Pancakes! (Again)

   Sorry everyone I forgot to put the recipe in my last post. So here you go!

Mark Bittman's Pancakes (sort of)

      1 1/4 cup flour (more  or less depending on how much flax/wheat germ you use. The       total should equal 2 cups)

      1/4 cup whole flax seed

      1/4 cup wheat germ

      1/2 tsp salt

      1 Tbls baking powder

      2 eggs

      1 1/2 to 2 cups almond milk (or any milk of your choice)

      2 Tbls neutral oil

      

      Preheat your griddle over medium heat for a large burner or medium-high for a small burner. Oil or butter griddle if you like to do that sort of thing.

      Combine flax and wheat germ in a magic bullet (or blender or whatever you use to grind flax seed) measure into a measuring cup to see how much you have and then add flour to make 2 cups total. Pour into a large bowl. Add salt and baking powder and whisk dry ingredients together.

      In a small bowl whisk together eggs, milk, and oil. Pour into dry ingredients. Now here is a trick: Pancakes are a quick bread (so are muffins and banana bread). So with quick breads it is important to do just a quick mix. Stir just until the wet and dry are combined. Lumpy is good. Because if you mix for too long something in the flour starts too bind together and gives you dense pancakes. 

       Pour a tablespoon or quarter cup or so of pancake batter onto your griddle and cook until bubbles start to form around the edge of your pancakes and then flip and continue to cook until they are as brown as you like them. Enjoy!