Purple Velvet Pancakes (all Natural!)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 vanilla bean, crushed
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3/4 cup fresh strawberries, finely chopped
• 1/2 lemon, juice and rind of

Recipe

• 1 sift dry ingredients together.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat egg till fluffy using a wisk or fork.
• 3 add vanilla bean and continue beating until the vanilla seeds visibly changes the colour of the egg. remove remainder of vanilla bean.
• 4 little by little add milk, dry ingredients, and melted butter by the tablespoon while continuing mixing.
• 5 fold in the strawberries, lemon rind, and juice. watch the batter turn purple.
• 6 heat a non-stick (teflon) pan on medium. (it is the right heat when you drop some water on the hot dry pan and see it "dance" for a few seconds before it evaporates.) add 1-2 tablespoons of canola oil for frying each time.
• 7 use a disher style ice cream scoop, scoop pancake batter for frying. turn over with wooden spoon when lumpy bubbles are all over the pancake.
• 8 serving suggestion: i topped mine with fresh strawberries, kiwi, mangoes, and chocolate syrup. try also berry jam or ice cream, and finish with unsweetened tea or coffee.