Hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving. I have a real treat for you today: roasted butternut squash pancakes. Like all things I do here, they are super simple to make {because I cheat using pancake mix}.
I never have been much of a pancake gal- however, once in awhile, I want something decedent. Yeah, this one-in-a-while happened to be the day after Thanksgiving, but whatevs. I mean, they’re whole wheat and have squash in them for god sake. Can’t be too bad, right?
Butternut squash can be intimidating to cook and fucking hard as a rock. My hack for you- is MICROWAVE IT! Yes, jab a few wholes into it and wrap the squash with a wet paper towel. While you’re doing this preheat the oven. Not, microwave your squash for 4-6 minutes depending on the size. Now, it should be super easy to cut and peel. Still roast it after to get the desired texture.
- 2 cups Pancake mix, I use whole wheat Kodiak cakes mix.
- 2 cups butternut squash
- 1 tbsp Grade B Maple Syrup
- 1 tbsp Cinnamon
- 3 tbsp pepita seeds
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Microwave squash for 5 minutes and section it in quarters.
- In a bowl, mix pancake mix and water as it says on the instructions. Add in 3/4 of the microwaved butternut squash and a dash of cinnamon.
- Meanwhile, take the last 1/4 butternut squash and dice it. Toss with maple syrup and cinnamon and place in the over for 15 minutes.
- Toast pepita seeds in the over for the last five minutes of the squash cooking.
- Blend pancake mix with squash well and get cooking and stacking those pancakes.
- Stack the pancakes and top them with squash and pepitas seeds.
Enjoy!
I have never thought about adding squash to my pancake mix. A whole new world just opened up. Making this soon.
I would never think to put butternut squash into my pancakes but OH MY WORD these look amazing!!! Love kodiak cakes :). I wonder if it would taste good in my homemade protein pancakes that I make with egg whites and vegan protein powder 😀
I would love a big serving of these for breakfast right now please. They look delicious.
sounds delish! i love having sweet potatoes in a sweet dish.
YUM looks so delicious, Maybe I’ll make this weekend.
Microwave ALL the squash 😉 So much easier!!