Can You Guess What These Masa Pancakes Are Missing?
Can You Guess What These Masa Pancakes Are Missing?
June 10, 2024
We're constantly honing our perfect masa pancake recipe: we've made them with a mix of corn and wheat flour, we've whipped egg whites, we've made them with olive oil. Our platonic pancake ideal, it turns out, has no wheat at all (making them gluten-free), and is practically a one-bowl recipe — so easy, you can throw them together on a bleary-eyed weekday morning. We've based the recipe on one from Kate Ramos at Hola Jalapeño (thanks, Kate!).
They also happen to be free of refined sugar (that bit of sweetness comes from honey), and can be made dairy free (use coconut oil in place of butter, and your choice of alt milk for the homemade buttermilk). Our yellow masa harina lends them a sunny golden hue, but white, blue, and red work just as well. However you make them, they'll cook up fluffy and tender, with perfectly crisp edges. The only question is: are they breakfast? Or breakfast-for-dinner?
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These are my new favorite pancakes. I’ve given up flour and sugar, for the most part, a while ago and so with those went pancakes. Very delicious, satisfying, and remarkably sustaining. They heat up well in the toaster the next day too.
Everything is done at a very high standard on this website. I enjoy it lots. Thank you.
it would be nice to read the reviews……they give a true sense of the recipe, and also changes that could be really great.
Made these today for breakfast and I was very happy with the results. The Masa flavor comes through, but not overpowering. The main reason we tried them was because we had some wild plum syrup that really was too strong for regular pancakes, The Masa flavor held up to that much better. We liked the little bits of crispiness these had. Will make them again, especially if we have any guest that has Gluten issues.
Hi Susan! We haven’t tried it, but we suggest using either Just Egg (vegan egg substitute) or applesauce. We’re excited to hear that you think these could be a game changer! If you give it a try, let us know how it turns out.