Red Velvet Pancakes

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For New Year's Day morning I made red velvet pancakes for my friends while we watched the Rose Bowl Parade.

Found this recipe online and it turned out delicious:

Red Velvet Pancakes:

Dry ingredients:
1 1/2 C. flour
2 T. cocoa powder
3 T. sugar
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. salt

Wet ingredients:
1 1/4 C. buttermilk***
2 large eggs
1 t. vanilla
1 T. red food coloring
2 oz. butter, melted

Mix dry ingredients into large bowl; stir with whisk. Mix buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and food coloring; add to dry ingredients. Add melted butter, folding gently.

Pour 1/4 cup batter on hot griddle - four minutes on first side; three on second side. Sprinkle with cocoa powder and powdered sugar, top with cream cheese topping.

***Need buttermilk? Add 1 T. vinegar to 1-cup measuring cup, top off with whole milk, and let stand for five minutes.

Cream Cheese Topping:

4 oz. cream cheese, softened

1/4 C. butter, softened

1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar

1/2 t. vanilla extract

Vegan Orange Cornmeal Pancakes

I found this recipe in the February/March 2010 of ReadyMade magazine. [ReadyMade website]

I altered it a little bit because the taste of oily oranges just wasn't for me.

My vegan cornmeal pancakes

  
Ingredients:

1 C. whole wheat flour
1/2 C. cornmeal
1 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
3/4 t. salt
1 1/4 C. plain soy milk (I use almond milk)
2 T. canola oil
1 T. maple or agave syrup
1 t. cider vinegar
1 orange, peeled and sliced across the grain

Directions:

1. Stir together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk together milk, oil, syrup and vinegar, and stir into dry mixture until just moistened.

2. Pour 1/3 cup of mixture onto nonstick skillet (basically, cook your pancakes) for 2 minutes on each side. Serve with syrup and orange slices.

Clove syrup:
1 1/2 C. maple syrup
1 t. ground cloves

Heat syrup and cloves in saucepan until warm and serve over pancakes.

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The original recipe sautes the orange slices in canola oil and then adds the 1/3 cup of pancake mixture over one slice to cook. But I didn't like the taste of oranges sauted in oil. Yuck. The fresh orange slices on top of the pancakes with the syrup worked though.