Mochi Pancakes Recipe

 

My kids and I love all things mochi so I am always on the lookout for mochi recipes.  A couple of months ago we tried two different mochi pancake recipes I found online. The pancakes for the first recipe came out flat, but tasty.  The ones from the second recipe were fluffy, but not as sweet.  On our first weekend of staying at home to practice social distancing, my daughter suggested making pancakes.  We decided to adapt the second recipe we used by changing the ratio of mochiko to flour and adding more sugar to accommodate my daughter’s sweet tooth.  You can get the original recipe here.  

Whisk together 1/2 cup flour,  1 cup mochiko, 5 tablespoons sugar, 4 teaspoons baking powder, and 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt.

In a separate bowl, whisk 2 large eggs, 1 cup milk, 1/4 cup vegetable oil, and 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.  Mix wet into the dry ingredients and turn on the griddle! 

Hope your family enjoys this recipe as much as we did! 

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Cinnamon Honey Pancakes

I don't really care for pancakes, and I don't even make them a lot at home.  If we do make pancakes, it's most often times from a mix.

However, I found a recipe in a magazine for pancakes that was so super simple, that I decided to give it a try.

The original recipe called for 2% milk, but since we only use rice milk, I used rice milk instead, and the pancakes still turned out fine.  The recipe also called for almond butter and sliced almonds as toppings, but I just topped the pancakes with regular butter, bananas, and syrup.

I made little pancakes - pouring 1/8 of a cup of batter for each pancake at a time, and they turned out light and fluffy, with a nice cinnamon flavor.  The olive oil helps to keep the pancakes from drying out.

It was definitely an easy pancake recipe that I'll be making again soon!

Cinnamon Honey Pancakes

Ingredients:

• 1 c flour
• 2 t baking powder
• 1/2 t baking soda
• 1 t cinnamon
• 1/4 c honey
• 2 T olive oil
• 1 large egg
• 1 c rice milk

Directions:

• In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients, and then slowly mix in all wet ingredients.
• Drop by 1/8 cupfuls into a pan sprayed with cooking spray.
• Once bubbles form (about 1-2 minutes), flip over, and cook 1-2 minutes more.
• Serve with your favorite pancake toppings!

The original recipe (Pancakes with Almond and Banana) can be found in Men's Health.

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Cottage Cheese Pancakes

I wanted to use a warehouse-sized tub of cottage cheese up before the expiration date, so I decided to make Cottage Cheese Pancakes.

Although they didn't turn out as evenly-browned as I had liked, they turned out moist and yummy.

I served them with syrup for the kids, and also added some lilikoi butter - so good!

Next time I make them, hopefully they'll turn out more evenly-browned!

Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Ingredients:

• 1 c cottage cheese
• 1/3 c flour
• 2 T vegetable oil
• 3 eggs

Directions:

• Whisk together all ingredients in a large bowl.
• Coat a large skillet with cooking spray, and pour 1/3 cupfuls of batter onto skillet.  
• Cook 3-5 minutes on each side.  

Original recipe can be found here from Allrecipes.

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