When we look in our fridge and don’t see anything that would make a full meal or we’re just feeling tired and want something easy, we know it’s pancake night. Saturday night I didn’t get back from work and the grocery store early enough to make chili as planned, so it was definitely a pancake night. Went to the pantry and we were out of pancake mix so we figured it was time to try making them from scratch! We found this recipe on allrecipes.com and decided to give it a try, with a couple of additions. We added some cinnamon to spice them up and threw in some blueberries as well. These were delicious! I loved the texture with the oatmeal, they were very filling, though they did take a little longer to cook.
Pecan-Oatmeal (and Blueberry!) Pancakes (original recipe from allrecipes.com)
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup all purpose flour
2 T brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 T ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
Directions:
In a bowl, combine oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Combine milk, eggs and butter; stir into dry ingredients just until blended. Fold in pecans and blueberries. Pour batter by 1/4 cupfulls onto a lightly greased hot griddle; turn when bubbles form on top of the pancakes (I always wait for them to pop!) Cook until second side is golden brown. Serve with maple syrup!
Oh yum! Blueberry pancakes are my FAVORTIE!
It would never have occured to me to add oatmeal to pancakes–that’s a great idea! I’m definitely trying this one.