Fluffy Chocolate and Strawberry Pancakes
Shrove Tuesday is always a fun night in our house, and an excuse to have something a little more special then plain pancakes.
From my kitchen to yours:
Chocolate and Strawberry Pancakes
Ingredients:
1 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
1 cup Chocolate Milk
2 tsp Sugar
1 Egg, seperated
1 tbsp Oil
1/2 cup Strawberries, stemmed and diced
Directions:
In medium size bowl whisk together 3/4 cup flour, baking powder, salt and sugar
Add egg yoke, oil and chocolate milk; and mix well
In seperate bowl coat diced strawberries with remaining 1/4 cup of flour
Fold coated strawberries into pancake mixture
Using electric beaters, beat egg white until fluffy
Lightly fold egg white into mixture
Grease pan or griddle and heat over medium high heat
Drop pancake batter by 1/3 cup at a time
Cook for five minutes then flip and cook for another 5 minutes, or until golden brown on each side
Serve with whipped cream and sliced banana or your favourite maple syrup
