Pancakes you can feel good about!

 

 I mean who doesn't love pancakes?

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Ingredients: (all organic)

 

2 cups of steel cut oats 

2 1/2 cups of almond milk

2 heaping tbsp of black chia seeds

1 cored apple

1 cored, over-ripe pear

1/2 tsp Himilayian sea salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tbsp baking powder

1 tbsp Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar

1 tsp vanilla

3 tsp coconut oil

Dash of powdered sugar (optional)

Grade B Maple syrup (optional)

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Instructions: 

 

1.   In a glass bowl, pour the chia seeds and one cup of the almond milk and set aside to gel. Most pancakes call for eggs to bind the batter together. However chia seeds work great. 

 

2.   Grind up the steel cut oats in a high powered blender. If you have a Vitamix or high powered blender use it, however I used a NutriBullet.  

 

3.  Add the almond milk with chia seeds, the oats and the apple and pear and blend for several minutes. 

 

4.  Then add the cinnamon, salt, 2 tsp of coconut oil, the apple cider vinegar, and the vanilla and blend again.  Tip: Apple cider vinegar also is a great substitution in baking for eggs. This with the chia seeds will work wonderfully. 

 

5.  Lastly add the baking powder and briefly blend again. 

 

6.  On a 350 degree hot griddle, use the remaining 1 tsp of coconut oil to coat the griddle. I use a paper towel to rub the entire thing.  

 

7.  Then pour 1/3 of a cup of batter to make your pancakes. I've found that leveling them out with the bottom of the measuring cup works great to make sure they are flat.  

 

8.  Flip and serve with hot maple syrup and a sprinkle of powdered sugar!