Well it was a lazy morning yesterday - neither of us had work and I had the perfect opportunity to procrastinate from writing my last assignment by making pancakes for breakfast. Now I have a couple of pancake recipes - some have worked better than others. This one I created as I really wanted some wholesome fat-free pancakes (breakfast is, after all, the most important meal of the day!!) The results are AMAZING!! Yummy moist pancakes. I tried the first lot without putting maple syrup in the batter and I liked them a lot - Some people who like sweeter pancakes might like to put a little bit of syrup in the batter - however I think that if I am going to eat them with maple syrup they don't need it at all!!
Fat Free Banana Pancakes
1 1/4 cups wholemeal spelt flour
1/4 cup soy flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarb soda (baking soda)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 banana's - mashed
1 1/2 cups soy milk
1 tsp apple cider vinegar (or normal vinegar - I only have apple)
1 1/2 tbsp applesauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp maple syrup (optional)
- Combine soy milk and vinegar a sit to the side for 5 minutes
- Sift dry ingredients into a bowl.
- In a seperate bowl, mix banana, applesauce, vanilla and soymilk together until fairly smooth (I still had some small banana lumps which were really nice)
- Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined
- Leave to sit for 15mins. (During this time I make some fresh orange juice)
- Mix in enough water to reach desired batter consistancy (I added about 1/4 cup more - the pancakes were still rather thick)
- Spray a non-stick frypan with cooking spray - pour about 1/4 cup batter into the pan - I can comfortably fit 3 small pancakes into my pan.
- Flip pancakes when bubbles appear on the surface. Cook another 1-2 minutes until pancakes are golden brown on both sides.
- Transfer to a plate and loosely cover with foil - cook more pancakes.
- Serve with maple syrup, sliced banana or whatever you want!!
