White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Pancakes with Orange Butter
White chocolate and macadamia nuts add crunchy texture to these fluffy and silky pancakes. Spread on orange butter and give it a citrusy tropical kick.
½cupfinely chopped macadamia nutsplus ¼ cup for topping
Cooking spray
Instructions
Combine first 3 ingredients to make orange butter. Set aside.
In separate bowl combine white and wheat flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir together with whisk.
In separate bowl combine buttermilk, ¼ cup of orange juice, oil and 1 egg. Stir together with whisk.
Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture, gently stir until combined and just moist. Let stand for 10-15 minutes. Then gently stir in white chocolate chips and ½ cup macadamia nuts.
In a separate bowl, beat egg white with a whisk until medium peaks form. Gently fold this into batter.
Preheat pan to medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Spoon roughly ¼ cup of batter into pan for each pancake. Cook 2-3 minutes until bubbles form on top and bottom is golden brown. Turn pancakes over and cook 2-3 minutes more until done.
Spread orange butter mixture on top of pancakes and sprinkle remaining chopped macadamia nuts as topping.