These pancakes are not only fluffy, light and delicious, they are also heart healthy. If you make your pancakes on a non-stick surface, like hard-anodized, you don’t need a drop of oil. If you must, try smearing the surface of your pan with a paper towel moistened with canola oil. If you can’t find whole grain pastry flour, you can substitute whole wheat flour, but the pastry flour will give you the most puffed-up, delicate pancake.
Keep your oven warmed on low (170 - 200 degrees) to keep your pancakes warm as you cook.
Mixed Berry Pancakes for Two
- 1/2 cup Whole Grain Pastry Flour
- 1/2 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
- Pinch of Salt
- 1 Egg
- 1/2 cup Low-Fat Buttermilk
- 1/4 cup Low-Fat Milk
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla
- 1 Tbl Pure Maple Syrup
- 1/2 cup Mixed Berries (fresh or frozen)
- Powdered Sugar for dusting
Syrup
- 1/2 cup Pure Maple Syrup
- 1/2 cup Mixed Berries (fresh or frozen)
In a small, heavy saucepan, combine syrup and berries over medium-low heat. allow to simmer for 10 minutes, stirring with a silicone spatula (syrup will stain your wooden spoons!). Rest a fine mesh sieve over a bowl and strain syrup, pushing and moving the berry pulp to release the juices. Cover bowl to keep warm.
Heat a non-stick pan or griddle over medium heat while you prepare the batter.
Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. In a separate bowl, beat the egg, milks, vanilla, and maple syrup together. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir until just blended, but still lumpy. Transfer batter to a large measuring cup for pouring.
Pour a little more than 1/4 cup of batter into the pan for each pancake. Immediately drop 5-6 berries on top of the pancakes before you flip them, so that they sink into the wet batter. Cook for about 3 minutes per side over medium heat. Be sure the center of the pancake feels firm when lightly pressed with the back of a spatula. Keep warm in oven while you finish cooking the rest of the batter.
To serve, divide pancakes onto 2 plates. Drizzle with berry-maple syrup. dust generously with powdered sugar (in a sieve or sifter) and garnish with any remaining berries.