Healthy and Delicious Pancakes

Healthy and Delicious Pancakes

Dry ingredients:                                                          Wet ingredients:

1 cup white whole wheat flour                                    1 large egg

½ cup oatmeal (blended until fine)                              1 ½ cups milk

3 Tbsp flax seeds                                                                                   2 Tbsp applesauce

2 tsp baking powder                                                    1 tsp vanilla extract

¼ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

1 Tbsp sugar

Directions:

1.     Mix dry ingredients: Whisk flour, oatmeal, flax seeds, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar together in a medium sized mixing bowl.

2.     Mix wet ingredients: In a small bowl, beat the egg. Then add milk, applesauce and vanilla extract and whisk together.

3.     Combine the wet and dry: Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Add the wet to the center of the dry ingredients and then mix them together until just combined (don’t over mix).

4.     Let the batter sit: I like to transfer the batter to a 2 cup liquid measuring cup, then let the batter sit in the cup for about ten minutes before cooking (this helps the baking powder to do it’s job to create fluffy pancakes). This is a good time to start warming your skillet (if using one).

5.     Cook and enjoy: Now you just cook them and enjoy!

Notes:

This recipe makes about 12 pancakes. We mix up the dry ingredients and store them in quart sized ziplock baggies. This way, when it comes time to make the pancakes, you just pull out the mix and add the wet ingredients to it. Be careful not to over mix when combining the wet and dry, because it will make your pancakes too tough. You could omit the oatmeal and flax seeds if you want to and just use 1 ½ cups of whole wheat flour. We just add oatmeal for variety and flax seeds because we don’t eat fish.

You can also make a simple syrup by mixing 1 cup white sugar, 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup water in a medium pot. Bring it to a low boil and then add 1 Tbsp vanilla extract and 1 Tbsp maple extract. Stir and enjoy! Any left over syrup can be stored in the refrigerator and then reheated.