Recipe courtesy of Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger

Plantain Walnut Pancakes with Walnut Coconut Yogurt

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 to 6 servings
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Ingredients

1/2 cup whole-wheat flour

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

3 tablespoons packed brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon double acting baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 eggs, separated, whites at room temperature

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 very ripe plantain, mashed

1 1/3 cups buttermilk

1/2 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped

WALNUT COCONUT YOGURT

1 cup plain or vanilla yogurt, drained in a cloth lined sieve for 2030 minutes

1/4 cup chopped toasted walnuts

1/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut

1 tablespoon maple syrup

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, mix together the flours, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, 1 1/2 tablespoons of the oil, plantain, and buttermilk. Add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture, along with the walnuts, and stir until batter is just mixed. There will be lumps in the batter.
  2. In another bowl, beat the egg whites to soft peaks and fold them into the batter.
  3. Heat a griddle over low heat and brush with some of the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of oil. Drop the batter onto the griddle by tablespoons and cook the pancakes for 1 to 2 minutes, or until bubbles form on top and bottom is golden. Flip pancakes and cook for another minute or until undersides are golden.
  4. Using a spatula, transfer pancakes to a platter and keep warm until all of the pancakes are cooked, repeating the process with the remaining oil for brushing the grill.
  5. Serve pancakes with the Walnut Coconut Yogurt and maple syrup, if desired.

WALNUT COCONUT YOGURT

  1. In a small bowl, stir together the yogurt, walnuts, coconut, and syrup, until combined. Refrigerate until ready to use, and bring to room temperature before topping pancakes.

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Jennifer W.

verry fluffy - just what I was looking for. I'm definitly going to start beating my egg whites every time I make pancakes now. I used wild rice flour (Gift of the Wild, in Mn in place of the white flour and half the amount of bakeingsoda and salt (I use sea salt They were still plenty sweet for me. I used coconut milk instead of buttermilk and halfed the amount. and mashed 1.5 bananas instead of a plantain. For a dressing I heated some honey, mollases, maple syrup, powdered clover and nutmeg in a small pan, than added a few cranberries till bursting, than some mandarin oranges and a few nuts - I accidently over cooked to oranges and they fell apart. Still, it was verry yummy for anyone who wants to try : for a little extra flavor in the pancakes I added a dash of garam masala and nutmeg. that with a poached egg and the other half of the banana, along with Rachel Rays lucious lasse, I was stuffed and highly satisfied.

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