Easy whole wheat hot cakes
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Nigerian fusion
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Serves: 10
 
Ingredients
  • 1 cup of whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup of regular all purpose flour
  • 1tsp of baking soda
  • 1tsp of baking powder
  • a pinch of salt to taste
  • ⅛ tsp of chili pepper flakes
  • ½ cup of chopped raisins
  • ¼ cup of chopped dried cranberries
  • ¼ cup of chopped macadamia nuts(optional. I have an allergy to peanuts so for some reason macadamia worked)
  • ½ a cup to 1 cup of sugar(you may use white or brown sugar to your taste and add more to achieve desired sweetness...honey works too)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp. of olive oil(butter works)
  • ⅛ tsp of nut meg(optional
  • 1¾-2 cups of low fat milk or butter milk
to make butter milk
  • mix 1 cup of low fat milk with 1tsp of distilled vinegar or lemon juice(ratio 1:1)
  • any syrup and butter to serve
Instructions
  1. Sift flour and mix all the dry ingredients.
  2. make a well and mix in the wet ingredients except the eggs
  3. break and separate the egg white from the yolk and gently stir the yolk into the mix
  4. beat the egg whites until it foams then gently fold it into the mix as well
  5. do not over stir the pancake mix.
  6. let it rest for about 3minutes
  7. heat up a nonstick pan on medium heat. You may slightly grease it if you want. Using a ¼ measuring cup pour the pancake mix to form circles. Cook each side for about 2 minutes and serve
Recipe by Nigerian Lazy Chef at https://www.nigerianlazychef.com/2015/02/easy-whole-wheat-hot-cakes/