Whole Wheat Oatmeal Pancakes

Pig­gy­back­ing on the overnight oat­meal post, here’s another “bulk” cook­ing idea involv­ing oat­meal! With just a bit of extra effort (really, in the time it would take you to go to the store any­way), you can have home­made frozen pan­cakes (or waf­fles) ready to go for easy hot break­fasts in the morn­ing. I got a grid­dle on Black Fri­day at a sweet price, so have loved mak­ing batches of pan­cakes since then! I almost always make pan­cakes from scratch instead of mix, but I wanted some­thing healthier/heartier this time than just your typ­i­cal white flour pan­cake. Then, I stum­bled upon the Happy Housewife’s recipe for whole wheat oat­meal pan­cakes.

Here’s my adapted version:

(Yield: approx. 40 small pancakes–3 to 4 inches across)

• 1 C oat­meal (ground)
• 1 C whole wheat flour
• 1 C white flour
• 1/4 C brown sugar
• 1/4 C  white sugar
• 3 t bak­ing powder
• 1 t salt
• 2 T flaxseed meal (optional)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 C applesauce
• 2 2/3 C milk

Grind the cup of oat­meal in a food processor/blender (I used old fash­ioned oats). Com­bine all dry ingre­di­ents in a large bowl and com­bine. Then, add wet ingre­di­ents into the mix­ture. Mix until well-blended.

Spray grid­dle with non-stick spray or but­ter grid­dle. Cook pan­cakes on medium to medium-high heat (some­where between about 250 & 300). I use my 2 T scoop to drop bat­ter onto the grid­dle. That way, each pan­cake is about the same size. When all is said & done, you’ll have around 40 small pan­cakes!

They’ll keep fine in the fridge for a few days. But, if you don’t want to be eat­ing pan­cakes for days in a row, then you can freeze them! I like to flash freeze them on a parch­ment or wax paper lined cookie sheet. That way, they are indi­vid­u­ally frozen & you can then just toss them in a freezer bag­gie with­out them stick­ing together. Just pop out how­ever many you need at a time & microwave them! Almost just as easy as buy­ing frozen pan­cakes at the store, but SO much healthier!

They were def­i­nitely more dense than “nor­mal” pan­cakes, but we all actu­ally really liked them! The boys each ate 4, so it’s def­i­nitely kid-approved!

Enjoy!