by Katherine Blackwood

Created on: July 16, 2008

Easy, Healthy Pancake Recipe

If you're looking for ways to transform standard recipes into something healthier (and still very tasty), this recipe is for you.

Basic Healthy Pancake Recipe (two servings):
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup one-minute oats
2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg
2/3 cup milk
1 tbsp. butter or margarine

In a medium-sized bowl, combine dry ingredients. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the egg and milk. Add to dry ingredients. Stir only enough to mix everything together. Don't over-stir. If the mixture is too sticky, add more milk. If it's too runny, add more flour. Let the mixture sit while you prepare the pan.

In a large skillet over medium heat (lower than you would normally use to cook pancakes), melt a tablespoon of butter. Drop batter into skillet ensuring that the pancakes don't touch each other. When bubbles rise to the top of the pancake, flip them over with a spatula.
When the pancakes are done, serve with maple syrup or sprinkled with brown sugar!

Variations:
- Add nuts to the batter. Walnuts and pecans make particularly good choices. If you add nuts, reduce the heat slightly and allow the pancakes to cook more slowly.

- Experiment with adding fruit. Blueberries are great when folded into the batter at the last minute (I find frozen blueberries work better than fresh ones for pancakes). Banana slices work best when pressed into the pancake just as it starts to cook. Apples should be sauted in butter first (sprinkle them with cinnamon for some great flavor), and then pressed into the pancake just as it starts to cook.

- Combine nuts and fruit. My favorite combination is the apple-walnut pancake topped with genuine maple syrup!

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