Best Chocolate Chip Pancakes Recipe
The best Chocolate Chip Pancakes bring a fancy restaurant brunch to your home kitchen with ricotta cheese, lemon zest, and big chunks of rich chocolate.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- ¾ cup ricotta cheese
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest from about 1 lemon
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 ounces dark chocolate roughly chopped, or chocolate chips
- Nonstick cooking spray
- Whipped cream, maple syrup, bananas and/or fresh berries, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. In large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda until well combined.
- In medium bowl, whisk eggs. Add milk, ricotta, lemon zest, lemon juice, butter and vanilla and whisk until smooth.
- Add ricotta mixture and chocolate to flour mixture and use rubber spatula to gently mix until just combined. Batter will be slightly lumpy; this is OK. Do not overmix.
- Heat griddle or large nonstick skillet over medium heat. In batches; spray griddle with nonstick spray, then pour batter by 1/4-cupfuls onto griddle. Cook 1 to 3 minutes per side or until golden brown and cooked through (pancakes are ready to flip when surface of batter is covered in bubbles).
- Transfer cooked pancakes to rimmed baking sheet and transfer to oven to keep warm. Repeat process with remaining pancake batter. Serve pancakes with desired toppings.
Notes
- Cook one or two “test pancakes” to check the heat of your griddle in a few spots, so that you can make adjustments and have the rest of your pancakes come out perfectly.
- Pancakes are ready to flip when the surface of batter is covered in several bubbles in different places, and the edge of pancake starts to look a bit dry.
Calories: 161kcal, Carbohydrates: 20g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 0.04g, Cholesterol: 46mg, Sodium: 196mg, Potassium: 117mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 8g, Vitamin A: 166IU, Vitamin C: 2mg, Calcium: 95mg, Iron: 2mg
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