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Hey you guys! I have a little Saturday surprise for you. PANCAKES! And since I’m feeling extra dramatic, I’ll scream this part too: BROWN BUTTER MAPLE BOURBON SAUCE. So that’s Whole Wheat Rosemary Sweet Potato Pancakes with Brown Butter Maple Bourbon Sauce. Let’s fall down this delicious boozy breakfast rabbit hole hand in hand!
These pancakes are totally the “It girl” of Fall brunching. The pancakes themselves are made with SWEET sweet potato, earthy rosemary (don’t let it scare you off!), and a handful of warming spices (like ginger and nutmeg and cinnamon and cloves!) Top it all off with brown butter maple bourbon sauce and er mah gosh. You’re in for it. So get ready!
After eating these pancakes not once, nor twice, but three times (!) last week (twice for breakfast, once for dessert!), I can say without a doubt in my mind the combination of sugar+booze+brown butter is an epic way to start – or finish – any day!
So erm… what ya waiting for?! These pancakes aren’t going to flip themselves. Grab the potatoes… grab the butter… grab the best bourbon you can get your paws on… and get in the kitchen! I’m bossy about this because I love you. xoxo
Whole Wheat Rosemary Sweet Potato Pancakes with Brown Butter Maple Bourbon Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup full-fat Greek yogurt
- 2/3 cup pureed sweet potato (fresh or canned is fine)
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
- 2 large eggs
For the Brown Butter Maple Bourbon Sauce:
- 6 tablespoons salted butter (you may use unsalted in preferred, but I love the salty kick)
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 1 - 2 tablespoons bourbon, start with a little and add more to taste
- Pinch of cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- In a large bowl whisk together the flours, sugar, baking powder, rosemary, spices and salt; set aside.
- In a separate bowl whisk together milk, yogurt, sweet potatoes, melted butter, and eggs.
- Fold mixture into dry ingredients, don't over mix here!
- Generously grease a large skillet and place over medium heat, once hot pour in about 1/4 cup batter for each pancake.
- Cook pancakes about 3 minutes per side. Serve with brown butter maple bourbon sauce.
For the Brown Butter Maple Bourbon Sauce:
- Place butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook until butter has melted and has begun to brown. The second you see the butter turning a deep amber, pull it from the heat.
- Stir in the maple syrup, bourbon, cinnamon, and vanilla. Pour over warm pancakes.
Mmmmmm! How many does this serve?
You had me at brown butter maple bourbon sauce!!!!
Oh my word! These pancakes are amazing! And that sauce, YUM!!!
WOW! That’s all I have to say. WOW.
Thank you, Rachel 🙂
This is fall on a plate, love the flavors and the maple bourbon sauce!
This recipe looks great! I actually tried something like this a while back, and this just brought back so many nostalgic memories, haha! I love cooking stuff like this. I always try to find new recipes on forums and I got great ones emailed to me from http://lovelyrecipesforyou.weebly.com and I genuinely enjoy them. Anyways, thanks for posting this dish, I really need to make this more often!
Yay, pancakes! I love the idea of jazzing a simple breakfast up with sweet potato and rosemary. So delicious.
I LOVE love that you added rosemary into a normally sweet breakfast! Fresh herbs make such a dramatic impact! Love this!
OMG that looks amazing! I love rosemary in sweet contexts, actually tried rosemary syrup on butternut pancakes recently and it was fab. But sweet potato? That’s…like…way better than butternut. Love the presentation too, with that cute dollop of whipped cream! 🙂
Thanks so much! Whipped cream is always a plus, right?! 🙂
Holy cow Batman! Way too much good stuff going on here. I can’t handle it. Brown Butter Maple Bourbon Sauce = I’m dead. Ah-mazing!
Liz, that sauce is dangerous with a capital D! You should totally get on it 😉 xo