Sweet Potato Pancakes
Sweet Potato Pancakes
INGREDIENTS:
1 medium sweet potato, peeled, cooked & mashed
1 ½ cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 cup butter & 1 Tbs. to coat skillet
1½ cups milk
2 large eggs
Bananas, sliced
Walnuts, crumbled
Maple syrup
DIRECTIONS:
At home: Cook and mash sweet potato, and place in container. In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg, and place in a seal-tight bag.
At campsite: Melt a quarter cup of butter in skillet over the fire. In a bowl, combine mashed potato, milk, eggs, and melted butter. Combine the dry mixture with wet ingredients until just moistened. Allow batter to set while heating a griddle or skillet, and lightly grease with remaining butter. Pour batter into skillet, turning pancakes once. Serve topped with bananas, walnuts, and maple syrup.