Louisiana Sweet Potato Pancakes

Yields1 Serving
 ¾ lb sweet potatoes
 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
 3 ½ tsp baking powder
 1 tsp salt
 ½ tsp ground nutmeg
 2 eggs, beaten
 1 cup buttermilk
 ¼ cup butter, melted
 Honey-cinnamon butter
 ¼ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
 1 ½ tsp honey
  tsp cinnamon
1

Place sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan of boiling water, and cook until tender but firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, and immediately immerse in cold water to loosen skins. Drain, remove skins, chop, and mash.

2

In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Mix mashed sweet potatoes, eggs, milk and butter in a separate medium bowl. Blend sweet potato mixture into the flour mixture to form a batter.

3

Preheat a lightly greased griddle over medium-high heat. Drop batter mixture onto the prepared griddle by heaping tablespoonful’s, and cook until golden brown, turning once with a spatula when the surface begins to bubble.

4

Cream together butter ingredients in small mixing bowl; place a spoonful on each plate of sweet potato pancake.

Ingredients

 ¾ lb sweet potatoes
 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
 3 ½ tsp baking powder
 1 tsp salt
 ½ tsp ground nutmeg
 2 eggs, beaten
 1 cup buttermilk
 ¼ cup butter, melted
 Honey-cinnamon butter
 ¼ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
 1 ½ tsp honey
  tsp cinnamon

Directions

1

Place sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan of boiling water, and cook until tender but firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, and immediately immerse in cold water to loosen skins. Drain, remove skins, chop, and mash.

2

In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Mix mashed sweet potatoes, eggs, milk and butter in a separate medium bowl. Blend sweet potato mixture into the flour mixture to form a batter.

3

Preheat a lightly greased griddle over medium-high heat. Drop batter mixture onto the prepared griddle by heaping tablespoonful’s, and cook until golden brown, turning once with a spatula when the surface begins to bubble.

4

Cream together butter ingredients in small mixing bowl; place a spoonful on each plate of sweet potato pancake.

Notes

Louisiana Sweet Potato Pancakes