Need a good healthy pancake recipe

[Anonymous]

I was thinking of using whole wheat flour and maybe fat-free buttermilk. Do you have a good recipe that makes a more healthy but fluffy pancake? We usually do the Fiber One mix but it's flat.

[Anonymous]

I have been making this recipe probably 2x/week for the last 3 years. It's a high altitude recipe so you may want to try using more baking soda in DC.

1 1/4 cup buttermilk
1 egg
2 T oil
1 T honey or other sweetner
1/2 cup oatmeal
2/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 T wheat germ (can omit if you don't have, or use ground flaxseed)

Mix oatmeal with wet ingredients, then mix in dry ingredients. I let it sit a few minutes to soften the oatmeal. I use 1/4 batter for each pancake and usually get around 10 pancakes. To make waffles, use 1/4 oil.

[Anonymous]

New poster here...So you just have buttermilk on hand all the time I assume? Sounds delicious and will try it. Everytime I get buttermilk I end up throwing half of it away.

[Anonymous]

I do keep buttermilk on hand a lot. Buy it in quarts. The milk+vinegar or lemon juice trick results in really flat pancakes. It's also good for making scones.

The recipe doubles just fine, my kids don't mind having reheated pancakes or snack on them cold sometimes.

[Anonymous]

I use flour, brown sugar, egg, baking soda, salt, and yogurt-thinned out with milk. I pretty much eyeball everything to make a pancake batter. If you use a fruit-based yogurt, you could even skip the sugar. I also use olive oil and a cast-iron pan. Delish.

[Anonymous]

I'm the OP. Question on the recipe - for the flour isn't 2/4 actually 1/2 cup? Or was it a typo and you meant 2/3 cup? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the OP. Question on the recipe - for the flour isn't 2/4 actually 1/2 cup? Or was it a typo and you meant 2/3 cup? Thanks.

Oops, should have been 2/3 cup. I use the king arthur white whole wheat, too.

[Anonymous]

my family loves these - whole wheat flour, flaxseed meal and buttermilk. sweetened with syrup and really yummy. my kids seriously like these better than white flour pancakes, and they don't even like whole wheat bread.

http://www.chinesegrandma.com/2010/09/flaxseed-pancakes-weekend-special/

[Anonymous]

Throw a generous scoop of pumpkin in, with cinnamon and cloves. No need for syrup.

[Anonymous]

I really like the multigrain pancake mix from Trader Joes. It has a nutty flavor to it (from the whole grains) and I can eat it without syrup or anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really like the multigrain pancake mix from Trader Joes. It has a nutty flavor to it (from the whole grains) and I can eat it without syrup or anything.

I also really like their mix and this is what I do. Take 1-2 eggs, whisk. They add 2-3 large spoonfulls of vanilla yogurt or sour cream. This makes the pancakes really creamy. I hate dry pancakes. Sometimes I add canned pumpkin or sweet potato. Usually will add a little real maple syrup. Then I whish in the misk until I get the consistency I want. If you add to much, just thin it out with more yogurt, milk, half and half or whatever dairy product you have on hand.

I've even subsituted left over ricotta cheese instead of the yogurt.