It’s my birthday!! I am really looking forward to seeing what my 36th year on this earth will bring. It’s been a week of celebrating with family and friends which has been a complete blast. The finale was this weekend when I combined two of my favorite things…Disney and pancakes! These Hawaiian pancakes were inspired by the legendary pancakes at Kona Cafe in the Polynesian resort. It is one of my favorite breakfasts in the world and I miss it. Luckily I was able to get my Disney fix right here at home, which made my birthday weekend complete.
I served the Hawaiian pancakes as I cooked them so that they were nice and hot. The crispy coconut and crunchy chopped macadamia nuts were such a perfect topping with the super soft pancakes! The finishing touch was a big drizzle of maple syrup on top. Oh my goodness, it felt like I was enjoying my breakfast at Polynesian resort! Let me tell you, it was the perfect end to a week of birthday celebrations. I hope you all love them as much as I did! xoxo
These are incredibly fluffy Hawaiian pancakes loaded with crushed pineapple, coconut and macadamia nuts. They're so fun for brunch!
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 3/4 cup canned crushed pineapple
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 whole eggs yolks separated from whites
- 1 1/2 cups macadamia nuts roughly chopped, divided
- 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut divided
- butter for the griddle
- maple syrup for topping
- First, make the batter the night before. Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Then whisk the milk, crushed pineapple, vanilla extract and egg yolks together in another bowl until smooth. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk it all together into a thick batter. In a third bowl, whip up the egg whites with a hand mixer until they are like fluffy clouds and form stiff peaks. Fold the egg whites, 1 cup of the chopped macadamia nuts and 1 cup of the shredded coconut into the rest of the batter. Cover the bowl and refrigerate it overnight.
- In the morning, pre-heat the oven to 350 and also get out an electric griddle or large griddle pan. Line a sheet pan with a silicone mat and spread the remaining 1/2 cup of coconut out on it. Toast it in the oven for 3-5 minutes until it becomes crisp and golden. Set it aside. Pre-heat the electric griddle to 350 or the griddle pan over medium high heat. Grease it with butter, then cook off the pancake batter in batches in the size you want. They take about 4 minutes to cook on each side to become puffy and golden. Serve them as you make them with a sprinkle of toasted coconut, extra chopped macadamia nuts and syrup on top!
I love to bake with coconut and this recipe looks amazing!! Thanks for sharing–excited to spruce up my usual Sunday pancakes 🙂
Oh excellent, I really hope you love them!! Thanks so much 🙂
Oh my goodness! I have never seen this pancake flavor! This is so clever and looks so unbelievably decadent! I’m adding this to my weekend breakfast menu with the kids and definitely pinning!
Thank you so much!! I really hope you and your family love them, they definitely are a fun treat 🙂
This looks so good! I’m going to make them on sunday! With the pineapple will be so good
Oh thank you so much, I hope you love them!!
Oh my gosh, these look delicious! Next time I make pancakes, I’m going to try out your recipe. 🙂
Oh thank you very much, I hope you enjoy them!!
We LOVE Hawaiian pancakes! We usually add banana to them, as well! Yummy!
Oh, I love the idea of banana in them too! I’m going to try that next time. Thanks so much for stopping by :-).
Yum! This looks so delicious! I am going to try and make this!
Thank you so much!!
These look and sound great! I definitely need to try them out sometime!
I hope you enjoy them, thank you so much for the kind words!!