Pancake

Delicious Pancake Recipes

During the weekends, I really enjoy spending some time in my kitchen early in the morning preparing breakfast for my family. If you are like me, you find box mix pancakes boring and lacking flavor.

Several years ago, a friend of mine gave me several recipes for homemade pancakes. What I really like about these recipes is that they are easy to prepare and they are more flavorful than a box mix.

If you are a busy mom, you can make some of these up during a Sunday morning and freeze them for later use that week. Just remove from your freezer, defrost for 1 minute in your microwave and then reheat on 75% power for 3 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Pancakes
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 to 1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup milk chocolate chips
1 tablespoons butter

In a large bowl, beat the two eggs for 30 seconds using an electric mixer. Stir in the milk, vegetable oil, flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt until all ingredients are well combined. Gently fold in the milk chocolate chips. Using a large skillet over medium heat, melt the 2 tablespoons of butter. Pour batter by 1/4 cup sized portions into your skillet and cook pancake for 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.

Cinnamon Raisin Pancakes
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 cup molasses
2 cups milk
2 large eggs
6 tablespoons butter, melted
1 cup raisins

Place all ingredients into a large mixing bowl, except for the raisins. Using a mixer, beat the batter until all ingredients are well blended. Using a silicone spatula, stir in the raisins. Using a large skillet, melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat. Pour 1/4 cup of batter into the skillet. Cook on each side for approximately 3 minutes or until golden brown.

Tips On Making Healthier Pancakes

The problem with pancakes is that they can be delicious, but they are usually not satisfying. Plain, white flour pancakes provide simple sugars and fats in large quantity, the amount of simple sugars greatly increased by the addition of syrup. Because most people need a very large pancake or several pancakes to “fill up,” the body churns out large amounts of insulin, which stores fat in fat cells. While you are eating pancakes, your brain tells your pancreas, “There’s more, I know there’s more,” so the pancreas releases more insulin than it normally would for the same amount of carbohydrate.

There are ways you can make pancakes that are both delicious and satisfying. One way is to add buttermilk to the pancake batter (or, let’s be honest, to use a pancake mix including buttermilk). It makes pancakes slightly crumbly, so you eat them more slowly.

Buttermilk reacts with baking powder to make the pancakes lighter, so you consume less in each bite. It also gives the pancakes a tang that blunts the anticipatory response in the pancreas.

Another way you can make a better pancake is to add fiber. Use whole grain flours-but be careful not to mix them into the batter too vigorously. The more you mix a quick-bread batter, the more you develop the gluten in the flour, and the tougher the result. You can avoid lumps in your batter by dumping the milk mixture all at once into the flour mixture, then giving it a quick whisk, just a few seconds. Your batter may not be totally lump-free (everyone will know your pancakes are homemade), but your pancakes will be light and fluffy.

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