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Recipe

Whole Grain Pancakes

GF rolled oats give these pancakes a hearty, nutty flavor. Serve them with butter of choice and Grade B Maple syrup, or confectioners’ (powdered) sugar and sliced bananas.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups GF rolled oats, divided; OR quinoa flakes, or brown rice flakes
  • 1 cup brown rice flour, or millet flour, or sorghum flour, or buckwheat flour, or sweet rice flour
  • 1 cup tapioca starch, or potato starch, or cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar, or cane sugar, or granulated sweetener of choice (not stevia)
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 cups milk of choice, or water
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/4 cup (plus more for pan) pure olive oil, or coconut oil, or palm oil, or butter of choice

Method

  1. In bowl of food processor, combine brown rice flour, tapioca starch, light brown sugar, baking powder, sea salt, ground cinnamon, and 1 cup GF oats; pulse a few times to coarsely grind oats.
  2. In large bowl, whisk together milk of choice, applesauce, and pure olive oil.
  3. Add dry ingredients to bowl along with remaining 1 cup GF oats; whisk just until moistened.
  4. Place a large skillet over medium heat; add 2 tablespoons pure olive oil.
  5. Drop 2 – 3 tablespoons batter per onto heated skillet; cook until bubbles form and burst, 1 – 2 minutes.
  6. Flip pancakes; cook until browned on both sides, 1 – 2 minutes.
  7. Repeat with more oil and batter, until all batter has been used.

Serve immediately, or cool completely on wire rack; store in airtight container in refrigerator up to 2 days. Servings: 20 pancakes. Preheat: 375°F. Prep Time: 10 minutes. Cooking Time: 25 minutes.

Or, cool then wrap individually in plastic (or place parchment paper between pancakes), place in plastic freezer bag; freeze up to 1 month; toast to reheat.

Variation

To use egg: omit unsweetened applesauce; beat 2 large eggs in during step 2.

To use DariFree™ powder (Vance’s®) as milk choice: add 1/2 cup DariFree™ powder (Vance’s®) during step 1; replace milk of choice with water.