Sweet Potato Pancakes Baby Recipe No Sugar No Eggs

The small pancakes are absolutely amazing for babies from 6 months of age as a first healthy finger food alternative to my Overnights Oats For Baby, Baby Pumpkin Pancakes, or Baby Cookies. All you need to make these are only a few ingredients, including mashed sweet potato, so let me tell you more about how to make yours!

How To Prepare Sweet Potato For Babies

Sweet potato is one of the first vegetables you can introduce to babies showing signs of readiness to eat solids. You can cook sweet potatoes in three ways. First, peel the orange sweet potato and cut it into cubes or sweet potato fries shapes if you want to offer steamed sweet potato to your little one. Cooking sweet potatoes for baby food:

With Boiling Water – Immerse the sweet potato cubes in cold water, bring to boil, and cook for 8 -10 minutes or until fork-tender. Steaming – Bring the peeled, cubed sweet potato in your vegetable steamer basket and steam for 10-12 minutes or until soft. Roasting – Place the sweet potato cubes onto a baking tray covered with parchment paper and roast for 15 minutes at 350°F (180°C) until golden brown and soft.

Offering Sweet Potatoes To Babies

Now you have two options. You can mash the cooked sweet potatoes and make a puree to use in this baby pancake recipe or offer it with a spoon. Another sweet potato baby-led weaning idea is to offer steamed or roasted sweet potato fries to your baby to chew on. But here we are making baby sweet potato pancakes, so I blended the boiled cubes of sweet potatoes to make a smooth puree.

Ingredients and Substitutions

All the ingredients you need for these pancakes are:

Homemade Mashed Sweet Potato – Read my paragraph above on how to make sweet potato puree for babies, or you can use store-bought baby puree. Milk of Choice – You can use non-dairy milk, baby formula, or your own breastmilk. Rolled Oats or all-purpose flour. Vanilla Extract – for flavor. Baking Powder – to give them a little rise Melted Coconut Oil or light olive oil.

How To Make Sweet Potato Pancakes For Babies

Now that you made the sweet potato puree time to make the pancakes. If you use the rolled oats option, my favorite because it adds fiber and protein to the baby pancakes, you need a blender.

Storage Instructions

These baby sweet potato pancakes store for up to 3 to 4 days in an airtight container in the fridge. I personally like to freeze baby pancakes in a zip-lock bag for later quick snacks. They thaw quickly at room temperature – about 1 hour or so and rewarm well in a bread toaster or sandwich press.

How to Offer Pancakes to a Baby

Baby pancakes are a great baby-led weaning food because babies can hold them and chew on them. You can offer them plain, lukewarm, or cold as a nutritious snack or meal! These pancakes contain all the healthy nutrients a baby meal should have:

Vitamins from the Vegetables Protein and fiber from oats Calcium from milk