Blueberry Lemon Pancake Donuts A LA MODE

This past weekend I was up at my grandparents' house celebrating a late Christmas. I absolutely LOVE my grandparents' house. The house itself really isn't that big or special, but the property? Oh man...

20 acres nestled atop a hill, with a beautiful view of the northern California valley. Of course, with all this land my grandmother also has a multitude of gardens, both for produce and for beauty. And every time I go up for a visit, I swear she tries to get me to take home something from her garden. Whether its some fresh vegetables or an entire plant, I never leave empty handed! So what did I leave with this time? LEMONS

Instantly I knew I had to think of something creative to make with them, but what? Lemon poppy seed muffins? Typical. Lemon pancakes? Delicious, but been there, done that. Lemonade? Woooo...

Then I thought of something brilliant - Blueberry Lemon Pancake Donuts A LA MODE, because just the donuts by themselves weren't nearly decadent enough :P

This may be the easiest recipe I've ever made, but soooooo good!

 Just look at that ice cream melt over the warm blueberry donuts. And that fresh blueberry sauce drizzled over top? Forget about it.

You need to make this ASAP. It's literally the perfect combination of breakfast and dessert, but you don't have to feel guilty about it!

RECIPE

• 1/2 cup Kodiak Cakes pancake mix
• Juice and zest of one lemon, divided
• water 
• liquid stevia (or other sweetener) to taste
• 1/2 cup blueberries, divided
• 1 serving Halo Top lemon ice cream

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray donut pan with nonstick spray.
2. Mix together pancake mix, the lemon juice and zest of half a lemon, water to make 1/2 cup liquid, and sweetener to taste.
3. Mix in about 1/3 of the blueberries and spoon into donut pan. Bake for about 8-10 minutes.
4. While donuts are baking, prepare blueberry sauce by mixing together remaining blueberries, lemon juice and zest, and sweetener to taste in a small bowl.
5. Microwave for 30 seconds and mash blueberries with a fork.
6. When donuts are finished, drizzle blueberry sauce over top and garnish with lemon ice cream.
7. Dig in and enjoy!

Macros for the full recipe (makes 4 donuts)

312 calories 4.7F/65.4C/18P