Apple pancakes

Happy New Year! During the lockdowns in 2020 and earlier months of 2021,  when we ran out of bread, I preferred making pancakes to making bread. Even though I enjoy making bread, pancakes are easier to whip up and the family enjoy them. Any leftovers can be stored in the fridge for a few days and reheated in the toaster. 

After making the different types of pancakes for the boys I wanted to add some flavour to my pancakes. Having made blueberries and chocolate chip ones now and then I wondered if I could make them with some apple. So I used the same recipe as for my pancakes but instead of using one cup of flour I used 3/4 cups flour and added 1/4 cup of ground oats. You can use 1 cup of plain flour instead if you want to leave the oats out. 

Then after adding the remaining dry ingredients, I whisked in egg, milk, oil, and a little vanilla essence in a smaller bowl. Then add this into the dry ingredients. After a gentle mix, I added a grated apple.  Since apples and cinnamon went well together I added some cinnamon and used a mixture of brown sugar and white sugar for some sweetness. Just don't over-mix the batter, as for muffins pancake batter should be lumpy and not be vigorously mixed

Then it was the same as for regular pancakes, just add a knob of butter into a small frying pan, add a ladle of batter into the saucepan and cook over medium heat. Flip onto the other side when you start to see little bubbles or pockets form on top. 

Yield: about 10- 12 pancakes

Author: Nammi

Apple pancakes

Ingredients

• 3/4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup ground oats ( I ground regular quick-cooking oats)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• pinch salt
• 1 level tsp of ground cinnamon
• 1 tbsp white sugar 
• 1tsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla essence or extract
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 apple, peeled and coarsely grated
• butter to grease the pan

Instructions

1. Sift flour into a bowl, add oats, pinch of salt, baking powder, cinnamon and the sugars and mix and make a well in the centre. 
2. In a separate bowl, whisk in eggs, oil, milk and vanilla. 
3. Pour this into the flour mixture and gently mix so the whole thing is well-mixed. 
4. Stir in the grated apple and mix. It should be mixed but still, have a few lumps. 
5. Heat a small frying pan over medium heat. Add a small knob of butter, spread it around and let it melt. 
6. Ladle some batter into the pan, and gently spread it around a little. 
7. Let it cook for a minute, and when you see little bubbles of pockets form on top, flip it over to cook the other side. 
8. Remove to a plate.  Repeat the same with the remaining batter, grease the pan in between each addition of batter. 
9. Enjoy with some syrup or honey. 

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