Whole Wheat Mocha Chip Pancakes

Posted by Jill on January 25, 2013 in Breakfast | 2 comments

These pancakes are fun. Who wouldn’t love a pancake studded with mini chocolate chips and ground coffee?!

I loved them. The kids loved them (I used decaf coffee). The hubs loved them. Win, win, win.

Don’t be fooled by the whole wheat in these pancakes. You can’t even tell that they’re whole wheat. I used the whole wheat pastry flour, which is the best thing ever. If you don’t have whole wheat pastry flour, I would either do half whole wheat/half all-purpose or all all-purpose flour. I think if you used all regular whole wheat flour they would be too dense, but you never know.

You will love these pancakes and if you have kids so will they! There’s a touch of coffee flavor, and they’re a little bit sweet from the chocolate chips. The perfect amount of sweet if you ask me. Top these with some maple syrup and you are good to go!

Whole Wheat Mocha Chip Pancakes

recipe adapted from A Spicy Perspective

Ingredients:

• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or half whole wheat/half all-purpose flour)
• 2T-4T coffee grounds (I did 2 T decaf coffee grounds because of the kids)
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 & 1/2 cups milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 6 T butter, melted
• 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Heat griddle to 375 or skillet to medium-high. Grease with non-stick spray or butter.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, coffee, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
3. In a small bowl, whisk milk, eggs, and vanilla extract together. Add in butter.
4. Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
5. Stir in chocolate chips.
6. Once griddle or skillet is heated, pour about 1/4 cup of batter and cook until pancakes are bubbly and golden brown and then flip. Continue with the rest of the batter.
7. Eat immediately and enjoy! We also will refrigerate or freeze leftover pancakes, but I’m finding that I need to double or triple a recipe to ever have leftovers…

– Jill

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