OK, I know, I know… enOUGH with the PB posts! I just love peanut butter. Don’t these look good?!
I’m a HUGE pancake fan! I actually just found a little breakfast/brunch place in Old Town Fort Collins called “Snooze, An A.M. Eatery”. It has AMAZING and unique pancakes… just so you know. Anyway, this recipe is not based on their pancakes. It’s actually an attempt at making a vegan, whole wheat (healthier?) pancake. The three top reasons I like this recipe: 1) it tastes good, 2) it’s healthier, and 3) it’s more filling than plain, buttermilk pancakes (you eat fewer!).
INGREDIENTS:
Dry:
-1-1/2 c. whole wheat flour (all-purpose works, too)
-1 tbsp. baking powder
-1 tbsp. sugar
-1 tsp. salt
Wet:
-3/4 c. peanut butter, melted (about 30 seconds in the microwave)–note: to ensure it is vegan, look at the ingredients on the back.
-1-3/4 c. milk (almond, soy, cow’s if you don’t want the vegan option, any…)
-3 tbsp. applesauce
-1/4 c. banana (you will not taste the banana — it is to add fluffiness — you can use 1 egg if you aren’t concerned with being vegan)
-1 tsp. vanilla
DIRECTIONS:
1) Mix the dry ingredients in a large-sized bowl.
2) Mix the wet ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. If your milk was cold, put all of the wet ingredients into the microwave to get them to a luke-warm temperature. It took me 30 seconds. Stir well, and try to squish most of the lumps with the back of a spoon or fork to incorporate. If the milk is too cold, it will make the peanut butter hard, causing a large blob. Not good.
3) Heat up your griddle or frying pan. If not non-stick, use a little butter, oil, or non-stick spray right before putting batter on the surface in order to keep the pancakes from sticking to the pan. You can heat it up at a low-medium temp, but once it is hot, reduce the temperature to low. I keep mine on 2 out of 9.
4) Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until incorporated. Some lumps will still be present.
5) Place your batter on your heated griddle or pan, creating any size pancake you desire.
6) Flip once bubbles rise or the bottom of the pancake is firm. This is not a science. You can flip them back-and-forth to achieve the desired doneness.
7) Enjoy, yo!
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