Red Velvet Pancakes

Those of you who frequent here, have probably already tried my American Style Pancakes (a recipe I came up with at the beginning of 2011, when I wanted a low synned pancake that didn’t taste eggy).

I used to make a similar type pancake many years before, for my son when he was weaning by adding Ready Brek to the mixture, so figured - hey oats should work too.

Then came the idea for a low synned Red Velvet Pancake recipe, as I love red velvet anything, but it is usually accompanied by a high syn value.

The original recipe I had on here for these, was great, but it was missing a little something. So I recently revisited this to work on making it even better (something I am often doing with my recipes) to ensure I give you delicious home cooked and low syn meals.

The result was awesome, these are really delicious and will now be a regular, when I fancy a treat and have a healthy extra b choice available.

If you have a few additional syns spare, these are even more decadent with a little drizzle of maple syrup (don't forgot to add some syns though if you do - 2 syns per tablespoon).

Look at how deliciously fluffy and decadent they look with an additional drizzle of maple syrup for some extra syns - yum!

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Red Velvet Pancakes

Yield: 1

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

This recipe is gluten free, vegetarian, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly

Extra Easy -1 HEb and 3 syns
Green - 1 HEb and 3 syns
Original - 1 HEb and 3 syns
WW Smart Points - 10
Gluten Free - use gluten-free oats

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Ingredients

• ⅓ cup/35g of oats (1xHEb) (can use gluten free variety)
• ½ tablespoon (2.5g) of unsweetened pure cocoa powder (1 syn for this and the baking powder/soda)
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• ½ tsp of baking soda
• 90g (3oz) of fat free cherry yoghurt
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp of good quality red food colouring
• 1 /2 tsp of vanilla extract
• 2 tsp of icing sugar (1 syn)
• 1 tablespoon of low fat cream cheese (1 syn)
• raspberries or strawberries for topping
• spray oil

Instructions

Place oats into a mini blender and blitz until fine.

Add to a bowl with cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda and mix well to combine.

Stir in yoghurt and vanilla extract

Whisk in eggs and and food coloring till smooth.

Heat a skillet over a medium heat (don't have it too high, patience is key, too hot and these will stick and burn).

Spray with oil and add a little bit of the batter.

As little air bubbles appear on surface, carefully using a spatula flip over and cook other side, repeat with another a bit of the batter. (I get about 6 pancakes)

When last pancakes is cooking.

Add cream cheese and icing sugar to a bowl and mix together till smooth, then add a little drop of water at a time until you have a nice thick icing.

Stack pancakes, add icing to the top, so it drizzles down the side and then top with raspberries or strawberries.

Enjoy!! these are so yummy

For a few more syns to make this even more decadent, add a little drizzle of maple syrup too.

Notes

Syn value of cocoa powder can vary from brand to brand. The three brands I use are 100% cocoa powder (not Dutch Processed) and are 1 tbs for 20 calories (1 syn).

You should always double check the syn values of items which are synned, as brands can differ.

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Nutrition Information

Amount Per Serving Calories 366Cholesterol 380.3mgSodium 1400.2mgCarbohydrates 40.3gFiber 7.7gSugar 11.6gProtein 21.6g

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