Strawberry Rose Pancakes Recipe

Fact: It’s impossible to get sick of traditional pancakes. But you may be surprised by how much you enjoy this fruity, floral strawberry rose pancakes recipe from Yumna Jawad’s new cookbook, The Feel Good Foodie Cookbook.

“Pancakes for me looked a little different growing up,” writes Jawad. “Inspired by atayef—airy, slightly sweet Mediterranean pancakes—they were stuffed, fried and soaked in a floral-scented simple syrup. To play off that flavor for an easier weekend breakfast or brunch, I created these pancakes as a modern riff on a traditional Lebanese recipe. Bursting with fresh strawberries and a hint of rose, these pancakes are kind of sophisticated and deceptively simple.”

She recommends crowning them with a dollop of whipped Greek yogurt and a generous drizzle of honey, but we won’t tell if you douse them in maple syrup instead.

^{Excerpted from THE FEEL GOOD FOODIE COOKBOOK by Yumna Jawad. Copyright © 2024 by Yumna Jawad. Used by permission of Rodale Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.  All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.}