The thought of using whole wheat flour to cook or bake with, even a year ago, would have scared me. Seriously.
Not that we haven’t been eating whole wheat products for awhile now, I’ve just never cooked or baked with whole wheat flour myself. I didn’t grow up using it, and when I’d read recipes online, it seemed like most people would sub into a recipe a little whole wheat flour in place of some of the white flour, but they wouldn’t use all whole wheat.
Then we changed our diet.
Again.
And the changes included eating more whole wheat and even replacing white flour with whole wheat flour. Scary. For us anyway. π
The results?
Delicious. At least they’ve been delicious for our whole wheat pancake recipe.
Our entire family loves these pancakes, even our ‘picky’ eaters, who have become a whole lot less ‘picky’ as we’ve made more changes to our diet.
Here’s the recipe:
Whole Wheat Pancakes
Ingredients:
2 cups whole wheat flour (organic, if possible)
3 tbs. sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 large egg, lightly beaten
3 tbs. unsalted butter, melted
2 cups of soured milk (I use rice milk or almond milk – just measure out 2 cups and then add 2 tbs. of vinegar and let it sit for 5-10 minutes)
1-2 tbs. of either butter (not melted) or coconut oil for the pan
Directions:
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the egg, butter and then soured milk.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix.
- Heat a pan over medium low heat, and then add the butter or coconut oil to the pan you are going to use to cook your pancakes.
- Once the pan is hot and the butter/oil has melted, start cooking your pancakes.
Enjoy.
Do you cook and/or bake with whole wheat flour? Have you ever made whole wheat pancakes in the past?
P.S. We cook our pancakes in a stainless steel pan with butter. I don’t add butter to the pan after each pancake. I add it after about every 5th or 6th pancake.
I have made whole wheat pancakes in the past. I will use part whole wheat and part white flour. We also really like buckwheat pancakes.I have a flour mill and will grind my own flour, I really like whole wheat pastry flour for pancakes and muffins and quick bread. When I have the soft wheat berries to grind into whole wheat pastry flour we will use all whole wheat instead of half and half flour.
Tomorrow we will be having some waffles for breakfast before I make a run out to the stores. The pancakes look really
I meant to say the pancakes look really good.
Thank you, Shelly! I just made these pancakes again on Saturday. π
These look yummy! Thanks for sharing!! (Visiting from SITS)
Thanks, Jamie! They are delicious!
These look yummy! We’ve changed our diet this past year and I’m really fond of “wheat” It took some getting used to especially with the pasta. I’ve been wanting to make some pancakes to freeze for the kids, your recipe will work out great for that! Thanks!!
These pancakes look really yummy! I have made pancakes before with all whole wheat and they turned out just fine. I do like to add some white flour to the mix when I make whole wheat bread, however, just so it doesn’t turn out as heavy as a brick.
I read on Money Saving Mom (I think) that if you grind your own flour that the texture is much different than store bought whole wheat flour. I’d love to try that one day….whenever I can afford the grinder and find a place to by the wheat π
Hi Erin! These pancakes are delicious and healthier than our old recipe, too. π I do have to be careful how big I make them, though, because I agree that using wheat flour makes for heavier results.
Yum! Sounds and looks yummy. We usually have flapjacks but I would rather use whole wheat over regular when making pancakes so this recipe will be great to have on hand.