We love pancakes over here.  Sometimes for breakfast, often for dinner, and maybe lunch too.  Made from scratch or out of a box or bag – they’re practically foolproof.  Especially with a thick(ish) slab of butter and a drizzle of warm maple syrup, who can resist? I definitely can’t, yet I always have a tinge of regret because pancakes have SUGAR, which isn’t something I always want to have at breakfast or dinner.  These pancakes are amazing because they only have 1 tablespoon of sugar and oatmeal! I don’t feel guilty eating them or serving them to my family – everybody wins!  Make them this weekend, and you won’t regret it either 🙂

Recipe adapted from pancakes, crepes, waffles & french toast by Hannah Miles

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup oats + a small sprinkle of sugar if desired
• 1 1/2 cups milk (almond or 2% are what I’ve used and work fine)
• 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 egg
• pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 tablespoons melted butter

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. First, you must make the oat mixture.  Put the oats (with a super light dusting of sugar – about a quarter tablespoon, if desired) on a pan over medium heat to toast the oats.  About 3 minutes, and remove from heat.  Allow to cool and put the oats in one cup of milk.  Allow the oats to soak 20 minutes.
2. To make the batter, put the flour, baking powder, egg, salt, sugar, and milk-soaked oats mixture in a large mixing bowl and whisk until combined.
3. Add the melted butter, and whisk until fully mixed.
4. Slowly whisk the remaining half cup of milk, making sure the batter does not become too thin.  If the batter does get too thin, simply stop adding milk.
5. To cook the pancakes, put a little butter on a large pan over medium heat so that it lightly coats the pan.  Then pour about a quarter to a third cup of batter for each pancake.  Cook until the underside of the pancake is golden brown and some bubbles start to form on the top – about 3 minutes.  Flip with a spatula until the other side cooks – another 3 minutes.   Keep an eye on them!

We don’t have a warmer drawer, so I put the oven at 200 degrees and stack the pancakes in there to keep warm until they’re all done and ready to serve!

cheers!