Porridge pancakes
- ¾ cup oatbran
- 1 cup wholemeal flour
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 3 tbsp (45g) butter, melted
- 1¼ cup milk
- 1 cup porridge (see below)
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup (heaped) rolled oats (you can use normal or quick, I use normal because i quite like the texture it brings to the pancakes)
- 1 cup water
- Cook on the stove
- Bring to the boil and cook - about a minute for quick oats, five for normal rolled oats
- Pour into a bowl and let cool
- Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl
- In another bowl whisk all the wet ingredients together - all of it, the oats, the eggs, the butter, the milk!
- It won't be smooth because of the porridge but just make sure it's all nicely combined
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry
- Mix it together nice and gently. Don't beat it to death, just nice big turns until it's all incorporated.
- It's a thick batter. Don't panic!
- Heat a frypan over high heat
- Add a knob of butter and then knock the heat down to low. I've come to learn (after many many many burnt pancakes) that you can't cook pancakes quickly.
- Just slow down, be at one with the pancake.
- Add a good dollop of pancake mix - I use a soup ladle, or about the size of the palm of your hand. And yes, I know we all have different sized palms, but you get the idea. (You don't want a massive one, apart from the face they're quite filling, you've got low heat, so you'll end up with a very brown middle and very pale, dubiously cooked through edges)
- Then - and this is my tip of the century! - pop a lid over it. It captures the heat and helps cook the pancake evenly. (and - after my comment above about the impossibility of cooking pancakes quickly - dare I say cooks them more quickly than without a lid)
- Give it a couple of minutes, don't be scared, take the lid off and have a look
- When there are bubbles appearing on the top then you can flip it
- Cook it for a couple of minutes on the other side and you're done!
- Serve with whatever you like - maple syrup and strawberries are the go in this house. I actually like them plain because, weird.
- They also work a treat at pikelet size.
Recipe by allconsuming at https://www.allconsuming.com.au/2018/04/porridge-pancakes/
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