Power-Packed Multigrain Pancakes

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Get your kids off to a healthy start in the morning with these power-packed pancakes. Vary this basic recipe by adding berries, bananas, nuts, carob chips or dried fruit to the batter just before cooking.

Preparation facts

Cooking Time: 5 minutes

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

3 eggs, lightly beaten

1 Tbs (10g) brown sugar or dehydrated cane juice

1 Tbs (15g) baking powder

1 tsp (6g) salt

1/2 cup (60g) whole wheat flour

1/2 cup (60g) unbleached white flour

1/4 cup (20g) rolled oats

1/4 cup (40g) cornmeal

1/2 cup (120g) nonfat plain yogurt

3/4 cup (180mL) low-fat buttermilk

1 Tbs (15mL) melted butter or margarine or canola oil

Directions

Combine beaten eggs, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and stir well.

In a separate bowl, mix together whole wheat flour, unbleached white flour, oats and cornmeal.

Add yogurt, buttermilk and melted butter to the egg mixture and stir. Fold in the flour mixture just until blended. Don’t overmix!

Using a 1/4 cup (60mL) measure, drop batter onto a hot, nonstick skillet. Cook over medium heat until bubbles form on tops of pancakes. Flip pancakes over and continue cooking 1 minute longer.

Nutrition facts

Serving Size 1 serving
Calories 305
Calories from Fat 87 (28%)
% Daily Value*
15%Total Fat 10g
21%Saturated Fat 4.2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.2g
Monounsaturated Fat 2.9g
66%Cholesterol 197mg
31%Sodium 743mg
9%Potassium 321mg
14%Total Carbohydrate 41g
9%Dietary Fiber 2.2g
Sugars 7g
Sugar Alcohols 0g
27%Protein 13g
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Nutrition facts are calculated by a food expert using nutritional values provided by the USDA for common products used as recipe ingredients. Actual nutritional values may differ depending on the amounts or products used and can be affected by cooking methods.