Sunday, August 8, 2010

Whole Wheat and Oatmeal Pancakes

Just finished brunch and, while cooking, decided to write down my pancake recipe. To paraphrase the plastic bag commercial: these are not Wimpy but Healthy, Healthy, Healthy

INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup 1 Minute Quaker Oats
2/3 cup water
Put these in a bowl in the microwave for 1 to 1.25 minutes (They are 1 minute oats, no?) Be sure it cools before adding to the rest of the ingredients I tried to mix the remaining ingredients in the oatmeal bowl, but it will probably be better to use a second bowl.

1/4 cup whole wheat flour
3 teaspoons brown or raw sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 medium to large egg
2 teaspoons olive oil
4 tablespoons reduced fat (2%) milk
   a tiny pinch of salt

METHOD
Whisk this all together in a large bowl then add and whisk in the oatmeal . Use 1/2 cup of the mixture for each pancake. Makes about 4 six-inch pancakes when cooked over medium-high heat in - of course - a frying pan. When turning the pancakes over, be very careful - they are quite tender