Jan 30 2008
Celebrating Pancake Day with a healthy recipe and some books
Join My Readable Feast over at Pancake Recipes for his Carnival of the Recipes salute to Pancake Day – also known as Shrove Tuesday – on February 5th.
The Denver Post ran a wonderful healthy pancake recipe created by their food editor Kristen Browning-Blas. What I like about it is that you can prepare the dry ingredients ahead of time to keep in the freezer so you always have them on hand – all you need to do is add buttermilk and an egg.
If you’re allergic to eggs like my daughter Lucie, then you can use a blend of milk, sour cream, and yogurt instead. To make it even healthier you could try no-fat milk and plain no-fat yogurt (which is kind of sour like buttermilk). Also, instead of vegetable oil, try some grapeseed or flax oil for extra Omega-3 fatty acids.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups raw quick or old-fashioned oats- 1 1/2 cups unbleached white flour
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup each: flax meal, wheat germ
- 6 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon salt
Directions
1. Mix all ingredients. Store in a resealable bag in the freezer.
To make about 12 medium pancakes:
- Blend 1 cup dry mix with 1 egg and 1 1/4 cups buttermilk (or a blend of milk, sour cream, yogurt) and 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. Stir to remove lumps but do not over beat. Let sit at least 10 minutes to soften oats.
- Pour by half-cups onto hot buttered griddle.
- Serve with butter, syrup or honey, jelly, whipped cream and/or powdered sugar.
Pancake Inspired Books
We all know If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Pancakes, Pancakes!by Eric Carle
- Pancakes for Breakfast
by Tomie dePaola
- Mama Panya’s Pancakes: A Village Tale from Kenya
by Mary Chamberlin, Rich Cahmberlin, and Julia Cairns
- Curious George Makes Pancakes
by H.A. and Margret Rey
- Marsupial Sue Presents “The Runaway Pancake” (Book and CD)
by John Lithgow and Jack E. Davis
- The Runaway Pancake
by Mairi Mackinnon, Lesley Sims, and Silvia Provantini from Usborne Books
- Mr. Wolf’s Pancakes
by by Jan Fearnley
- Round Is a Pancake
by Joan Sullivan Baranski and Yu-Mei Han
- Hey, Pancakes!
by Tamson Weston and Stephen Gammell
- Pancakes For Supper
by Anne Isaacs
Pancakes, Pancakes!Do you have a favorite pancake book or recipe? Share below!
We love Oatmeal pancakes. The first time we made them was for Christmas Brunch a couple of years ago. I make them often. I’ve just started using flaxseed in our muffins. I’ll definitely add it to our pancakes next!
I like the site!
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Nice pancake, Anne.
Since I am off wheat flour…I use a mix that sits in my pantry–in the winter it keeps pretty cold. Just add the egg and a little oil (I’m off dairy too).
The brand name is Pamela’s–I just adjust the ingredients according to the number of people.
Glad to know about pancake day–can I make waffles instead?
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