Bursting with winter spices, these fluffy and skinny Gingerbread Pancakes are Christmas on a plate! A delicious breakfast made for any morning as a seasonal treat! Gluten Free + Low Calorie + Dairy Free
Merry Christmas! You know I have dreams of waking up Christmas morning to my very own large family to cook for, singing holiday carols by the fire, listening to Christmas music and watching Elf in pajamas on repeat all day as everyone is pleasant and kind to one another. Haha! Yes, my dreams are ever so big. I don’t know anyone who has said picturesque life.
Maybe Santa? Since I don’t have that big dreamy family, I suppose cooking for Mom and Dad will have to do…for now. 😉 Mom’s been holding out on me though. After living with me for six months this year while I was confined to crutches, she finally handed over her infamous gingerbread pancake recipe to me and let me tell you guys they are AH-mazing! Bursting with molasses, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon. These are truly Christmas on a plate!
What’s funny about this recipe is it only works if your mother gives you the right recipe. She likes to prank a lot and people, I believe I got pranked. Before leaving last month, she gave me a chicken scratch paper with ingredients scribbled on it that I had to decode.
Thankfully, I know her process well enough that I didn’t need specific instructions like how she whips the egg whites until they’re as fluffy as a clouds before folding into the batter. That much I knew. What she neglected to tell me though was how she doubled the amount of eggs from the original recipe. Would have helped to know that! Needless to say, the first batch turned out very sorry.
Flat as pancakes (no pun intended), burnt and crumbly. It was a pancake funeral. When I finally got the right ingredients, the second batch was pancake heaven! Fluffy, thick and laden healthy gingerbread pancakes bursting with winter flavors. Not to mention low calorie, low fat and gluten free too. These gingerbread pancakes are pure bliss. I hope you love them as much as we do. Have a very Merry Christmas! xoxo
Love Gingerbread? Try Gingerbread Protein Pancakes!
Hungry for More? Subscribe to get insider tips delivered to your inbox! And be sure to stay in touch on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram for all of the latest updates.
Skinny Gingerbread Pancakes
Bursting with winter spices, these fluffy and healthy Gingerbread Pancakes are made for Christmas morning. A delicious breakfast for any morning for a healthy seasonal treat!
Ingredients
- 6 egg whites
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 3 cups unsweetened almond milk or milk of choice
- 3 cups Gluten Free Oat Flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ginger
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- Optional: powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
In a small bowl, stir molasses and milk together. In a large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients combining well and breaking up any clumps.
In a small bowl, beat egg whites 4-5 minutes until they become white peaks form.
Make a well in the dry ingredients then add molasses and buttermilk spooning batter from the sides into the liquid to combine. Once the batter is combined, gently fold fluffy egg whites into the batter (do not over mix).
Heat an electric griddle. Add 1/4 cup of the batter to the griddle to form 1 pancake. Repeat for remaining batter.
Cook 4-5 minutes until bubbles begin to appear and edges are set. Flip pancakes, cook another 2-3 minutes until cooked through.
Remove from the griddle and place on a wire rack to cool slightly before serving.
Recipe Notes
- My Amazon shop has more products similar to those used for this recipe and that I recommend to my nutrition clients.
- Love Gingerbread? Try Gingerbread Protein Pancakes.
Recipe Video
Love my recipes?
Check out my cookbook!
My Christmas morning SORT of looks like that, with the addition of a huge mess in the living room and kitchen, screaming and fighting children, someone getting hurt, eventually screaming parents, etc. It’s as close to the dream as we can get, I guess! These pancakes look sooo good! I’m going to do pancakes tomorrow morning for sure.
Your Christmas sounds like the family stone. Happy and messy. I love that movie!
Your mom delivers…. but does she deliver?? Happy Holidays my fellow cripple. I am so thankful that we have come into each other’s lives this year–I hop ethat you have an amazing day!
I’m sure she would if you asked her. Merry Christmas my dear!
hahaha I love that your mom pranked you with this recipe!! What a trickster 😉 These turned out absolutely beautiful, and Im so glad she let you share her recipe with us!
Yeah she’s a sneaky one!
Wow, just looking at that stack is making me want to eat them. 🙂 I hope you have a good holiday celebrating Meghan and that it’s really restful! I love how the second batch turned out PERFECTLY!
You too Emily, Merry Christmas!
These look amazing! As a kid I always pictured the same thing, and I keep telling my husband that we’re almost there with 1 kid and another on the way. Cue all of my attempts to convince my only child husband to have a billion more children with me 😉
You are a lucky woman. I’l be crossing my fingers for you! Merry Christmas Morgan!
These look amazing! I love everything gingerbread flavored! They look so fluffy too!
ooooo so wishing I’d had these on Christmas morning instead of my little bowl of oatmeal!
I haven’t had a good bowl of oatmeal until a few days ago. Been too busy eating pancakes!
So is it just almond milk? I don’t see buttermilk on the list of ingredients so was confused…Thanks! These look amazing and even though it’s January, I might have to indulge for, um, Groundhog Day? 🙂
Hi Anne! You can do either buttermilk or almond milk. Those are the two I’ve tried. Buttermilk make them thicker so I would recommend you do that. And no shame in eating them. I’m still making them. They’re perfect for winter months. Hope you enjoy!
Thank you! I figured it was either one but wanted to be sure!
Anne