Bacon Maple Pancakes!

Ah, yes!  Hannah is participating in a YW Cook-Off this Thurday evening.  She said, "Mom, do you think we could make Bacon Pancakes?"  So I did some research, and this is what I came up with for Hannah's recipes!

She liked them plain and with Golden Griddle syrup.  I liked them served with 100% maple syrup and the bacon bits.

This recipe made 8 pancakes:

6 slices thick cut bacon, cut in 1/2 inch pieces

1/2 cup gluten free oats

1/2 cup brown rice flour

1/4 cup tapioca starch

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp kosher salt

1/2 cup coconut milk with 1/4 tsp. lemon juice added

1 1/2 tsp Ener-G egg replacer

2 T. water

2 T. 100% maple syrup

1 T. bacon grease

Turn your oven onto warm.  Place a baking tray with cookie racks on it in the oven.

Cook the bacon pieces in large skillet over medium heat until crispy and brown.  Use a slotted spoon to remove the cooked bacon bits to a paper towel lined plate.  Use 1 T. of the bacon grease for the pancake batter recipe.  Reserve the rest for greasing the griddle. (I also made Mom's Homemade Hashbrowns the same night and used the bacon grease to cook them too-YUM!)

Put the gluten free oats in the blender and blend to a fine flour.  Add the remaining ingredients.  Blend to combined, scraping with a spatula a few times as needed.  Allow to stand for 10 min to thicken.  Reserve about 1/4 cup of the bacon bits for garnish.  Fold the rest into the batter.

Heat the skillet to 325°.  With a heat safe basting brush, brush some of the bacon grease onto the hot griddle.  Pour 1/4 cup of the pancake batter onto the bacon grease.  Cook until edges are dry and middle is full of bubbles that have begun to pop.  Grease a new spot and flip the pancake onto the new bacon grease. Cook until browned and firm to the touch, about 1 min.  Remove pancakes to the warm oven to keep warm until ready to serve.

Serve with bacon bits and syrup.  

(The picture above is lacking the bits and syrup because I didn't remember to take the photo BEFORE we ate.  The photo was taken AFTER we ate with pancakes we did not plan to eat immediately :(