Fat Free Ginger Molasses Pancakes

Submitted by ladypit

"A nice pancake from Sarah Schlesinger's "500 Fat Free Recipes." These are good with chunky cinnamon applesauce on top!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 8 pancakes

ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 1⁄2 cup skim milk
• 1 tablespoon apple butter
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 2 egg whites, at room temp

directions

1. Mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and cloves into a bowl.
2. Stir in the milk, apple butter, and molasses.
3. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with a mixer until stiff.
4. Gently fold the egg whites into the batter.
5. Using about 1/4 cup, put the batter onto a non-stick griddle or a pan sprayed with non-stick spray.
6. Flip them when the top is covered with bubbles and they are starting to brown on the edges.
7. Cook for about 2 more minutes or until they are brown.

Reviews

[Atomic Girl Cooks]

A nice change from regular pancakes. I loved the gingersnap flavour. I found they got a little dark - might try a lower temperature next time. Delicious with good old maple syrup. Might try spreading them with apple butter sometime. A great recipe to add to my Weight Watchers repertoire!

 

[loof751]

These pancakes were good, especially for being fat free! I would have liked more apple butter flavor so next time I may flip the amounts of molasses and apple butter. Nice and spicy, great with maple syrup - thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[Annacia]

These were delightful for a snowy Sunday morning breakfast. They wanted to stick in the middle after the flip but it wasn't a big enough problem that I wouldn't make them again. They are light, fluffy and so yummy with the apple butter and spice. I topped it with a sugar free maple flavored syrup and totally enjoyed them. Heres a guilt free and yummy gingerbread like pancake that everyone will enjoy.

 

[Roosie]

These are the first pancakes I've made with beaten egg whites and I was just so joyous that I got the whites to whip! These have a wonderful gingerbready flavor and a wonderfully light texture. Due to the low fat content of these, I found that they stuck, even to a lightly oiled nonstick skillet. Just due to that, I wonder if using maybe 1/2 Tbs apple butter and 1/2 Tbs oil (or maybe 2 tps apple butter, 1 tsp oil?) would help but still leave the fat content fairly low. ? Cook, easy and tasty. We enjoyed with real maple syrup. Thanks for a lovely lowfat pancake recipe, ladypit!