Looking down on a snow-white plate, you'll see fluffy stacks of cinnamon-brown pancakes making a circle around the edge of the plate. The pancakes, dusted with powdered sugar, look like they have a dusting of fresh snow. In the middle of the circle are two tree-shaped eggs, their sunny yellow yolks are 'ornaments', decorated with vibrant red pomegranate arils. The whole plate pops with festive Christmas colors.

Christmas Gingerbread Pancakes with Tree-shaped Eggs

Category Brunch
Prep 20 minutes
Cook 30 minutes
Style American
Technique Frying
Diet Friendly Pescatarian

Daily Recipe: December 25, 2024

Merry Christmas! Today's festive breakfast recipe is all about indulgence and excitement of Christmas morning. The main features of this recipe are two holiday favorites: gingerbread and eggs. The gingerbread spice aroma wafting from the kitchen will set Christmas mood, and the tree-shaped eggs are perfect for the occasion.

Ingredients (for 4)

Preparation

  1. Step 1 - πŸ₯£πŸ₯„πŸš
    Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl until thoroughly combined.
  2. Step 2 - 🧈πŸ₯›πŸ―
    Add molasses, melted butter, and warm milk to the dry ingredient mix. Whisk all the ingredients until the batter is smooth.
  3. Step 3 - 🍳πŸ₯žπŸ’­
    With a small amount of vegetable oil, heat a pan and pour 1/4 cup of the batter for each pancake. Cook until bubbles appear before flipping to brown the other side.
  4. Step 4 - 🌲🍳πŸ”₯
    Heat a tree-shaped mold in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Break an egg into each hole. Once whites are set, carefully remove the mold and flip the eggs.
  5. Step 5 - πŸ₯žπŸŽ„πŸ½οΈ
    Arrange the pancakes in a circle on the plate with tree eggs at the center. Decorate the eggs with pomegranate arils and dust the pancakes with powdered sugar.

Additional

To make this recipe vegan, you could replace the eggs with tofu and use almond milk in place of regular milk. Get your little ones to help decorate the egg trees, they’ll have great fun turning breakfast into a Christmas activity!