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We grow lots of blueberries, and our 20 bushes have been bearing profusely this year! For four summers of my teenage life (which I left behind last year), I have missed out on some or all of blueberry season due to being in Holmes County, Ohio working a summer job, so I really enjoyed being home this summer, able to help my family keep up with picking the bounty before the birds get to it. We have over 20 quart bags of blueberries in the freezer, and we’ve eaten untold gallons fresh. This is the reason I’ve posted so many blueberry recipes of late! I got hungry for blueberry pancakes the other day, so I decided I should come up with a recipe for them. This one will not disappoint! I fried them in beaucoup de coconut oil because a) I’m always looking for ways to get more coconut oil into my diet, and b) frying in coconut oil makes things super crispy! When topped with sugar free maple flavored syrup, these pancakes remind me of Cracker Barrel for some reason. I think it’s the crispiness on the outside. My mom’s pancakes were always more cakey than crispy, so I associated crispy pancakes with Cracker Barrel as a child.
I also associate these blueberry pancakes with a Curious George story from my childhood. For some reason, the story about George making blueberry pancakes in “Curious George Makes Pancakes” was my favorite Curious George book growing up. I suppose this was indicative of my future culinary pursuits?
As a side note, now that I have younger siblings to whom I have read Curious George books, I’ve come to realize that they really don’t have a very good moral. “George was a good little monkey”, but somehow he gets into trouble in every single story and then miraculously escapes any negative repercussions for his actions. But let me get back to the pancake recipe….
This recipe makes a single serve batch of 2 pancakes, but you can easily multiply them for your family. In fact, I made some calculations for you and included them in the Notes section of the printable recipe below, so be sure to check that out.
Need a syrup recipe to go with your pancakes? Gwen has one here, and I know there’s one in the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook as well. I have one that will be included in my own upcoming cookbook, and sometimes we just buy sugar free syrup sweetened with Splenda from the grocery store (for occasional use). Do you have a favorite syrup recipe? Please share it in the comments section below!
As always, check out the Notes section for the recipe for answers to FAQs. Check out the Suggested products section below the printable recipe for links to the products I use and recommend.
Other pages you might enjoy:
- Starting THM
- my recipe picture index
- my other blueberry recipes
- Blueberry Custard Bars
- 5 Ingredient Waffles/Pancakes
You can find this recipe in my cookbook, Necessary Food.
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup Briana's Baking Mix*
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- 3 doonks THM Pure Stevia Extract Powder (a doonk is 1/32 tsp.)
- Dash of cinnamon
- Dash of salt
- ¼ cup water
- 2 T Greek yogurt
- Handful of fresh blueberries (if using frozen blueberries, thaw and drain)
- Coconut oil for frying
- Suggested toppings: cream cheese, homemade sweetened whipped cream, natural peanut butter, more blueberries, sugar free maple-flavored syrup
- Whisk the egg. Add the dry ingredients and whisk again. Add the water and Greek yogurt and whisk until smooth. Fold in a handful of blueberries.
- Heat a generous dollop of coconut oil in a pan of your choice (I used a nonstick pan). When the coconut oil is hot, turn the stove burner down to medium heat. Fry the batter in two pancakes. You don't want to under-do these pancakes or they'll be wet in the middle. Let them get nice and crispy on one side before flipping them. Remove them from the pan when the other side is crispy and the centers aren't mushy when you press on them.
- Serve the pancakes with your choice of THM:S (low carb) toppings (suggestions given above). Yields 1 serving (2 pancakes)
*I suggest using my baking mix in this recipe and not trying to substitute. Some people have had trouble with their pancakes falling apart, and I think it's because they substituted THM Baking Blend for my baking mix. My mix is a little "sturdier", and in some recipes formulated for it (especially recipes that take a lot of liquid) the THM Baking Blend just doesn't quite hold up as well.
Briana’s Baking Mix recipe
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Is there a substitute I could use for the Greek yogurt? Maybe cottage cheese?
I would use sour cream.
The blueberry pancakes were delicious! I have tried quite a few of your recipes and have enjoyed them all.
Thanks so much for trying them, Janice!
Can I substitute THM baking blend for your baking mix? If so, what is the equivalent measurement? Thank you.
Typically you can substitute THM Baking Blend for my mix (just use a little more THM Baking Blend since my mix is a little drier), but in this recipe I recommend sticking with my baking mix. From the Notes section of the recipe, “I suggest using my baking mix in this recipe and not trying to substitute. Some people have had trouble with their pancakes falling apart, and I think it’s because they substituted THM Baking Blend for my baking mix. My mix is a little “sturdier”, and in some recipes formulated for it (especially recipes that take a lot of liquid) the THM Baking Blend just doesn’t quite hold up as well.”
Absolutely delicious!!!!! I had no blueberries today so bought some and will try it again with them and whipped cream. Today it was warmed cream cheese and a sprinkle of truvia for crunch .
The cream cheese sounds great too! I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
These are the BEST THM pancakes hands down!! Thank you Briana!
I’m so glad you like them, Teresa!
Can you add protein powder or collagen to these to add protein
Those act as flour so there’s a good chance adding them will alter the texture and moisture of the finished product.
Ok, just made this and was TOTALLY disappointed because it would not flip and crumbled apart into a zillion pieces BUT THEN!!!!! I put it in a bowl with sweetener and strawberries and almond milk and it was AMAZING! I left out the blueberries so even with the strawberries I think it was still an S? You should fiddle with this for a strawberry shortcake recipe!!!
Hi Judith! I’m sorry it crumbled for you! Did you use my baking mix? As I noted in the recipe, I recommend not substituting for my mix in this recipe because it’s “sturdier” than THM’s and some other homemade mixes. I’m so glad you found a way to redeem it, though! That sounds delicious.
If you’re looking for strawberry shortcake, I have this full size recipe that I LOVE: https://www.briana-thomas.com/strawberry-shortcake/
This makes a great single-serve shortcake: https://www.briana-thomas.com/5-ingredient-white-cake/
And here’s a strawberry shortcake waffle! https://www.briana-thomas.com/strawberry-shortcake-waffle/
Has anyone tried an egg replacement in this recipe? I have a little guy with an egg allergy and try to make all of our meals that anyone in our fam can eat. I have a general list of egg replacements but was wondering if anyone has tried something specific that turned out great. Thanks!
thank you so much Brina i think your a life saver
Brianna I LOVE your cookbook. I pre-ordered and when it arrived I couldn’t wait to get started. I make these Crispy Blueberry pancakes at least once a week! I have a hard time with breakfast, I’m not in love with omelets and bacon and eggs. These pancakes are so delicious and filling. I top mine with store bought sugar free butter flavored syrup. Thank you!
Oh wow!! These are so delicious!! And you can whip them up so fast! My pancakes were not as sturdy as I thought they would be. I guess I’ll just have to make some more and watch my measurements and add a little more baking blend. Oh darn, I have to eat more of these amazing pancakes. 🙂 Thanks for a delicious recipe!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them, Melissa!
Loved these pancakes. They were super simple to make and even simpler to scarf down! Thanks for the recipe Briana!
I’m looking forward to trying this. I wonder if a little less baking mix would result in more of a crepe consistency. I’m picturing crepes filled with blueberries and cream cheese topped with chantilly.
I’m kind of doubting it. I think they’d probably end up more like falling-apart pancakes. 😛 Crepes will probably need some extra tweaks; that’s something I’ve been wanting to work on for awhile.
I’m wondering if anyone has tried these without blueberries? I love, love, love crispy pancakes, but much as I love blueberries, I don’t like them IN the pancakes. (I know…I seem to be in the minority) I guess I’ll just have to give it a try. 🙂
I make them all the time without blueberries. Very good
I didn’t think I needed another pancake recipe, but I made these and wow, they are so good! I’ve made them every morning for 3 days straight . Great recipe!!!
We are just looking into the possibility of planting some blueberries. My husband is doing a bit of research. We know it takes about 3 years to get the first harvest. We live in Northern Illinois. What kind to f blueberries does your family grow?
We actually grow quite a few different varieties that ripen at different times. 🙂 Northland, Premiere, Woodard, and Tiff Blue are some that I can remember off the top of my head.
Oops – forgot to rate the recipe!
I made this tonight for the first time as an 8x batch for my family. It was *just* enough to feed everyone. The kids loved it! They are delicious!
Love, love, love the flavor here!!! But my pancakes are not flipping in a whole cake but breaking apart and I have to flip them in like 4 little pieces. What am I doing wrong!!? I’ve been making pancakes for 15 years! Lol. I want to master these! Because like I said I love them even if they come out a disaster. Lol.
Someone else told me that theirs did that and I honestly have no idea! Mine came out perfectly fine and I can’t think of what the problem would be unless you used frozen blueberries without thawing them and the temperature difference in the batter would cause an issue. Did you use my baking mix?
I used fresh blueberries, but I did use THM baking blend….however, I added a smidge more like you typically suggest. Maybe I will try again next week. My blueberries were cold….like right out of the fridge? Think that would be a problem?
My best guess would be the Baking Blend instead of my baking mix. My mix is “sturdier” because it has more coconut flour, so some recipes formulated for it just don’t work out as well with THM Baking Blend, especially if there’s a lot of liquid involved. Maybe this is one such recipe? I’m sorry!
No worries!! Maybe I’ll experiment a little with adding a couple tbls of coconut flour. I will let you know! Thanks for great recipes and thought!
Just wanted to follow up! I made them again using THM baking blend but I added 1.5T coconut flour and they were much more sturdy and flipped easier!! Yummm
Thanks so much for the tip!
My batter was weird as well; kinda dry and the pancakes fell apart. I did use frozen blueberries, though, so I’ll thaw them next time.
I had a little difficulty with that at first, but I realized I was trying to make my packages too big. Make small ones and they flip much easier! 🙂
I’m sure you have been asked many times before but I haven’t seen the answer so I’ll apologize ahead of time for asking….can you sub the THM Baking Blend in equal amounts for your baking blend? I have some of the THM on hand and would like to use it up. Thank you :).
Hi Carrie! My mix is drier than THM’s, so you’ll need more of theirs if you’re substituting it into a recipe that calls for my mix. 🙂 You can find more info in my baking mix blog post here: https://www.briana-thomas.com/brianas-baking-mix/
Thank you 🙂 I’m looking forward to trying the pancakes!
Briana!!!
Just made these for breakfast. Man oh man! Yummy. Thank you! Get that cookbook out soon, please!
So glad you liked them!
I should’ve waited to comment until after I made this recipe – they were awesome! Thanks so much! After tasting a few bites of my pancakes, my THM-skeptical teenage daughter made a batch of her own!
That’s so good to hear! I’m glad you both enjoyed them!
Made this this morning. Very good. I have a large cast iron skillet so decided to make one big pancake. Not a good idea. It crisped up by the time I got all the batter in so it was too thick. Flavor was DELICIOUS!! The only problem was I had to share with my 2 year old.
I need to get a cast iron skillet! I’ve been wanting one, and I’m sure they’d make these pancakes even better. I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe!
LOL! Just last night I was searching for an S pancake and had come up blank – now you delivered it right to me! I’m headed to try it out right now. I love your Pumpkin Pie Pancakes, which is what I normally make, but I was hungry for a “plain” pancake. As for syrup, my very favorite taste is the bought sugar-free syrup, but I very seldom buy that. As for homemade low-carb syrup, I have tried many different recipes and the one in the “new” THM cookbook is my favorite.
if I have strawberries or peaches with the pancakes and no blue berries does it change the S/ I am drawing a blank tonight. thanks for all your recipes
Strawberries would be fine and would keep these an S (you can have up to a cup of berries or 1/2 cup of blueberries with an S meal). Peaches would make these pancakes a crossover due to the combination of carb and fat sources. 🙂
This recipe looks like a winner! Can’t wait to try it =)
Also I got a kick out of what you said about Curious George books! It’s so true! =D My Mom likes to change up the endings a bit…curious George usually gets punished for what he did whether the book says he did or not. Haha =)
Haha – that’s awesome!
HI Briana,
Do you have all the recipes that you put out in your emails and on your website in your recipe index section of your site??
I also can not wait til your cookbook is published…..you sure worked hard and we do appreciate it!!
Blessings,
Kathy
Indeed I do! Right here: https://www.briana-thomas.com/indexes/complete-pictorial-recipe-index/
Fabulous!!!
I saw the index tab but wasn’t sure if you were putting all the recipes in there that have been putting out in your emails/blog.
I am thrilled….getting started on thm on Monday…just got the ingredients and ready to go.
I’ll be a bit stricter for the first month as I am combining it with a month of the elimination diet for food allergie with is also dairy, egg and corn free….then we’ll add things back one at a time.
Wow, congratulations on jumping in! I hope it works out well for you!
My syrup substitute is, whip cream from the blue top can with maple flavoring mixed in. (Mix in before topping it on pancakes) Tastes like maple syrup with whipped cream!
Great idea!