Blend 150 g raw carrots with 500g milk until mostly smooth. Strain through a fine mess strainer. Mix carrot milk with 2T lemon juice and let sit for 10-20 minutes. Measure 3/4 cup for pancake batter.
Carrot Pancake Batter
Mix 1 g of salt with 125 g shredded/chopped carrots until moisture begins to draw out. Let sit for at least one hour. Squeeze liquid out of carrots through a kitchen towel until dry.
In a bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder, spices, salt, and 2 T brown sugar. Add the salted carrots to the dry and coat evenly.
Mix the egg, carrot buttermilk, vanilla extract, and oil together and add to the dry carrot mix. Mix as little as possible to combine.
Heat a skillet or non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Add one tablespoon of butter. Spoon pancake batter into the pan. Cook on one side until tiny bubbles start appearing on top of the batter. Flip. Cook on the other side until cooked through.
These tortilla cutouts are a distant relative of churros, but aren’t fried! Using heart healthy coconut oil and whole wheat tortillas, make this a fun and healthy activity to do with the entire family!
Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Mix and set aside.
Melt coconut oil and vanilla in a small pot over low heat.
Meanwhile, punch out tortillas with Halloween cookie cutters. Lay out on a parchment lined sheet tray fitted with a cooling rack. Brush tortillas with oil mixture, flip and brush opposite side. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and quickly sprinkle sugar mixture over tortilla, flip and sprinkle over other side. Cool completely.