Buckwheat Pancakes

When our son was younger, we used to go to Watercourse Foods for breakfast on the weekends. It is a vegan comfort food restaurant and they have a wonderful brunch menu. My son would always get their Charlie Cakes, which are buckwheat pancakes. This weekend, I wanted to make a hearty breakfast at home and for some reason the Charlie Cakes came to mind. A quick trip to the grocery store for buckwheat flour, a little research, and these babies were ready to go.

Buckwheat Pancakes

When getting ready to make these, I looked at several recipes and decided to use flax meal for my egg replacer. I find that the flax works best for me in taste and texture, especially with a hearty whole grain flour like buckwheat. I like to buy golden flax whole, and grind it in my little spice grinder. I use this thing all the time for spices, grains, and seeds. Any leftover flax meal can be stored in the freezer to keep it fresh longer.



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Ingredients:

1 3/4 cup soy milk
1 1/2 tsp vinegar

2 tbsp flax meal
1/3 cup water

3/4 cup buckwheat flour
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp sugar

3 tbsp oil
2 tbsp molasses

Directions:

Combine the soy milk and the vinegar in a small bowl and set aside to let curdle. Then combine the 2 tbsp ground flax seed (flax meal) with the 1/3 cup of water in a measuring cup. Stir well with a fork and set aside to let thicken.

In a mixing bowl, whisk the dry ingredients together. This is the buckwheat flour, all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar.

Then, add the oil and molasses to the milk and vinegar. Then add the flax mixture to these wet ingredients, and mix to combine. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until it is combined.

Let the batter rest while you heat a frying pan over medium high heat. Spray the pan with cooking spray and cook the pancakes with 1/4 cup batter at a time.

Makes 12 pancakes, each about 4 inches across. Nutritional information from caloriecount.about.com.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 69 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories  126 Calories from Fat  43

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  4.8g 7%

Saturated Fat  0.6g 3%

Trans Fat  0.0g

Cholesterol  0mg 0%

Sodium  170mg 7%

Potassium  195mg 6%

Total Carbohydrates  18.5g 6%

Dietary Fiber  1.5g 6%

Sugars  5.5g

Protein  3.2g

Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 0% Calcium 4% • Iron 6%

Nutrition Grade B

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet