet potatoes, what a great way to use them up. Yum.
What a great idea! I love sweet potatoes; never occurred to me to put them in pancakes. Yum!
I’m afraid I’m with Roger on sweet potatoes, but your pancakes do look good 🙂
I love sweet potatoes and these look awesome! I’ll be trying this, as I have a billion sweet potatoes just waiting to be used from our CSA…
I had no idea you could put sweet potatoes in pancakes, but I’ve done pumpkin so that makes perfect sense. I bet they are delicious!
Mmmm. Great breakfast! Did you shoot that on your deck? With sunshine?? After the blizzard we got this weekend, I would kill to eat pancakes on a sunny porch.
We actually borrowed our neighbor’s deck. Don’t tell.
These sound excellent — and such a pretty color.
Never would have thought to use mashed sweet potatoes to make pancakes but now I want to mash some just so that I can make the pancakes.
I like how evenly browned your pancakes are.
Those look great.
These look so fluffy and delicious I can’t help myself… I’ve done pumpkin pancakes but am always looking for a new way to use up sweet potatoes!
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Looks like very tasty breakfast.. The morning sunlight is well placed. Gorgeous!
Sweet potato latkes are wonderful (works best with some white potato in there too, I think)… and sweet potato muffins… and sweet potato soup… ok, enough sweet potato enthusiasm. I’ll have to try a gluten-free version of your pancakes, and perhaps top them with a little maple creme.
Those are on our list to make too! Latkes.
I have never eaten sweet potato pancakes. I am definitely going to try this. Looks delicious and perfect!
Sound good! 🙂
So what’s the difference between a pancake and a flapjack…or are they the same thing?
Same thing for the most part.
One just sounds cooler. Flap-Jack!
this sounds like the perfect way to make use of a sweet potato!! thanks for the recipe, looks delish 🙂
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