NOT YOUR GRAMMA'S PANCAKES...OR ARE THEY?

PUT THE INSTANT PANCAKE MIX DOWN!  Go retro and make these oatmeal pancakes from scratch...And while your at it...turn that bottle shaped as an old woman around and read the ingredients....wait a tic...where is the maple syrup?  Turns out the only syrup that is in that stuff is high fructose corn syrup, which isn't the end of the world, but I definitely challenge you to buy some pure maple syrup and indulge in the difference!

This recipe is from Bob's Red Mill and was shared with us from our great friends "the Fergs" all the way out in Montecito and Santa Barbara CA.  These pancakes are filled with tons of nutrition, and are so delicious, especially when prepared the way "the Fergs" roll with peanut butter and pure maple syrup. 


1 cup Milk
3/4 cup Quick Cooking Rolled Oats
3/4 Cup Bob's Red Mill Oat Flour
2 Tbsp. Sugar
2 tsp. Salt
2 beaten Egg Yolks
1 Tbsp. Cooking Oil
2 Egg Whites
2-3 Tbsp. Organic Peanut Butter
3 Tbsp. butter
1 ripe banana (optional)

Before you start cooking, get your butter and peanut butter out so that it can get nice and soft and easily spreadable.  Put the milk into a small sauce pan and start heating it up...not boiling...heating.

Combine all of your dry ingredients and have your oats ready to mix with the milk.

Separate your whites into the bowl of a mixer and throw the yolks into a bowl with your oil to be beaten.

I use a whisk instead of sifting to make sure all of the dry ingredients are mixed without any big clumps.

Get the whites going in the mixer for about 3-4 minutes on medium high until stiff peaks form.

Eggs and oil beaten

Once your milk is hot add the oats, get it off of the heat, stir and let it sit for five minutes.

Peel the banana and mash it up with fork...this is an optional step...we had some bananas that were ripe so we used them...

After five minutes, add the oats to the dry mixture and stir, then add the eggs and oil mixture along with your optional banana and stir until everything is nicely integrated.

Clean out your small sauce pan and add about a cup of pure maple syrup...heat on low.

side bar:  we have chosen to live without

a microwave.  although many studies have 

been done showing no proven negative 

effects, we just think there is nothing natural 

or healthful or necessary with respect to this

technology.  It is a personal choice and one that 

is shared amongst all members of CAMO - 

coalition against microwave ovens  

Woah, are those the peaks in Colorado??.....nah, those are the stiff peaks we are looking for from the egg whites...fold the whites into the mixture and get cookin...

Heat your cast iron pan over medium low heat...add about a half tbsp of butter and let it heat.  If your butter starts to bubble or brown, the heat is too high....

Use 1/4 cup scoop for the cakes...do two at a time and let them cook until the bigger bubbles show and then flip...they should be nice and golden brown...

Nice triple stack...trust me, shmear some peanut butter and pour over some of that warmed maple syrup and enjoy some of the best, most nutritious pancakes you will ever have.  We didn't put butter on them, but some people might like it...otherwise omit the butter for shmear and only use it for cooking.