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Perfect Gluten-free Cricket Pancakes

March 13, 2015 By meghan curry 3 Comments

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Start your weekend right with these delicious gluten-free cricket pancakes.  It can be tricky to find a healthy pancake with a texture that’s both fluffy and hearty.  This cricket pancake succeeds where others stacks come in short.  Loads of protein, fiber and vitamins with this delicious breakfast treat, courtesy of the cricket flour.  Though this recipe does use cow milk and butter, coconut or almond milk and coconut oil can easily substitute to make this cricket pancake recipe more paleo friendly.

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  • courseBreakfast, Main Dish
  • insect ingredientCricket Flour Recipes
Servings Prep Time
2 people 5 min
Cook Time
15 min
Servings Prep Time
2 people 5 min
Cook Time
15 min
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Perfect Cricket Pancakes
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Votes: 8
Rating: 3.75
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Print Recipe
  • courseBreakfast, Main Dish
  • insect ingredientCricket Flour Recipes
Servings Prep Time
2 people 5 min
Cook Time
15 min
Servings Prep Time
2 people 5 min
Cook Time
15 min
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp coconut sugar
  • 1/4 cup cricket flour
  • 1/3 cup coconut flour
  • 1/3 cup buckwheat flour
Wet ingredietns
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 tbsp butter
Toppings
  • 1/2 cup chopped or diced strawberries
  • 1 tsp powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup raw maple syrup
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Instructions
  1. Wisk or sift to combine the dry ingredients.
  2. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and combine thoroughly, stirring by hand until the batter is smooth and slightly runny consistency.
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  3. Heat griddle pan or large skillet over medium heat. *Tip: If you don't have a big griddlepan, heat two large skillets at the same time to move your pancake assembly line into high gear.
  4. Pour pancakes to desired diameter into warm skillet.
  5. Flip pancakes when you see the first bubble and slight central puffyness *you will see fewer bubbles than regular pancakes
  6. Pancakes are fully cooked when both sides are a deep golden brown.
  7. Garnish pancakes with strawberries, powdered sugar and maple syrup.
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Recipe Notes

This recipe is perfect for two people.

For Dairy Free or more Paleo Version:

  • substitute coconut oil for butter to grease skillet
  • substitute 1 cup non-dairy milk (preferably almond or coconut milk) for 3/4 cup milk and 1/4 cup water

Filed Under: Cricket Flour Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: Cricket Flour, Gluten-free, Paleo Inspired

Comments

  1. Neesha says

    May 6, 2020 at 2:57 pm

    Can you bake these in the oven rather than cook them on the skillet?

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Nutrition Label

Nutrition Facts
Perfect Cricket Pancakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 635 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19g 29%
Saturated Fat 11g 55%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 110mg 37%
Sodium 486mg 20%
Potassium 564mg 16%
Total Carbohydrates 113g 38%
Dietary Fiber 24g 96%
Sugars 61g
Protein 34g 68%
Vitamin A 4%
Vitamin C 34%
Calcium 17%
Iron 27%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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