Christmas Tree Pancake Stack [Vegan, No Added Sugar]

I coloured the pancakes green naturally with some spinach and decorated them with coconut butter “tinsel” and goji berry “baubles”. I was about to take the photos when I realised, “Oh no, they need a star on top!”. A quick scan of my fridge led me to using some sliced rockmelon to quickly free-hand some little stars, but you could use any yellow/orange/white fruit you have on hand. Bananas, apples, nectarines, mangoes, pineapple…anything would work well 🙂

Christmas Tree Pancake Stack [Vegan, No Added Sugar]

Festive pancakes shaped into Christmas trees. Vegan, no added sugar, healthy, can be gluten free.

Recipe type: Breakfast

Serves: 3-4 serves

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Ingredients

  

• 2 cups oats
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 large ripe banana
• 1/2 cup spinach, fresh or frozen
• 1 1/2 cup water
• 2 tbs coconut butter + 1 tbs warm water if needed
• 2 tbs goji berries
• Slice of rockmelon (or other yellow/orange/white fruit, for the stars)

Instructions

 

• Preheat a cast-iron griddle or frying pan, greased lightly with a splash of extra virgin olive oil.
• In a high speed blender, blend the oats, cinnamon, banana, spinach and water until smooth.
• Use a spoon to make different sized circle pancakes with the batter – I made an assortment of about 5 different sizes, this doesn't need to be perfect!
• Fry for about 2 minutes over low-medium heat and flip, fry for another 1-2 minutes and remove from heat.
• Repeat with the remaining batter.
• When the pancakes are all cooked, stack into Christmas trees by ordering from largest to smallest (I made 3 stacks but you could get 4 smaller stacks out of this recipe).
• Melt the coconut butter and if it's still not very runny, mix with a bit of warm water as needed.
• Scoop into a piping bag (or use a ziplock bag and snip off the corner) and decorate the stack like tinsel, adding a big dollop on top to hold the "star".
• Place goji berries on top of the coconut butter "tinsel" to stick on the trees.
• Slice 1 star for each pancake "tree" out of the rockmelon (or other fruit) using a sharp knife, or marzipan cutters, and place on the dollop of coconut butter at the top.
• Serve immediately.