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Whole Wheat Pancakes made with whole wheat flour are a delicious and healthy breakfast your entire family will love.
School is in full swing around here. When my kids were all living at home breakfast was always a bit of a challenge. For many years I had kids at 2-3 different schools and that meant 2-3 different starting times. That didn’t leave a lot of time for “the most important meal of the day.”
Whole Grain Pancakes
But when we did have time to enjoy a healthy breakfast, we loved having pancakes together. These hearty, delicious whole grain pancakes are the perfect way to start of any day.
How to Make Whole Wheat Pancakes
- Combine dry ingredients in a bowl.
- In another bowl, combine wet ingredients.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry and stir by hand until just combined.
- Lumps in your pancake batter are fine!
- Heat a non stick griddle to medium high heat.
- Use a scoop to pour batter onto griddle.
- Flip pancake when small bubbles form and it begins to look dry around the edges.
How to Freeze Pancakes
Method 1:
- Allow pancakes to cool completely.
- Place them on a large baking sheet in a single layer and freeze for 30-60 minutes or until frozen solid.
- Stack frozen pancakes in a zippered freezer bag.
Method 2:
- Layer them with wax paper and place them into a freezer bag all at the same time. Cool first.
- Store them airtight in the freezer and then you pop one in the toaster and have a healthy breakfast even on the busiest morning!
How to Reheat Pancakes
Toaster Method
Place frozen pancake into toaster and toast until thawed and warmed through. Watch to make sure it doesn’t burn.
Microwave Method
Place frozen pancakes on a microwave safe plate. As a rule of thumb, one pancake will take about 20 seconds on high and an additional 10 seconds for each additional pancake. Over heating them in the microwave can make them tough. Microwave strengths will vary.
Oven Method
Wrap desired number of pancakes in foil and place in a 350 degree F. oven and bake for about 10 minutes or until pancakes are warmed through.
Whole Wheat Pancake Tips
- White Whole Wheat. This is typically the type of whole wheat flour you find in the store. It is lighter and milder in flavor. You can also substitute whole wheat flour with spelt, rye, oat or buckwheat.
- Store wheat flour in an air tight container in a dry place. It can also be stored in the refrigerator.
- Mix by hand. This will prevent over mixing the pancakes and ending up with tough pancakes.
Other favorite pancakes recipes include:
- Sour Cream Pancakes
- Peanut Butter Pancakes
- Small Batch Pancakes
- Cinnamon Streusel Pancakes
- Swedish Pancakes
- Lemon Pancakes
- Buttermilk Pancakes
- Pumpkin Pancakes
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Whole Wheat Pancake Recipe
Whole Wheat Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk can use almond milk for dairy free
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine all ingredients except flour. Mix together well. Add in flour until batter is smooth. Cook pancakes on hot griddle. Turn when bubbles appear.
lindsay says
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Beth @ BandBBuildaLife.com says
These look super yummy! Will have to make them on one of these (refreshingly) cooler mornings! Also, what font did you use for ‘Pancakes’? Beautiful look!
Leigh Anne says
Thanks! The font on Pancakes is EcuyerDAX
Lynda @ seamshappy.com says
These look great! I am going to pin this so I don’t lose the recipe. Hopping over from Get your Craft On. Love your blog.
Leigh Anne says
Lynda, Thanks for coming over and saying hi! Happy Pinning!!
Jackie says
Great pictures and yummy looking pancakes!
ABishop says
They look yummy! I have a hard time eating breakfast in the morning so I have been doing the green smoothie thing lately (well not this summer but trying to start up again). What is your favorite green smoothie recipe?
Leigh Anne says
My husband is the green smoothie maker around here. He uses spinach, kale and or collard greens. (don’t like mustard greens or beet greens) He always puts a banana in it and then loves berries so we picked lots of Oregon berries this summer and froze them – raspberries, marionberries and blackberries. Not a big fan of strawberries in it though. He will also sometimes through in a pear or an orange if we have those. Also not a big fan of apples in it. He puts some water in and ice. Love it!