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Carrot Pancakes For Breakfast

Published: Nov 7, 2021 Modified: Nov 7, 2021 by Recipe Garden This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Leave a Comment

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Carrot pancakes recipe using shredded carrots for breakfast, snack, brunch or dinner is kid friendly and easy to follow recipe. It is also a good, nutritious, and healthy breakfast idea for toddlers or kids if you are trying to add veggies to their morning breakfast pancakes.

carrot pancakes for breakfast

Just like they are great for breakfast, you can also enjoy these pancakes for brunch or dinner with sides (like homemade hash browns or fries & eggs) as you like!

These pancakes have a very fluffy, soft & cakey texture and also, you may add a fancy cream cheese topping for these delicious carrot pancakes to make them taste exactly like carrot cake pancakes!

Just like the basic fluffy pancakes recipe, this carrot pancakes recipe helps you to make yummy homemade pancakes from scratch.

Carrot pancakes or carrot cake pancakes are great for holidays especially for Easter morning breakfast, Christmas etc or anytime you want to enjoy a delicious, colorful and healthy breakfast which is also kid friendly!

However they are just perfect for Easter morning breakfast just like carrot cakes are great for Easter desserts (bunnies love carrots so get ready with your favorite carrot recipes for celebrating Easter!).

carrot pancakes recipe

I love the idea of sneaking vegetables in to pancakes for picky eaters.

Pancakes are kid friendly and also they don’t need lots of sugar or sweeteners like cakes.

It is easy to prepare healthy and delicious pancakes for kids, and you can easily sneak vegetables into it.

Just grate the vegetables finely and lightly fry or saute them in butter so its easy to mix and kids will love the flavor.

carrot pancakes recipe for breakfast

You can see from the below image how the inside texture of carrot pancake looks like. They are so soft in texture and yummy and colorful too!

making carrot pancake recipe from scratch


You can serve the pancakes with cream cheese topping or simple butter spread on it or along with sweet syrups like pure fresh maple syrup or even fresh yogurt if your kids like it that way.

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1 How To Make Carrot Pancakes For Breakfast
2 Ingredients To Make Carrot Pancakes
3 Steps By Step Instructions
4 More Pancake Ideas For Easy Breakfast:
5 Carrot Pancakes For Breakfast
5.1 Ingredients
5.2 Instructions
5.2.1 To make the pancakes
5.3 Notes
5.4 Nutrition

How To Make Carrot Pancakes For Breakfast

We use the following ingredients to make fluffy and delicious carrot pancakes or carrot cake pancakes from scratch at home.

Ingredients To Make Carrot Pancakes

1.5 cups flour – using all purpose flour gives you the best texture

2 teaspoons baking powder

1.5 cups grated carrots

¼ teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar add more if you wish

3 tablespoons butter melted

2 eggs

1 cup whole milk

Steps By Step Instructions

Stir fry the grated carrots lightly in butter for a couple of minutes. Once lightly fried, add 2 teaspoons of sugar to the carrots, mix well and keep aside.

Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl – flour, baking powder, salt and remaining sugar.

In another bowl, beat the eggs and milk and and add this egg butter mixture to the flour slowly and form the batter without any lumps.

Finally, add the fried carrots to the batter and mix well.

To make the pancakes, heat a pan and grease with little oil or butter.

Pour one small ladle of batter on to the pan, adjust the heat from low to medium as needed.

Wait for a couple of minutes until the pancake gets cooked at the bottom or until the bubbles starts appearing on top.


Gently flip the pancake and cook on the other side too for about a minute.

Once the pancake is cooked you can remove it from the pan and transfer the cooked pancake to a serving dish.

Repeat the process to make the remaining pancakes until all the batter is finished.

Serve with cream cheese topping or maple syrup and more butter or any fruits or even savory sides as you wish!

easy carrot pancakes recipe

More Pancake Ideas For Easy Breakfast:

fluffy pancakes from scratch

pancakes without baking powder or baking soda

3 ingredient banana pancakes

banana pancakes from scratch

blueberry pancakes without eggs

easy pancakes without eggs

yogurt pancakes

Below you can read the carrot pancakes recipe in detail.

carrot pancakes recipe

Carrot Pancakes For Breakfast

Homemade carrot pancakes recipe from scratch helps you to make easy and delicious, kid friendly carrot pancakes using fresh carrots. This is an easy, healthy, delicious, nutritious breakfast idea for small kids or toddlers if you are trying to add vegetables like carrots to their breakfast. These pancakes are also great for brunch or dinner when served with any savory sides of your choice.
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: carrot cake pancakes, carrot pancakes, carrot pancakes for breakfast, pancakes for breakfast
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 6 carrot pancakes
Calories: 240kcal
Author: Recipe Garden

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1.5 cups grated carrots
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons sugar add more if you wish
  • 3 tablespoons butter melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup whole milk
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Instructions

  • Lightly fry or saute the grated carrots in a heated pan for  2 to 3 minutes, using butter. This will add more flavor to the carrots and will also be more easy to mix with the flour.
  • Once sauteed, add 2 teaspoons of sugar to the carrots, mix well and keep aside.
  • In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients together – flour, baking powder, salt and remaining sugar.
  • In another bowl, beat two eggs and milk  and and add this egg mixture to the flour slowly, make sure no lumps is formed when making the batter.
  • Add the fried carrots to the batter, mix well.

To make the pancakes

  • Heat an iron griddle or non stick pan and grease well with oil or butter. Make sure you keep the stove on medium to low heat, and adjust the heat accordingly so that the pancakes won't get burnt.
  • Pour 1 small ladle of batter on to the pan, you might need to slightly press the batter since it is little thick.
  • Wait for the pancake to get cooked from the bottom, until the bubbles starts appearing on top.
  • When the bubbles start to come on top of the pancake, gently flip the pancake, let it get cooked on the other side for about another minute. Once the pancake is cooked you can remove it from the pan and repeat the process for the next pancakes. Always adjust the heat of the stove in case the pan gets overheated.

Notes

Serve the delicious pancakes hot or at room temperature topped with cream cheese topping or with extra honey or butter or maple syrup and dollop of thick yogurt & fruits or whatever you prefer!

Nutrition

Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 209mg | Potassium: 344mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 5666IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 129mg | Iron: 2mg
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