Gluten Free Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

5 from 10 votes

Gluten Free Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

Made with 10 basic ingredients, these fluffy, flavour packed lemon ricotta pancakes are topped with an easy blueberry syrup making them perfect for your next spring brunch!

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Total Time30

Course: Breakfast

Servings: fluffy pancakes

Ingredients

Pancakes

1 + ¼ cups flour gluten free 1:1, or oat flour
2 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¾ cup ricotta cheese
2 medium eggs
¾ cup milk
1 lemon just the juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Easy Blueberry Syrup

½ cup maple syrup
½ cup frozen blueberries (fresh also work)
1 teaspoon cornstarch

Instructions

For the Pancakes:

Preheat an electric griddle or pan to medium-high heat.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.
Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and set aside.
In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together ricotta cheese, eggs, milk, lemon, lemon zest and vanilla extract until fully combined.
Pour milk mixture into the well of the flour mixture and whisk until just combined. (Avoid mixing too much as over mixing will cause your pancakes to be flatter!)
Pour ¼ cup of batter onto the buttered griddle or pan and cook until bubbles begin to appear on the surface and the bottom is golden brown, then flip and cook the opposite side.
Serve warm with blueberry syrup, Greek yogurt or whipped cream, a dusting of icing sugar and fresh blueberries.

For the Blueberry Syrup:

In a saucepan over medium heat add maple syrup and frozen blueberries. Continuously stir until blueberries melt and are soft enough to be mashed. Using a potato masher or fork squish blueberries and stir into the maple syrup. Add the cornstarch and stir until syrup begins to thicken.

Notes

*NOTE for non-gluten free friends- all purpose flour also works perfectly fine! I have tested both and both have come out light and fluffy.

*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don't forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.

Nutrition

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