I have such fond childhood memories of Saturday morning pancakes. My brother and I would begin the morning jumping into bed with our parents to wake them up from peaceful slumber. After everyone was wide awake, we would all head downstairs to the kitchen where my dad would whip up some Bisquick pancakes covered in Log Cabin pancake syrup. If we wanted to be really fancy, mom would microwave the syrup with a little butter. Ahhh....good times.
Fast forward a couple years and those same pancakes, while seemingly nostalgic, always leave me feeling uncomfortably full and ready for a nap.
Enter the revamped Saturday morning pancake that will leave you ready to face your Saturday......or any day of the week! My inspiration came from a Pinterest 2 ingredient pancake recipe, The Detoxinista and Laura Miller from Raw Vegan Not Gross.
The consistency is somewhere between a crepe and a traditional pancake.
These pancakes are delicious by themselves, but please feel free to top them with pure maple syrup or even add some natural almond or peanut butter as a filling.
Items needed:
High Speed Blender
Griddle
Ingredients: makes about 12 pancakes
1/4 cup Flax seed
2 Bananas (the riper they are, the sweeter the pancakes will be)
4 eggs
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (please use the good stuff, no imitation!)
pinch of fine sea salt
Coconut Oil for greasing your griddle
Optional toppings and fillings:
Pure maple syrup
Almond or Peanut Butter
Heat griddle on medium heat or about 300 degrees.
In your high speed blender (or coffee or spice grinder) grind up the flax seeds.
After you have processed the flax seeds, add the rest of the ingredients and process until smooth.
It will look like this:
Measure 1/4 cup of batter and pour onto a greased griddle.
It takes 4-5 minutes to cook each pancake. You can tell when it's time to flip because the little bubbles will appear just like they do on traditional pancakes.
Sorry about the terrible lighting on these pics! I'm working on that!
You can even get creative and add a few chocolate chip for the kids.
After you flip, it takes another 2-3 minutes for the other side.
Now it's time to enjoy! These are pictured with natural almond butter spread between each pancake and topped with about a tablespoon of pure maple syrup.
What are some of your family's favorite breakfast traditions?
1/4 cup Flax seed
2 Bananas (the riper they are, the sweeter the pancakes will be)
4 eggs
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (please use the good stuff, no imitation!)
pinch of fine sea salt
Coconut Oil for greasing your griddle
Optional toppings and fillings:
Pure maple syrup
Almond or Peanut Butter
Heat griddle on medium heat or about 300 degrees.
In your high speed blender (or coffee or spice grinder) grind up the flax seeds.
After you have processed the flax seeds, add the rest of the ingredients and process until smooth.
Pour 1/4 cup of batter onto greased griddle. Cook 4-5 minutes or until bubbles appear. Flip pancake and cook an additional 2-3 min.
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