This Gingerbread pancake recipe will add a sweet tinge to your wintry Christmas

The ideal winter morning treat, this gingerbread pancake recipe by Lincoln Bennet Rodrigues is slightly flavoured with ginger and cinnamon, and served with honey or maple syrup and fruits. 

You must try and make the gingerbread pancakes recipe at home by lincoln bennet rodrigues, founder, black vanilla café in goa. Image: black vanilla café.
Get creative and try the Gingerbread Pancake recipe by Lincoln Bennet Rodrigues, Founder, Black Vanilla Café in Goa, at home. Image: Black Vanilla Café.

The winter season is always tinged with a celebratory mood and however you may be ringing in Christmas this year, grand or intimate, it’s still a given that you would be spending your quality time this month to bond with your dear ones. And that calls for you to use your imagination and bring to the table something fun and tasty! 

The Gingerbread Pancakes recipe by Lincoln Bennet Rodrigues, Founder, Black Vanilla Café in Goa and a hobbyist chef. fits right in. We propose for a new Christmas morning tradition, which should be about savouring gingerbread pancakes. They taste just like gingerbread and are perfectly spiced and delicious. These pancakes are also pleasantly light and fluffy. No one can resist because it’s a real, sweet treat for mornings!

Gingerbread Pancake recipe:

Ingredients 

● 2 cups/ 256 grams all-purpose flour  

● 2 tbsp dark brown sugar  

● 1½ tsp baking powder  

● ½ tsp baking soda  

● 1 tsp salt  

● 2 tsp ground ginger  

● 2 tsp ground cinnamon  

● ½ tsp ground all spice  

● 1¼ cups whole milk  

● ⅓ cup unsulfured molasses  

● 2 Eggs  

● 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted  

● 1 tsp finely grated fresh ginger  

● ½ tsp finely grated lemon zest 

Method  

  • Using a large bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt & spices. (Mixture 1)  
  • Using a separate bowl whisk the milk, molasses, eggs, melted butter, fresh ginger, and lemon zest together thoroughly. (Mixture 2)  
  • Add the mixture 2 ingredients to the mixture 1 ingredient and gently stir until combined. (A few small lumps are fine.)  
  • Over low heat, preheat a non-stick skillet that has been lightly oiled. Drop the pancake batter onto the pan by using a quarter cup.  
  • Cook the pancakes for one or two minutes on each side or until they are a light shade of dark brown on both sides.
  • The gingerbread pancake recipe is ready. Serve the pancakes with your choice of fruits, honey or maple syrup. 

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