Green Oat Pancakes For St Patricks Day From More With Less Mom Food

GREEN OAT PANCAKES FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Steps:

• Combine buttermilk and oats in a large bowl; let soak for 5 minutes.
• Combine flours, brown sugar, wheat germ, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
• Whisk eggs, applesauce, and green food coloring into the oats mixture. Add more green food coloring if desired. Stir in flour mixture until batter is just moistened.
• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).
• Heat a lightly oiled griddle to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Pour batter onto the griddle using a 1/3 cup measure. Cook until bubbles form and the edges are dry, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook until browned on the other side, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Place pancakes on a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven. Repeat with remaining batter.

GREEN OAT PANCAKES FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY FROM THE MORE WITH LESS MOM

Steps:

• If you do not have buttermilk you can measure out 4 Tbl vinegar, add enough milk to make 4 c, and let that sit 5 minute Then soak your old fashioned oats in the buttermilk. You can use quick cooking oats and skip the soaking. If you soak for 5 minutes the texture will be a little different from a regular pancake, but your kids won't know there are oats in there. If you soak for 2-3 min you will still have an oaty texture to your pancakes that I like. If you want to make a simple syrup topping: Combine 1 c water, 1 c sugar, stir to dissolve sugar. Add 2 c chopped/sliced fruit (blueberries, strawberries, apples). Simmer about 10 min, while you are making your pancakes. Combine flours, baking soda, salt, cinnamon (optional, modify amount to taste), wheat germ (also optional, modify amount to taste), and brown sugar. You should be able to decrease the sugar but I did not try it. In another bowl mix egg, applesauce, food coloring, and buttermilk/oat mixture. You can see in the pictures the green I got from 10 drops, you may want to add more color. Stir wet into dry just until moistened. Pour by 1/3 cupful onto a greased hot griddle at 350 degrees. Turn when bubbles form on top. I found with this recipe they were often done when the first bubble popped. Cook until the second side is golden brown. I put my pancakes on a cookie sheet in a warm oven until they are all done. We served with applesauce, strawberry simple syrup, powdered sugar, or maple syrup. You could also try molasses.