I have been using this recipe for a long time. I am not sure who originally came up with it, but it's pretty good.

http://www.carb-lite.au.com/71BAKER...ench_toast.html

One thing I often do, especially if I dont have ricotta in the house, I use softened cream cheese in it's place (which actually tastes better I think). I also use Almond Flour instead of atkins bake mix just because it's what I have available, and it's lower carbs. (I also usually double the recipe and I use 2 packs of splenda instead of measured amounts of granular).

One of the problems with this recipe is the batter is very runny, so you have to use a really small pan or else it will spread out so much it will be more like a crepe.

Also, when mixing the ingredients together, especially when using cream cheese, the cheese doesnt really mix in well, just floats around in the batter. So the final product has little pockets of cheese that didnt get incorporated.

I thought to myself "how can I make this recipe better." So, I figured I will seperate the yolks from the whites and take advantage of their emulsification powers. I mixed everything but the splenda packets in with the yolks and it dissolved great.

Then I whisked the egg whites with a little bit of cream of tarter and the 2 splenda packets until I had semi-stiff peaks.

I sacrificed some of the whites by stirring them into the yolk half. Then I dumped all of the yolk batter onto the whites and folded it all together.

The result was a batter much thicker then usual. A batter that holds its shape when dropped onto a hot frying pan. Not only a difference in the batter but the end result was improved as well. Instead of 2 small densly packed pancakes made in a tiny pan I got 6 light and fluffy pancakes that were all cooked in a large skillet, and they didnt fall apart when I flipped them as often was the case with the other method.

One downside, if you dont eat them right away, they "deflate" but that's generally not a problem .

It takes a little longer to make them this way, and you wind up dirtying an extra bowl (or your stand mixer) but if you have the extra time and dont mind washing an extra dish or two, it does come out better.