Sweet Potato and Sausage Pancakes

Ingredients:

• 1 medium-sized sweet potato
• 1/2 pound fresh pork (breakfast) sausage
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons Clabber Girl Baking Powder
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons 100% pure maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• Additional vegetable oil for greasing griddle; Additional 100% pure maple syrup for serving

Instructions:

Prick sweet potato several times with a fork. Microwave on high for 3 minutes, rotate, continue microwaving until potato is cooked through, approximately 3 - 5 minutes. Cool; then peel and mash; set aside.

Heat a medium-sized skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook until fully cooked through, approximately 4 - 5 minutes, being sure to crumble into small pieces as it cooks. Drain well, set aside.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, Clabber Girl Baking Powder, brown sugar and salt. In a medium bowl, mix together the egg, milk, maple syrup, and the vegetable oil; add to flour mixture, mix until fully combined. Add in the reserved sweet potato and reserved sausage; mix until fully combined.

Heat a griddle over medium-high heat; add enough vegetable oil to lightly grease griddle. For each pancake, pour about 1/4 cup batter onto griddle and cook until pancake has a bubbly surface and slightly dry edges; turn and cook on second side until brown and cooked through. Serve pancakes with maple syrup on the side.

Makes about 10 pancakes.