Vegan Pancakes

I've been making these pancakes for years. I started making them in college when I didn't have eggs or milk one day, didn't want to go out to the store and still wanted pancakes. It uses a 12 grain flour mix which is also home made and that recipe follows the pancakes. Most recently I was forced to show my older brother how to make vegan pancakes and used this version.

Vegan 12-Grain Pancakes
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup 12-grain flour mx (you can find great mixes from Trader Joes and other places, but they are usually less then 10 grains)
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp cornstartch
1 tbsp safflower oil (or other veggie based oil)
1 cup soy, rice, oat, or barley milk
1 tsp lemon juice or apple cider vinegar

Stir together the lemon juice and "milk" to make a faux buttermilk. Let stand while...
In a seperate bowl, whisk all the dry ingreidents together.
Add the oil and the faux buttermilk. Mix together, batter should still be lumpy. Add additional water if needed.
Heat a skillet over medium-low heat. Add 1/4-1/3 cup of batter to the skillet. When bubbles form on the top, flip over.

12-Grain Flour Mix
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup corn flour or cornmeal
1/2 cup rolled oats,
1/2 cup barely flakes or flour
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup flaxseed meal
1/2 cup white or brown rice flour.
1/2 cup millet flour
1/2 cup amaranth flour
1/2 cup quinoa four
1/2 cup rye flour
*1/2 cup almond meal (optional: its cheapest tobuy blanched and slivered almonds and grind in a coffee grinder)

Whisk all the ingredients together and store in an airtight container. Store in a cool, dry location. If you add almond meal, store in the rerigerator or freezer. Makes 6 cups.

Amaranth, Millet, Wheat, & Chocolate Chip Pancakes

I had been hunting for amaranth flour for a while and finally found it and the first thing I wanted to make with it was PANCAKES! But when I try a new grain, I like to blend it in with other grains I know I like, so pancakes fit the bill. Millet has a natural sweet flavor so it helps cut back on the amount of sugar you need in the pancakes. Yay, less simple carbs! I'm not so into the "low carb" diet because it doesn't work, our bodies NEED carbohydrates its the choices we make that have the impact on our health. Foods high in simple carbs = BAD, foods high in COMPLEX carbs = good. Course the "nutritional facts" on the back of our food products don't list complex, they list fiber (also needed in higher amounts) and sugars (simple sugars). The total carb grams should always be much higher then the simple sugar grams. Consider this carb lecture #1. :) Enjoy the panacakes and use organic grains and ingredients where ever possible!!

Ingredients

1/4 cup white flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup amaranth flour
1/4 cup millet flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 tbsp Safflower oil
1/2 - 1 cup water
2 tbsp sugar
dash salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
4 Chocolate Chips per pancake

Directions
Mix all dry ingredients.
In a separate bowl, beat the eggs. Add the vanilla extract, water, and the safflower oil, mix together.
Add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients.
Heat a medium to large pan over medium high heat. Make panacakes using a 1/4 cup at a time and adding 3-4 chocolate chips per pancake.
Makes 10.