Ombre Ricotta Pancakes Recipe

Elsie has a theory that the best pancakes are made at home. It's probably no surprise to you that we love homemade. And homemade pancakes are the perfect example. You can make them exactly how you want and wear your pjs while eating them. This is one of my all time favorite pancake recipes. The addition of the ricotta makes these just the right amount of creamy.Ricotta Pancakes, makes 6-8

3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup ricotta
1/2 cup milk
oil or butter for cooking

In a bowl combine all ingredients until nearly no lumps appear in the batter. Heat a skillet over medium heat with a couple tablespoons oil or butter. I usually use oil (canola or vegetable) as I prefer a slightly crispy edge to my pancake. When your pan is hot pour 1/4 cup batter in the center. Wait until the batter begins to bubble, then flip. Adjust your heat if the pancakes are cooking too fast or too slow.
I divided my batter into three bowls and tinted each with varing amounts of red food coloring before cooking. This created an ombré color effect, which I thought was really cute. I was sort of bummed the morning I made these because my niece wasn't staying at my house that weekend. (She's there every now and again, and I love it!) She is a big fan of "pink" food, so I will have to make these again for her sometime. xo. Emma

Comments

[Ashleigh]

Love the ombre effect! Not a huge fan of ricotta, but its mostly because of the consistency. But I bet it adds such a nice element to these - might have to try ;)

xx Ashleigh
www.ashflynn.blogspot.com

[Sharon Clause]

This is so fun :] I'd almost feel bad eating em... until I had the first bite ;]

- sharon

www.simplylovelyxo.blogspot.com

[Jennifer]

Yum!

xo Jennifer

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[Malina]

Make me pancakes, please?

[Nic from Thriving Wives]

I love pancakes, they are so easy to make from scratch too. I always play around with different flavors - sometimes adding more vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon zest, etc... These are cute!

Strive to Thrive,
Nic
www.Thriving-Wives.com

[Sandi]

Yum love this idea of ombre pancakes! I will try this with the cottage cheese pancakes I usually make :)

[Rachelle]

SO cute! I'll have to try this one day.

[Sheilly]

I never thought of putting ricotta in pancake mix! This should be interesting. :)

[Sarah Kyle]

neato!

[shannon]

What beautiful pancakes. My kids would love these.
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[Olivia]

OH YUM.

[Lucia]

yumyum, I'll try the recipe :-)

[Ruzu]

Love this, look delicious

[Theresa]

Cute! I love it! Who wouldn't love pink pancakes?!

Theresa
http://bomamma.blogspot.com

[Sasha]

I love the ombre look! Very creative!

[Miriam]

NjomNjom! I'm so totally going to make this!!!

[Natasja - Watzijzegt.com]

Wow, looks amazing! I've never worked with food coloring, so this would be a challenge :)

[Pyttan]

Is homemade pancakes rare in usa? Is it more common to buy than make your own? Anyway your food-posts makes me die a little, fantastic. Hi from a Swedish girl in London!

[fashion clothing]

Girl, you're crazy to dirty 2 extra bowls, but I like your style :)

[Liana]

We used to do this with jam back before we knew ombre was a thing. We would do about three cakes on the griddle, add a spoon of jam to the batter bowl, make three more (slightly more colorful), add a spoon of jam to the bowl, and so on. We are not multiple bowl people. Ha!