Bumgardner Farm: July 2011

Every mom tries to find wholesome foods that their kids like. It can be a struggle. My mom used to serve us orange mashed potatoes, us kid's not knowing that they were orange from carrots! We just thought they were fun!

My youngest boy loves pancakes. I think he could eat them for every meal. However, a traditional pancake recipe just doesn't stack up to what I think he should be having for breakfast. So, I used trusty Allrecipes.com and found a wonderful whole-wheat pancake recipe! It is still a pancake that they cover in syrup and it has quite a bit of butter, so it's not winning any nutrition awards but it does replace most of the white flour with whole-wheat flour and it adds in some wheat germ.

Ingredients:

1 cup whole wheat flour

2/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/3 cup wheat germ

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt

5 1/3 tablespoons unsalted butter

2 1/2 cups buttermilk

2 eggs, beaten

3 tablespoons unsalted butter

Directions

In a food processor or in a large bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, white flour, wheat germ or oats, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar, and salt.
Cut the butter into small pieces with a knife, and add the butter to the flour-mixture. Mix until the mixture has a sand-like consistency. (I used a pastry cutter for this step)
Make a well in the center of the flour-butter mixture, and add the buttermilk and eggs. Stir until the liquids are fully incorporated.
Heat a frying pan over medium heat and grease the surface with 1 tablespoon of butter or oil. Ladle the batter onto the surface to form 4 inch pancakes. Once bubbles form on the top of the pancakes, flip them over, and cook them on the other side for about 2 minutes.

Cooking spray is a good option instead of butter to grease your pan. Obviously, butter tastes better.