Pick-A-Grain Fruit Pancakes
Looking for a recipe with whole grains? This pancake recipe offers tasty, textural choices and you can choose from a variety of fruit stir-ins.
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Pick-A-Grain Fruit Pancakes
Directions
- In a large mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon (if desired), and salt.
- In another mixing bowl use a fork to beat egg slightly; stir in milk and cooking oil. Add egg mixture to flour mixture all at once; stir just still blended but still slightly lumpy. Stir in desired fruit.
- For each pancake, pour about 1/4 cup batter onto a hot, lightly greased griddle or skillet. Cook over medium heat until bubbly and edges are slightly dry. Turn; cook until golden. If desired, serve with margarine and syrup. Makes 12 pancakes.
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*Fruit Options:
Stir one of the following fruits into the pancake batter: 1/2 cup chopped fresh apples, apricots, peaches, nectarines, or pears; 1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries; 1/3 cup chopped fresh cranberries; or 1/4 cup chopped dried apples, pears, apricots, raisins, currants, dates, cranberries, blueberries, cherries, or mixed fruit.
Rye Pancakes: Prepare pancakes as directed, except decrease the all-purpose flour to 3/4 cup. Add 1 cup rye flour. Try apples, pears, raisins, dates, or peaches.
Whole Wheat Pancakes: Prepare pancakes as directed, except decrease the all-purpose flour to 3/4 cup. Add 1 cup whole wheat flour.
Buckwheat Pancakes: Prepare pancakes as directed, except decrease the all-purpose flour to 3/4 cup. Add 1 cup buckwheat flour. Try with blueberries, cherries, and dried fruit.
Cornmeal Pancakes: Prepare pancakes as directed, except use 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour. Add 1/2 cup cornmeal.
Oat Bran Pancakes: Prepare pancakes as directed, except use 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour. Add 1/4 cup oat bran.
Wheat Bran Pancakes: Prepare pancakes as directed, except use 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour. Add 1/4 cup wheat bran.
Triticale Pancakes: Prepare pancakes as directed, except decrease the all-purpose flour to 3/4 cup. Add 1 cup triticale flour. Try stirring in some dried fruit.
Rice Bran Pancakes: Prepare pancakes as directed, except use 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour. Add 1/4 cup rice bran.
Wheat Germ Pancakes: Prepare pancakes as directed, except use 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour. Add 1/4 cup toasted wheat germ.
Bulgur Pancakes: Prepare pancakes as directed, except in a saucepan cook 1/4 cup bulgur in 1/2 cup water for 12 to 15 minutes or until tender. For 1/2 cup of the all-purpose flour, substitute the cooked bulgur.
Nutrition Facts (Pick-A-Grain Fruit Pancakes)
- Per serving:
- 130 kcal ,
- 5 g fat
- (1 g sat. fat ,
- 21 mg chol. ,
- 138 mg sodium ,
- 18 g carb. ,
- 1 g fiber ,
- 3 g pro.