Well, here it is! Yet another yummy (and surprisingly healthy!) pancake recipe. This recipe could be considered to be a follow-up to the last article posted on raising our healthy kids. This particular article mentions ‘Eat Right Ontario’, as a popular reference for dieticians and other health care providers. I decided to check out the website and picked out this recipe which just so happened to be the …
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The flavour combination of oat, flax, and steamed cinnamon apples is a great start to any day! After all, it is sweet enough to please your kids' tastebuds, but healthy enough to please your health-conscious mentality! Have some fun with these pancakes by making them into seasonal shapes!
Ingredients:
¾ cup (175 mL) all purpose flour
½ cup (125 mL) large flake oats
¼ cup (60 mL) ground flax seed
2 tbsp (30 mL) granulated sugar
1 tbsp (15 mL) baking powder
Pinch salt
2 eggs, separated
1 cup (250 mL) plain 0% Greek yogurt
²/³ cup (150 mL) milk
1 tbsp (15 mL) each canola oil and butter, melted
1 large Honey Crisp apple, sliced
1 tbsp (15 mL) water
½ tsp (2 mL) ground cinnamon
½ cup (125 mL) large flake oats
¼ cup (60 mL) ground flax seed
2 tbsp (30 mL) granulated sugar
1 tbsp (15 mL) baking powder
Pinch salt
2 eggs, separated
1 cup (250 mL) plain 0% Greek yogurt
²/³ cup (150 mL) milk
1 tbsp (15 mL) each canola oil and butter, melted
1 large Honey Crisp apple, sliced
1 tbsp (15 mL) water
½ tsp (2 mL) ground cinnamon
What You Do:
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, oats, flax seed, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk together egg yolks, yogurt, milk, oil and butter. Pour over flour mixture and stir to combine.
- Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Gently fold into pancake batter.
- Heat a griddle or large nonstick skillet over medium heat and using 1/4 cup (60 mL) measure, pour pancake batter onto the pan.
- Cook until bubbles appear on top (about 2 minutes) and turn over to cook other side.
- Repeat with remaining batter.
Cinnamon Apple Topping:
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine apples, water and cinnamon.
- Cover and steam over medium heat about 5 minutes or until apples are softened.
- Top pancakes with apples to serve.
