Sweet Whole Wheat Pancakes

I have three reasons to be excited this morning:

1. It's my day off and Bruce and I are going to have a finance meeting (don't judge, I'm legitimately excited about this).
2. The sun is out.

3. I made these for breakfast.

I woke up in the mood for pancakes, but realized that I am all out of both any kind of pancake/waffle mix and white flour.

THEN I realized - who needs white flour?  I have whole wheat flour!

THEN I thought - Bruce won't eat them if I use whole wheat flour.

THEN I realized - this could be a fun challenge.  Is it possible to bake something with whole wheat that doesn't taste like it's been baked with whole wheat?

Yes.  Yes it is.

Here's the recipe - unfortunately, I thought this was going to be a total bust and therefore did not document the whole process.  But you get the idea.

Sweet Whole Wheat Pancakes

1 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour

4 teaspoons Baking Powder

pinch Salt

3 teaspoons Brown Sugar (the compacted kind)

1 teaspoon Vanilla

1 1/4 - 1 1/2 cups Milk (start with 1 1/4 and splash more in if need be)

1 egg

3 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

This really is a simple case of combine your ingredients, whisk them together and pour them onto a hot skillet.

I've found that whole wheat flour can be finicky - so start with the low end of the milk, whisk everything together and then add more if you feel like you want a thinner mixture.

The verdict?  Bruce says they were 'pretty good' - but he could still taste the whole grains.

Impressive considering when I started making them and he watched me pull the whole wheat flour out he said, 'Oh, I'm not really in the mood for pancakes.'  Right.

TGIF!