Heart-Shaped Whole-Wheat Pancakes with Strawberry Sauce

Heart-Shaped Whole-Wheat Pancakes with Strawberry Sauce

Recipe Courtesy of Food Network and ELLIE KRIEGER

Make a delicious breakfast that really shows your family members you love them. These heart-shaped pancakes come on a warm bed of strawberry sauce that’s easy to make and incredibly healthy.

*Photo By: Stephen Johnson © 2014, Television Food Network, G.P. All Rights Reserved*

Ingredients For Heart-Shaped Whole-Wheat Pancakes with Strawberry Sauce

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup whole-wheat flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 large eggs

1 cup low-fat buttermilk

1/2 cup non-fat milk

1 tablespoon honey

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Strawberry sauce, recipe follows

Confectioners’ sugar, optional

Strawberry sauce:

16 ounces strawberries, fresh or frozen (unsweetened, thawed)

1 teaspoon lemon juice

2 tablespoons maple syrup

Directions For Heart-Shaped Whole-Wheat Pancakes with Strawberry Sauce

Watch how to make this recipe.

Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Preheat a large nonstick griddle or skillet over a medium-low flame.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (flour through salt). In another medium bowl, beat together the eggs, buttermilk, non-fat milk, honey and vanilla.
Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, mixing only enough to combine them. The batter will be somewhat lumpy.
Use a 1/3 cup measuring cup to ladle the batter onto the griddle or skillet. Flip the pancake when the top is bubbling and it is golden brown on the bottom. Then cook until the other side is golden brown. Hold on an oven proof plate in the oven until the entire batch is ready. When all the pancakes are ready, cut them into heart shapes with a heart shaped cookie cutter. Ladle about 1/3 cup of the strawberry sauce onto each plate, place pancakes on top and sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar, if using.