Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup quick cooking oats
  • 1/4 cup flax meal
  • 1/4 cup polenta meal
  • 2 T. brown sugar
  • 2 t. baking soda
  • 1 t. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 t. ground ginger
  • 1/4 t. ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • 2 1/4 cups nonfat yogurt
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1/4 cup cooking oil (e.g., canola)
  • 1 small banana, mashed
  • Zest of 1 lemon, grated
  • 8 to 10 oz blue berries, blackberries, or raspberries (if blackberries are large, halve them), washed and dried
  • Cooking oil for frying pancakes

Method

  • Mix all dry ingredients.
  • Measure yogurt.
  • Mix eggs with oil, banana and zest.
  • Add yogurt and egg mixture to dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated.
  • Fold in berries.
  • Heat iron skillet or griddle over medium heat.
  • Add 1 tsp.
  • oil for each batch of pancakes.
  • Drop large spoonfuls of batter onto pan and cook till edges appear to be cooked and bubbles start to form on surface of pancakes.
  • Flip and cook about same time on other side.
  • Adjust heat if pancakes burn or take too long to cook.
  • Transfer each batch to a towel on a platter.