Mmmm, blueberry pancakes.
These are adapted from Vegan with a Vengeance by Isa Chandra Moskowitz:
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. canola or other neutral-tasting oil
- 1 to 1-1/4 cup rice or soy milk
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract (lemon zest is also a nice addition, especially with blueberries)
- 2 Tbsp. maple syrup
- 1 cup or more fresh blueberries
Mix dry ingredients together, then add wet ingredients and mix just until blended, even if there are still lumps. Fold in the blueberries.
Pour about 1/3 cup of batter onto oiled griddle or frying pan and cook until edges start to dry out. Flip, finish cooking, enjoy.
Pancakes are one of the milk-associated dishes that really can taste better with soy milk.
I sometimes use a tablespoon or so of cornmeal in the batter as well … it adds quite a nice bit to the texture and flavour.
I have a really hard time making pancakes; I just can’t seem to get them cooked just right, but keep them from sticking to the pan.
You first need to use a well-oiled steel/aluminum pan or a well-seasoned iron pan with a light coating of oil. And don’t use more than about 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup batter. You can make them more even by distributing the batter in a circle rather than dumping it in the middle and letting it spread out.
And don’t make the pan too hot; you want it hot enough that water droplets dance on the surface, but not so hot that they evaporate right away. When the edges start to dry and the middle starts to form bubbles, it’s time to flip.
Of course, if the middles are still underdone, you can pop them in the microwave for a little bit to finish them off. At least with a vegan recipe, you don’t have to worry about salmonella from undercooked eggs.
Oh, and I like to heat my syrup in the pan that I cooked the pancakes in, which works better if you don’t have to make any more after you’re done. Just the residual heat will do it.
Though once when we were kids, my sister and I came down to Sunday breakfast late, saw some brown liquid on the stove and assumed it was syrup; we poured it on our pancakes only to find that our parents had been reheating their coffee.