Dad’s 8 Grain Pancakes

Makes 10 medium pancakes

½ cup 8 grain cereal (like bob’s red mill)

½ cup boiling hot water

1 egg

1 cup buttermilk

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 cup whole wheat flour - we recommend a high quality flour

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

¾ teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Oil for cooking

In a heatproof bowl, soak the cereal in boiling hot water for 15 - 30 minutes until all of the liquid has absorbed and the cereal has cooled. Combine all wet ingredients until well mixed. Add in dry ingredients and prepared cereal, then mix until just combined. The batter will be thick like cake batter.

Over medium low heat, add 1 - 2 tablespoons of oil to the pan. You want a thin layer of oil over the bottom of the pan so your pancakes get crispy edges. Ladle in the batter and cook until bubbles form in the middle of the pancakes and the edges are just set. Flip, the top should be golden brown. Cook the second side until golden brown. The perfect pancake has a little rim of crispy fried batter.

With each new round of pancakes, add in another 1 - 2 tablespoons of oil. 

Once cooked, the pancakes freeze well for easy breakfasts.