Sweet Potato Bacon Pancakes
These Sweet Potato Bacon Pancakes are the perfect mix of sweet and savory! Drizzle with warm maple syrup for an easy holiday breakfast!
Does Day Light Savings Time completely throw you off? All Summer long we enjoyed being outside late into the evening until the sun went down. Now the sun is setting by the time Mr. Maebell gets home from work. By the time dinner is made and cleaned up, it feels as if it is the middle of the night, and it is only 6pm! It is totally messing with my internal clock!
These gluten-free sweet potato pancakes are kind of life changing. We really love breakfast, it is probably our favorite type of meal to make. We always do big breakfast on the weekends and usually have “brinner” once a week. Quiche, casseroles, omelets, waffles, pancakes, you name it! These easy Sweet Potato and Bacon Pancakes are perfect for when you can’t decide if you want a sweet or savory breakfast because it is the best mix of both!
For this recipe, we use a cup of cooked and mashed sweet potato so this is a really easy way to use up extra sweet potato you might have on hand. We have baked sweet potato often as a side dish so if I know I am going to make these I just bake an extra sweet potato so we can make a big batch of these easy pancakes! They are perfect for a holiday brunch!
Ingredients in Sweet Potato Bacon Pancakes
Making bacon pancakes is so simple! Here’s all you’ll need for this recipe:
- Gluten-free Bisquick
- Cooked sweet potatoes
- Egg
- Buttermilk
- Bacon
- Maple syrup
How to Make Sweet Potato Bacon Pancakes
- Combine Bisquick, mashed sweet potato, eggs, buttermilk and maple syrup in a blender, then blend until smooth.
- Add ¾ of the bacon to the pancake batter, reserving additional for garnish.
- Heat a large skillet or griddle to medium heat.
- Use a ¼ cup measuring cup and scoop the pancake batter onto a greased preheated skillet.
- Cook pancakes until small bubbles start to form, then flip and finish cooking.
- Serve pancakes immediately with warm maple syrup and the additional bacon.
Can I Freeze Bacon Pancakes?
Yes! Let the bacon and sweet potato pancakes cool to room temperature, then lay flat on a baking sheet to freeze. Once hardened, seal inside a freezer bag for up to 3 months.
How to Reheat Pancakes
You can reheated pancakes in the oven, microwave, or in a toaster. If reheating in a toaster, I recommend letting the pancakes come to room temperature first (otherwise you’ll have to toast them a couple times and they’ll dry out too much).
Tips for Making Sweet Potato Pancakes with Bacon
- You can use any variety of sweet potato you’d like in this recipe.
- I recommend cooking your bacon until crisp, that way it adds some nice texture to the fluffy pancakes.
- I used gluten-free Bisquick in this recipe, but you’re welcome to use regular if desired.
More Easy Pancake Recipes:
- Double Chocolate Protein Pancakes
- Loaded Chocolate Chip Pancakes
- Buttermilk Banana Pancakes
- Orange Poppyseed Pancakes
- Carrot Spice Pancakes
Get the Recipe: Sweet Potato Bacon Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup Gluten Free Bisquick
- 1 cup cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 ¼ cup buttermilk
- 6 slices thick cut bacon, cooked and chopped
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 3-4 tablespoons of oil for cooking
Instructions
- Combine Bisquick, mashed sweet potato, eggs, buttermilk and maple syrup in a blender.
- Blend until smooth, approximately 20 seconds.
- Add ¾ of the bacon to the pancake batter, reserving additional for garnish.
- Heat a large skillet or griddle to medium heat.
- Add one tablespoon of oil to skillet, use a ¼ cup measuring cup and scoop the pancake batter into the skillet.
- Cook pancakes approximately 2 minutes or until small bubbles start to form, flip and cook 1-2 more minutes. Remove from skillet.
- Serve pancakes immediately with warm maple syrup and the additional bacon.
The only reason I love daylight savings time is because of the extra hour of sleep that we initially get, but after that, no thanks! I’m still getting used to it being dark out so early in the evening now! These pancakes look SO good, Annie! I’ve never tried a sweet potato version before, let alone with bacon, so I can only imagine how delicious these must taste!
I always love bacon with my pancakes, but the addition of sweet potato makes these so tempting. I’ll definitely cook up a couple of extras next time I make them so I can make a batch of these. They look amazing!
I thought I was the only one. The change back to regular time from daylight savings time really screws me up bigtime! I’d eat your pancakes for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
Isn’t brinner awesome? Even better if you have these delicious pancakes on hand! They look amazing!
YUMMY!! What a wonderful breakfast treat!! I can’t wait to try these!!
These pancakes look so delicious! My boys will love them during the holiday season – and for months to come!
It’s been messing with me so badly as of late! I just can’t seem to get used to it this year. These sound amazing, by the way!!
It starts to get dark at 4pm here and it’s totally messing with our kids’ sleep lol. These yummy pancakes would be perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner! Love the sweet potato in here!
Hi Annie. Today here in the UK, it almost never got light. Such a grim, grim day.
Still, a big pile of these incredible-sounding pancakes would sure cheer me up!
I would love waking up to these any day!!
You DEFINITELY did it with these pancakes Annie! Such beautiful ones too!! Also, funny you mention DST – I took a nap and woke up in a panic, and called my husband are you okay?? It’s SO late!! I thought it was like 8 pm. He was driving home from work totally confused…it was only 5pm something! It’s just SO dark hahaha.
These look delicious!
I love sweet potato so much so I’m definitely going to have to try this soon!
Thanks Annie
My favorite thing about pancakes is the crispy edges and these look like they have the most amazing crispy edges ever!! And you know how much I love sweet potatoes, so I’m pretty much in love with these 🙂