I was busy making 16 dozen of these bad boys with my mother-in-law and her mother.
My mother-in-law’s house was taken over by Christmas cookies. Ryan helped out, but had to tap out early due to cookie dough overload. I was the next one down for the count. (We digested to the tune of Kindergarten Cop. Love that movie.)
Apparently sampling the dough and finished product runs in our mini-family. 😉
We hung around, chatting and enjoying Thanksgiving leftovers with Ryan’s mom and her boyfriend before hitting the road to my parents’ house in the early evening.
As we were heading to St. Pete, we got caught in a downpour. Once the rain subsided, a gorgeous complete rainbow could be seen. 
At one point there were two rainbows… a double rainbow! Ryan reacted like this guy. 😉
Once we arrived at my parents’ house, Ryan made some “Ryan’s surprise” cocktails and we hung out, playing a couple of rounds of Jenga before sitting down to Thanksgiving round two! 
Check out the gorgeous sweet potato casserole that my sister made: 
We called it an early night after watching Dave Chappelle’s stand up (quality family fun… listener discretion advised 😉 ) and chatting for a bit.
Breakfast
This morning I awoke craving more sweet potato casserole from last night’s dinner.
Since I figured a big bowl of casserole wasn’t the most ideal breakfast, I decided to try turning the casserole into pancakes.
Sweet Potato Casserole Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 c. mashed sweet potato casserole
- 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
- 1/2 c. all purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 c. milk
Directions
- Combine all ingredients and stir until fully mixed
- Spray griddle or pan with cooking spray and pour batter onto surface
- Flip pancakes when the top begins to bubble and the bottom is slightly browned
- Cook for another couple of minutes until the other side is golden brown
- Top with syrup, fruit or powdered sugar and enjoy
I was actually rather surprised at just how well these turned out. My entire family loved them!
If you do not have leftover sweet potato casserole on hand and wish to make these pancakes, you can easily use mashed sweet potatoes in place of the mashed sweet potato casserole, though I would recommend adding brown or regular sugar to the batter for some sweetness.
Now we’re all feeling quite full!
My mom, sister and I have plans to go to Jazzercise together in an hour. Let’s hope I digest a bit before then and don’t completely cramp up! 😀
Happy Saturday, friends.
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I would have never thought to turn casserole into pancakes but it looks like you pulled it off 😀 I’m sure they were delicious!
Happy saturday to you too 🙂
Perfect Idea, going to make those pancakes this a.m
Such a good idea!! I’m impressed with your creativity- I would have just dived into the leftovers 🙂 Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!!
That’s such a great idea!
Glad you enjoyed family time yesterday and I hope you have fun with even more today. 🙂
This is genius…I know what I’m doing with my leftovers 😉 what a perfect post-Thanksgiving breakfast!
Happy Saturday!!
Omg. I love kindercop and the double rainbow video. 🙂 Classics.
We saw that double rainbow also! (Had thanksgiving yesterday in north Sarasota) My bf’s dad was going on and on about it which turned into kind of a joke so I’m going to send him that video- lol!
This casserole is beautiful! And the pancakes sound delicious!! Yum :).
What a beautiful day-double rainbow and all! I haven’t seen a rainbow in quite some time.
Wow, your sister’s sweet potato casserole looks so beautiful! I need to take a mental note of that and prep mine the same way next year!
Great way to use up sweet potato casserole! I have a ton leftover 🙂
Wow, cookie dough overload! Who could resist? 🙂
i LOVE double rainbows !! they have a special significance to my family & my aunt actually wrote a story with our first family encounter with “twin rainbows”
http://donnateti.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33:twin-rainbows&catid=11:stories&Itemid=42
The casserole is so pretty! What is that alternating with the marshmallows?
it was a crumbly topping made with corn flakes, pecans, brown sugar and a bit of butter.
Sounds tasty! 😀
What a great idea….although, I probably would have just dug into the casserole dish of the sweet potatoes! Those are my fave…besides dressing!
So many cookies!!! Our house gets like that over the holidays as well..it’s fun! That SP casserole looks amazing, kudos to your sister!
Such a great idea for leftover SP Casserole. Glad it was a great night!
That casserole is beautiful!
The cookies look fantastic too…my mom and I are planning a Cookie baking day this Friday. Can’t wait! 🙂
That is such a creative and yummy idea! I don’t have any sweet potato casserole, but I might do what you suggested and just do it with sweet potato, and half the recipe…
The cookies look delicious too 🙂
Yuummmmy! Those cookies look great! And how ’bout them pancakes? What an awesome way to use up leftovers.
Do you have the recipe for the chocolate cookies in the 2nd picture? They look great!
Double rainbows are so cool! I saw one the last time I was at Disney. 🙂
Wow that casserole looks awesome! And good idea with the pancakes too 🙂
A Sweet Potato Casserole Pancakes?!
One word: LOVE.
😉
Julie, it’s almost 5am where I live and I couldn’t stop giggling at the rainbow video. Hahahaha oh gosh.
The casserole looks so pretty, nice pancake idea
Those pancakes sound amazing!
I love the double rainbow guy! My sister and I sing this song all the time.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0D4oZwCsA
Sweet potato casserole looks amazing – but tell me, is it seriously a ‘main dish’, not a dessert??