Whether you whip up pancakes during the week or save them for a big family brunch on the weekend, a stack of pancakes covered in maple syrup and melted butter isn’t exactly the most nutritious breakfast you can sink your fork into. Usually made with white flour and sugar, traditional pancakes don’t offer much in the way of nutrients. If you’re a fan of flapjacks, here’s how you can make them healthier while also adding bold and unique flavors. Make homemade batter: Traditional pancake mixes like Bisquick are made with enriched white flour and partially hydrogenated soybean oil; they may be easy, but they’re not exactly good for you. It only takes five minutes to mix up your own pancake recipe, and using whole wheat flour

makes for added nutrition. Try this recipe for whole wheat cinnamon pancakes . Mash in baked sweet potato: To replace some of the fat and sugar in your recipe, use mashed baked sweet potato. For a recipe that makes 12 pancakes and calls for one and a third cups of buttermilk and one tablespoon of brown sugar, I use about half a cup of mashed sweet potato and half a cup of buttermilk, and omit the sugar altogether. It not only gave my stack a warm, golden hue, but the texture was also more moist and they tasted a tad sweeter. Keep on reading to hear other ways to make your pancakes healthier.

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How to Make a Healthier Stack of Flapjacks