Brownie Batter Pancakes

Hi Everyone!  First, a HUGE Shout out to all my newest fans and followers!!! I'm SOOO thrilled!!  You have no idea how excited I am for all of this!!!  If you haven't already, don't forget to sign up for the 50 Facebook Fans Giveaway!!!  Now, on to the next order of business!!  A dear friend of mine brought skinnytaste.com to my attention and of course, one of the very first thing is see when I go on there are these brownie batter pancakes!  "picture me wiping drool off my chin*!!  Yes, that was me!  So i decided to give it a go!!!  Mine have warm peanut butter drizzled over them!!!  My boys DEVOURED the entire plate!!!  and still wanted more! I'd say it's a winner!! and what's more, ITS HEALTHY!!!  TRIPLE score in my book!!!

Here they are!!!

*Note*  There are a few changes to the original recipe as I didn't have certain ingredients!  Click HERE for the original recipe! I also made 4 servings of this as the original recipe is for ONE serving.

Ingredients:

1c all-purpose flour
1tsp baking powder
4 tbsp Hershey's cocoa powder
5 tbsp + 1tsp sugar
pinch of salt (optional)
6 tbsp unsweetened applesauce
4 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 1/3c milk

Mix dry ingredients first. make sure that they are mixed well with now clumps.  Then add in wet ingredients!  And make like normal pancakes!  Serve immediately with your choice of reg. pancake syrup, or the warm peanut butter drizzle.  There are some other suggestions on the original recipe for toppings as well!!   ENJOY!!!