About 45 years ago we started trying to use less white flour and if we did use white flour it was unbleached. We started making bread with whole wheat, rye and pumpernickel flour but we still made pancakes with unbleached white flour. About 15 years ago we started using whole wheat pastry flour as a substitute for white flour in baking cookies, scones, biscuits and pancakes. After making the basic recipe below for 10 years adding blueberries or bananas to the mix I decided to try adding seeds. So one day I added hemp hearts and whole flax seeds because of their nutritional value (Google nutrition) for omega-3 fatty acids.
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Recipe
Always read the Ingredients and Preparation TWICE before you start!
PREPARATION: 5 minutes
COOK TIME: 6 minutes per batch
SERVINGS: 6 pancakes
EPISODE: 002
Wet Ingredients
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 large or ex-large egg
- 1 tsp vegetable oil, I love Sunflower or Safflower oil
- 1 tsp vanilla, I probably use 2 tsp
Dry Ingredients
- 2/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/3 cup wheat germ
- 1 tsp baking
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg, I use 1/2 to 3/4 of a tsp.
After making the recipe for years I added the flax seeds and hemp hearts for the omega-3 fatty acids for heart health.
- 1 tbsp hemp hearts, I use 2 tbsp.
- 1 tbsp flax seeds, I use 2 tbsp.
The reason for listing amounts of ingredients but stating "I use" is because without "I use" is how we started the recipe but over time changed it to a taste, crunch and healthiness that we like. So start with the "as is" recipe and make changes as you create your own taste!
Preparation
- With a whisk mix the dry ingredients into a 4 cup measuring bowl
- Mix the wet ingredients into an 8 cup measuring bowl
- Add the dry to the wet and mix to combine
- Set the temperature on the griddle to 350 ° F
- When at temperature, spray the griddle with canola oil
- Using a 1/3 measuring cup, scoop out the batter and add to the grill using a spoon to get all of the batter out of the cup. It will make six pancakes. If after 6 scoops there is batter left share among the 6 pancakes
- Cook for 3 to 3 1/2 minutes on one side, flip and cook for another 3 to 3 1/2 minutes on the other side.
Extras
Plate and eat! This is a half of a recipe so make a full recipe for 12 pancakes. You want leftovers because they are great right out of the refrigerator cold as a snack. You can add peanut butter, Nutella Hazelnut Spread, or jam and eat. Or freeze in a baggy separated by wax paper after they cool down. When you want pancakes again take them out of the freezer and pop right in the toaster and you have pancakes again.