Fluffy Coconut and Quark American Pancakes – these are perfect for breakfast or brunch. Serve with maple syrup and fresh berries.
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My children had some friends over yesterday so I felt compelled to treat them – I have a reputation to uphold after all. So I made a batch of my chocolate crepes with Nutella. As they happily scoffed them, and promptly had seconds, I sat watching, slightly green with envy. Even though I haven’t felt very deprived during my (ongoing) diet, I must say I really was feeling left out.
So, naturally, I set out to make some healthy, diet-approved, pancakes to satisfy my craving. Well, these aren’t them. No, the healthy pancakes I made yesterday were full of oats, chia seeds, oat bran, protein powder, dates and raw cacao.
And although fairly appetising – I had them for breakfast today– they did not tick the boxes for fluffy yumminess. So it was back to the drawing board and here we have the winning recipe – lightened up American style pancakes that are fluffy and oh-so-yummy.
I used no-fat Quark cheese and light coconut milk, but I had to keep the flour – any other versions ended up being heavy and a little chewy instead of light. I plan to treat myself to one for breakfast tomorrow since it is Pancake day.
My children took one look at the plate and immediately decided what was for dessert tonight. Yup, I am very happy to report that these are keepers. Liberally drizzle with maple syrup and serve with fresh berries – or a full fry up breakfast if you are my husband.
Keen on pancakes? Here’s some more recipes to try out.
Fluffy Coconut and Quark American Pancakes
Ingredients
- 150 g | 5.3oz plain all purpose flour
- 150 ml | 5fl oz light coconut milk I used KoKo
- 120 g | 4.2oz Quark cheese or you can use ricotta
- 2 eggs
- 60 g | 2oz desiccated coconut
- 1-2 tsp Splenda or sweetener of choice
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- pinch salt
- couple drops coconut extract or use vanilla extract
- maple syrup and fresh berries to serve
- light cooking spray or vegetable oil to fry
Instructions
- Whisk the eggs, coconut milk, coconut extract and quark cheese until smooth (or blitz in a blender).
- Sift in the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, Splenda and salt and mix everything until Fold in the desiccated coconut and make sure there are no dry pockets in the batter. Set aside for 10 minutes to rest.
- Spray a large frying pan with cooking spray or wipe with oil. Heat the pan and then ladle in the batter (or use a large spoon - you want about 2 tbsp of batter per pancake) leaving enough space between the pancakes so you can flip them.
- Cook over medium heat for a couple of minutes and flip carefully once bubbles appear on the surface of the pancakes. Cook for a minute longer on the other side until golden. Continue until you use all the batter.
- Serve warm with maple syrup and fresh berries or toppings of your choice.
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[email protected] says
February 24, 2017 at 1:37 pmWhat lovely rich yet kinda healthy pancakes. And the luscious maple syrup drips are gorgeous. If I did that where I photograph my recipes they would be a frozen waterfall of maple ! 🙂
anna @ annamayeveryday says
February 11, 2016 at 11:27 amThose look delicious, like the idea of the coconut and the quark, definitely worth a try!
Summer says
February 10, 2016 at 5:02 pmThis looks so enticing ♥
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Choclette Blogger says
February 9, 2016 at 5:11 pmOh my goodness, these look absolutely gorgeous Lucy. Love you addition of coconut milk and quark. I've made pancakes with ricotta which were delicious, but now I want to make them again with coconut. Hope you managed to save one for breakfast!
FashionableFood says
February 9, 2016 at 3:45 pmAs much as I adore crepes, thick american pancakes are always a winner, thank you for this recipe they look lush x
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Helen - family-friends-food says
February 9, 2016 at 1:58 pmThose look amazing, and super-fluffy. YUM!
Camilla Hawkins says
February 9, 2016 at 1:50 pmWow these pancakes look so good and your photographs are so crystal clear;-)
Camilla Hawkins says
February 9, 2016 at 1:49 pmWow these pancakes look so good and your photographs are so crystal clear;-)
Hannah Hossack-Lodge says
February 9, 2016 at 1:18 pmThese look lovely! I like the idea of using quark as I really like ricotta pancakes 🙂 x
[email protected] says
February 9, 2016 at 1:17 pmOh being in a diet when it's pancake day is sooo hard. I am sure that I wouldn't be able to stop at one of these amazing looking pancakes and I love the thought of using low fat coconut milk and quark, such good alternatives when watching the calories!
athletic avocado says
February 9, 2016 at 12:09 pmThe fluffiness of these pancakes are unreal! I love the idea of using quark!
[email protected] says
February 9, 2016 at 8:58 amThese are absolutely stunning, Lucy! I can only imagine how fluffy they are with the addition of quark! I used to make ricotta pancakes and they had such a fab texture. I am going to try to use quark since it's virtually fat-free. We've been making little treats with it lately and it's delicious!
Sophie Broomfield says
February 9, 2016 at 8:42 amWow these sound great. I never would of thought of using quark, will definitely have to give this a go!
Mariana says
February 8, 2016 at 11:05 pmThat's a great idea to add quark to pancakes, they look like they would satisfy any cravings too!