Porridge pancakes
 
 
Deliciously hearty oaty pancakes
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Ingredients
Dry ingredients
  • ¾ cup oatbran
  • 1 cup wholemeal flour
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • pinch of salt
Wet ingredients
  • 3 tbsp (45g) butter, melted
  • 1¼ cup milk
  • 1 cup porridge (see below)
  • 2 eggs
For the porridge
  • 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
Instructions
The porridge
  1. Cook on the stove
  2. Bring to the boil and cook - about a minute for quick oats, five for normal rolled oats
  3. Pour into a bowl and let cool
The pancakes
  1. Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl
  2. In another bowl whisk all the wet ingredients together - all of it, the oats, the eggs, the butter, the milk!
  3. It won't be smooth because of the porridge but just make sure it's all nicely combined
  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry
  5. Mix it together nice and gently. Don't beat it to death, just nice big turns until it's all incorporated.
  6. It's a thick batter. Don't panic!
To cook
  1. Heat a frypan over high heat
  2. 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.
  3. Just slow down, be at one with the pancake.
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. Give it a couple of minutes, don't be scared, take the lid off and have a look
  7. When there are bubbles appearing on the top then you can flip it
  8. Cook it for a couple of minutes on the other side and you're done!
  9. Serve with whatever you like - maple syrup and strawberries are the go in this house. I actually like them plain because, weird.
  10. They also work a treat at pikelet size.
Recipe by allconsuming at https://www.allconsuming.com.au/2018/04/porridge-pancakes/