Let your sweetie know just how much he or she means to you this Valentine’s Day with these decadent, exquisite vegan Orange Crepes stuffed with a divine vegan cream cheese filling and drizzled with an apricot-walnut syrup.
As rich as they sound, these totally vegan crepes are perfect for Valentine’s Day breakfast eats because they also show your special one that you care truly, madly and deeply about their heart’s health: there are no cholesterol-laden eggs or dairy products here, and I use omega-3-rich flax meal to bind the crepes. I calculated the nutritional information for you, and each crepe with the cream cheese and syrup and all adds up to about 173 calories: not bad for a super-luscious treat for a special day.
I have a Sunday afternoon full of errands ahead of me and I’m going to run now, but I wanted to share these vegan crepes with all of you in time for Valentine’s Day. It’s an extra-special day for me because it also happens to be the day Desi and I got married.
Happy Valentine’s Day all! A time as good as any to let those you love know how much you love ’em!
- For the Crepes:
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup white cornmeal
- 2 tbsp flax meal
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- For the Cream Cheese Stuffing:
- 3/4 cup vegan cream cheese like Tofutti
- 4 tbsp Earth Balance buttery spread (use any other vegan butter spread if you can't find Earth Balance)
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar)
- Zest of 1 orange
- For the Apricot-Walnut Syrup:
- (Makes about 20 servings)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
- 1/4 cup walnuts , chopped
- Make the crepe batter:
- Place all the ingredients in a blender and whisk. Scrape down the sides of the blender if any of the flour sticks, and blend again until well-mixed.
- Make the cream cheese stuffing:
- Place all ingredients in a bowl and whisk using a hand mixer or stand mixer until you have a fluffy mixture.
- Make the Apricot Walnut Syrup:
- Place the sugar and water in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and allow it to come to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer about 10 minutes. Add the apricots and walnuts and turn off the heat after a minute.
- Assemble the crepes:
- Heat a crepe pan (use a 6-inch nonstick skillet or cast-iron pan if you don't have a crepe pan).
- Brush or spray a little oil on the bottom.
- Add about 2 tbsp of the crepe batter in the center and immediately lift and tilt the pan on all sides so the batter coats the bottom evenly. You want as thin a layer as is possible.
- Cook until you see the sides browning and drying, then flip over and cook another 30 seconds or until set.
- Remove the crepe to a plate. Spread some of the cream cheese mixture in the center, then fold once into half and once again.
- Drizzle with the apricot-walnut syrup and serve immediately.
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I just baked up my Avocado Brioche recipe into these cute little rolls– another delicious breakfast idea. To make these rolls, after the second rise divide the dough into 12 pieces and roll each into a smooth round. Place in muffin tins or in a baking dish, side by side but not touching, and let the rolls rise another hour in a warm place. Bake 22 minutes in a 350-degree oven. Serve warm.
Wow! Those crepe sound amazing! 🙂
Love the crepes, Vaishali and am off to check your avocado recipe too. The rolls is a great idea indeed. Have a great day ahead.
Droolworthy crepes,looks marvellous..
Thanks, Aisling, Sanjeeta, Priya. Have a great Valentine’s Day!
Vaishali. I always look forward to reading your posts. Will need to try out this recipe.
Wishing you and yours a very happy wedding anniversary! (though belated)
Indhu.
Thanks, dear Indhu. And a very happy Valentine’s Day to you.
Wow, Wish you a Happy Wedding Anniversary and V-Day to u and Desi! That is a great treat!
Thanks, Cham 🙂
Hello Vishali,
Happy Valentine’s and those crepes looks yum!!!!!!
Will defnitely try it as I don’t eat eggs this recipe is very interesting.
How are you pets doing?
How is Opie?
sheela
Hi Sheela, Thank you. Opie is doing very well– he loves the snow and is still enjoying the residual piles in our neighborhood, although the heat is fast melting them now 🙁 He is really cute: when he sees some snow he’ll lower his ear and rub it along the snow and lower his body into it. It’s quite a sight 🙂
Wish you belated Happy Wedding Anniversary and Valentines Day to you and Desi!
Crepes are making me drool! I want to try the avocado brioche but I never had any luck with breads before. So I have to tame the fear soon 🙂
Wow how delicious!!
Thanks, Mints. And I would absolutely insist that you try making the brioche– it is an extremely easy dough to work with and you’ll really enjoy making it. 🙂
Gauri Radha, Thanks!
Hi Vaishali,
Is white cornmeal the cornflour that is commonly used to thicken soups etc.,? i think not… in that case what is the substitute? i’ve seen only yellow cornmeal where i live:)
Latha, go ahead and use yellow cornmeal. Cornflour is too finely ground and won’t work.
Made the creeps tonight and they were great! I did add a bit of maple syrup to the batter because they were not as sweet as I wanted, but after that they were perfect.
I just cut up bananas and drizzled dark chocolate over all that instead of this filling as that was what I had on hand. Double yum! Will be making these often.
Crepes! Stupid auto correct.
Robyn, thanks for the feedback! And I did get you meant crepes. 🙂
Hello Vaishali,
i just wanted to thank you for this delicious recipe. I just made them, and didn’t even expect them to be sooo tasty based on the amount of ingredients. But they were very easy to make and extremely yummy. Served them with my strawberry syrup, made it from what i had on hand.. The recipe is bookmarked.
My mom and I just had these. They were very good! My favorite part was the syrup and the nuts.
Hi Vaishali. Your pancake recipe is a HUGE hit with my husband…he requests them all of the time. Can’t believe how easy they are. Now I want to try the crepes. Is the white corn meal essential or can it be omitted/replaced? Thanks!
Hi SS, the corn meal gives them lightness. You could try replacing with a fine-ground rava for the same effect.